This book is written by coach Larry Hodges in cooperation with the USATT (United States Table Tennis Association). It provides a solid foundation for learning and understanding table tennis. "Table Tennis: Steps to Success" gives you a self-paced program for learning the important skills and game strategies in table tennis. It explains each skill and concept step by step and includes a checklist for practicing and evaluating your progress. Covers serves, strokes, spin, equipment, practice, game strategy, and more. 

Who is Larry Hodges?

- USATT Certified National Coach
- Member, U.S. Table Tennis Hall of Fame
- 2002 USATT Developmental Coach of the Year
- Editor of USA Table Tennis Magazine for 12 years
- Author of Table Tennis: Steps to Success 

Table of Contents

Author's Preface
The Steps to Success Staircase
Table Tennis Today
Table Tennis Equipment
Warming Up for Success

Step 1 The Grip and Racket Control
Step 2 Ready Stance, and the Forehand and Backhand Drives
Step 3 Spin and Racket Angles: It's a Game of Spin
Step 4 Beginning Serves: Getting the Initiative
Step 5 Positioning and Footwork: How to Move to the Ball
Step 6 Pushing: Your Basic Backspin Shot
Step 7 Blocking: Close to the Table Defense
Step 8 Looping: Topspin Attacking
Step 9 Flipping: How to Attack Short Balls
Step 10 Chopping: Backspin Defense
Step 11 Lobbing: How to Return Smashes
Step 12 Advanced Serves: Really Getting the Initiative
Step 13 Playing Styles and Rallying Tactics
Step 14 Advanced Service and Receive Strategy
Step 15 The Physical and Mental Game
Playing in Tournaments
Rating Your Total Progress
Glossary

This is the revised version of TSP Curl P1R which was once banned by ITTF. P1R has the longest and softest pips among the TSP CURL rubbers produces very deceptive spins and actions after bouncing. The best long pips rubbers to generate maximum underspin while cutting a top spin ball. The TSP Curl P1R is for active modern defenders and choppers.

It is not a forgiving rubber for a beginner. Start your chopping game with TSP Curl P3 before migrating to TSP Curl P1R.

TSP Curl P1 R, a long pimple out rubber with profiled pimple surface. The thin pimples made out of soft rubber, support the possibility to produce dangerous defensive shots. It is possible to bring in your own chopping variation, which almost all professional players prefer.

TSP Curl Series:

Four types of TSP long pips rubbers have been approved by ITTF. The redesigned CURL rubber sheets P1R, and P3 ALPHA R CURL rubbers have been produced to have the optimum level of playing characteristics of the original designs of the P1 and P3 Alpha CURL rubbers. The latest assortment of ITTF approved TSP CURL products are follows:

P1R has the longest and softest pips among the TSP CURL rubbers produces very deceptive spins and actions after bouncing.

P2 has the same design as before. This CURL produces deceiving spins while allowing you exceptional control.

P3 has the same design as before. This CURL is great for a combination of defensive and offensive play.

P3AlphaR is very pliable and has soft long pips produces more deceptive shots than P3 and P2. It will also absorb the fastest of drives and spins.

The OX version comes with a glue sheet. You don't need glue sheet to affix the TSP Curl P1R OX version onto a blade.

The world top players who use TSP Curl P1R:

• Joo Se Hyuk - World Top 11 
• Chen Weixing - World Top 10 
• Ding Yaping - World Top 92 
• Evgenij Chtchetinine

The TSP Feather Side tape is made of form cloth. Unlike other thin side tapes, the TSP Feather Side tapes can protect the racket in situations it hits the ping pong table.

The tape is 50 cm and fits a full racket. It lasts for months. You can remove the tape from the racket and put it back without any loss of glue. Just use the water based glue when the tape loses its stickiness.

Give a new look to your blade!

EASY-TO-USE & TROUBLE-FREE WATER GLUE.

The ban of speed glue by ITTF prohibits any Volatile Organic Compound like solvents in the racket. The spirit of ban also discourages the use of any toxic or skin irritating substance in sport. I-BOND is clean and safe. White sponge at the bottle tip helps to rub the surface. Any water glues are stronger in nature than speed glues. And might damage the surface of your blade when you remove the rubber from the blade. I-SURE is strongly recommended to use on the blade beforehand.

"For the last three month I have been thinking a lot about the new rules concerning the ban of glue. I am still discussing almost every day with numerous players about the change that is taking place since the introduction at the beginning of September. When Boosters came on the market it posed two problems. First is that it is against the rule to "add" anything to the racket composition other than what is listed in Rule 2.4 "The Racket" of the ITTF laws of TT. Second, we also have a rule 2.4.7, which does not allow the racket covering to be changed in any way on purpose after it has been approved by the ITTF. Rule 2.4 is very old and never changed. Rule 2.4.7 was introduced in 2006 and so is newer." - ITTF President Adham Shahara

About XIOM

The CHAMPION brand is the leading table tennis brand in Korea. The CHAMPION brand was founded in 1976. The CHAMPION brand became the sponsor of Asian Games in 1986, later they have become the sponsors of 1988 Olympics and 2002 Busan Asian games. The CHAMPION ping pong tables are being used in these world class tournaments. The CHAMPION introduced XIOM brand in 2006. Ryu Seung Min of Korea ranked 8 in the world and the 2004 Olympic Champion is the official ambassador of CHAMPION and XIOM.

CHAMPION and XIOM makes table tennis blades, table tennis balls, table tennis paddles, table tennis rackets, table tennis rubbers, table tennis apparels, ping pong tables and table tennis tables. The CHAMPION table tennis equipments and table tennis products are available in Korea and now in the United States Of America. You can read about CHAMPION table tennis products here.

TSP "TRIPPLE" has a high level of three most important factors in modern table tennis: spin, speed and control. This makes triple superior for modern table tennis. "TRIPLE" makes your various topspins more powerful and produces quick effective counter-drive shots and excellent control for placement in your play. The unique elastic top sheet of "TRIPLE" makes it possible to hit powerful closed racket angle shots.

Spin-offensive sponge (cream color) provides exceptional spins for your powerful topspins with a faster blade like TSP Hino-Speed or TSP Hino-Power.

Speed-offensive sponge (pink color) provides an excellent combination of various topspins and good forward speed on your shots.

Power-offensive sponge (beige color) is hardest of these 3 types of sponges, it is good for playing very fast-paced drive shots and / or for to block opponents attack.

Triple Spin makes your various topspins more powerful and produces quick effective counter-drive shots. The offensive cream color sponge provides exceptional spins for your topspin shots.

Superior rubber for the professional player who needs speed and spin!

SPEED : 13.8
SPIN : 12.0
PRECISION : 8.3
HARDNESS(SPONGE) : 47.5 degree

EXTRA PLAYING PROPERTIES BY NEW CARBO SPONGE AND TOP LAYER
ADDITIONAL CLICKING FEEL FOR SHARPER CONTROL

EXTRA SPINS WITH NEW HIGH TENSION COMPOSITION

Historical evolution towards full "speed-glue" aggression. Based on Hyper Elasto technology the new top sheet matched with upgraded Carbo Sponge offers extra-ordinary playing properties. Feel at the ball contact fully assimilate the clicking sensation generated by speed glues. New High Tension composition and additional built-in tension make the ball more spinning and its trajectory significantly higher. OMEGA IV PRO stretches the ball from opponent's court very fiercely after the bounce as if launched from speed-glued rubber.
Omega Series

Built-in tension of OMEGA series exceeds the average speed glue effect and the booster effect made by uncomfortable and illegal liquid gluings.

Boosters and Speed Glues are illegal

VOC packed speed glues damage the environment and the health of the people. It has also been damaging the image of table tennis. Since ITTF announced the new regulation to stop the speed glue for the benefit of table tennis, as a bounce back of some habitual gluers, some boosters were introduced to the market. But boosters are still skin-irritating hazardous compounds against the spirit of new regulation. Finally ITTF also banned the boosters along with any substances other than water glue simply to attach the rubber on the blade.

The ITTF regulation 2.04.07 "The covering material should be used as it has been authorized by ITTF without any physical, chemical or other treatment, changing or modifying playing properties, friction, outlook, colour, structure, surface etc..."

True spirit of ban can be found in new technology applied to OMEGA series. OMEGA series of Rubbers are not only clean and safe but also professionally performing at top level of table tennis play. Speed and spin the players used to get from VOC speed glues are fully built into the OMEGA series. Level of built-in-power and spin effect in OMEGA series is even higher than those from boosters and speed gluers. Instead of struggling with toxic substances, you simply put OMEGA and just focus on your game to win.

Ultimate dynamics for top professionals. Deadly speed equipped with maximized control.

Ultimate rubber performance without speed glue or boosters developed byand made for top professionals. OMEGA III Bios European focuses mainly on the needsof top players in new era without boosters and glues. Deadly newfeatures requires more of your patience. Uncontrollably speedy andpowerful character of OMEGA III requires you more weeks to put it undercommand. Speed and spin measure exceeds not only multiple speed-gluedrubbers, but even OMEGA II. But very solid stability is fully intactwith this unprecedented performance. Revolutionized dynamics of OMEGAIII is designed to provide the real advantage to top professionals inthe high speed game. Ryu Seung Min, 2004 Olympic Champion, has beendeeply involved in the development of OMEGA III.

Omega Series

Historic advantage of rubber technology proven real-play performance after the ban

Built-in tension of OMEGA series exceeds the average speed glue effect and the booster effect made by uncomfortable and illegal liquid gluings.

Boosters and Speed Glues are illegal

For the true spirit of table tennis

VOC packed speed glues damage the enviroment and the health of the people. It has also been damaging the image of table tennis. Since ITTF announced the new regulation to stop the speed glue for the benefit of table tennis, as a bounce back of some habitual gluers, some boosters were introduced to the market. But boosters are still skin-irritating hazardous compounds against the spirit of new regulation. Finally ITTF also banned the boosters along with any substances other than water glue simply to attach the rubber on the blade.

The ITTF regulation 2.04.07 "The covering material should be used as it has been authorized by ITTF without any physical, chemical or other treatment, changing or modifying playing properties, friction, outlook, colour, structure, surface etc..."

Amazing new technology for the spirit

True spirit of ban can be found in new technology applied to OMEGA series. OMEGA series, are not only clean and safe but also professonally performing at top level of table tennis play. Speed and spin the players used to get from VOC speed glues are fully built into the OMEGA series. Level of built-in-power and spin effect in OMEGA series is even higher than those from boosters and speed gluers. Instead of struggling with toxic substances, you simply put OMEGA and just focus on your game to win.