In this highly acclaimed instruction video, five-time U.S. Men's Champion Sean O'Neill and 1991 U.S. Women's Champion Wei Wang combine their knowledge of Western and Chinese Table Tennis styles into a comprehensive course. It incorporates a sequence of steps specifically designed to quickly and efficiently learn the techniques necessary in today's highly developed sport. 

Video clips from tournaments that exemplify each stroke and its application in competition are followed by real time and slow motion analysis of Wei's and Sean's strokes, each from three different angles. 3D graphics illustrate contact points and timing from the player's view, while 3D animation is used to explain some other basic concepts.

The early chapters discuss the grip, ball, timing, spin and positioning Then, step by step, the forehand and backhand strokes are introduced in a sequence designed to lay a solid foundation for a balanced attack game. Unlike with older Table Tennis schooling, children now can immediately develop what will be their final strokes, independently from their height relative to the table, and all players learn to deal with spin early on, removing the necessity of re-learning many strokes after the initial steps have been made.

Rather than an entertainment tape, this video is a highly concentrated "stroke encyclopaedia", designed to have each section revisited as need arises. The tape includes sections on:

• The Grip
• Positioning
• The Ball
• Looping a topspin ball
• Pushing
• Looping an underspin ball
• Blocking
• Smashing
• Countering
• Footwork and practice
• Equipment

Also available in Japanese!

Watch some of the world's best players at work. Observe their strokes close up and personal. This video shows them at practice and allows a clean analysis of their technique.

This is the footage used in the time lapse picture series articles in the USATT Magazine.

Players included are:

1. Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
2. Kong Linghui (CHN)
3. Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
4. Fredrik Hekansson (SWE)
5. Werner Schlager (AUT)
6. Kalinikos Creanga (GRE)
7. Jorgen Persson (SWE)
8. Wang Liqin (CHN)
9. Lucjan Blaszczyk (POL)
10. Andreas Podpinka (BEL)
11. Oh Sang Eun (KOR)
12. Patrick Chila (FRA)
13. Timo Boll (GER)
14. Danny Heister (NED)
15. Michael Maze (DEN)
16. Hiroshi Shibutani (JPN)
17. Koji Matsushita (JPN)
18. Liu Guoliang (CHN)
19. Kim Taek Soo (KOR)
20. Ma Lin (CHN)
21. Chiang Peng-Lung (TPE)
22. Toshio Tasaki (JPN)

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Vega Europe has the highest ball-trajectory to create a larger safe-zone (big window) over the net. Empirical test shows bigger window effectively increases the success rate of your attack and reduce the chance of miss shots. Very easy to make spins Vega Europe also has the deeper ball catching feel at impact for the control. New black Carbo Sponge maximized the internet efficiency to generate additional energy onto the ball. Ball flies with more power as a result. Resilient tensile structure improves the lifetime of rubber by 30-50%.

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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.

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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.

The footage in this table tennis video are from backstage where the world top players practice hard before their battle against their opponents in front of millions of fans.

Watch the signature strokes of world's top players in slow motion in this video. This video shows the lifestyle of players such as (1) Wang Liqin (2) Ma Lin (3) Joo Se Hyuk (4) Michael Maze etc... With music in the background, you will not be bored watching this video thousand times. This 40 minutes video will bring the spirit of table tennis in your veins. This video is a must for coaches, experts and amateurs.

Who does not want to miss Wang Liqin without his shirt on in this video? Grab this video as a DVD or computer file today for low as $9.99 when a similar video can cost $30!

Other players include:

1. Jorgen Persson (Sweden)
2. Hakansson Fredrik (Sweden)
3. PAVLOVICH Viktoria (Belarus)
4. Li Jie (Netherlands)
5. Ma Long (China)
6. Guo Yue (China)
7. Chen Qi (China)
8. Michael Maze (Denmark)
9. Eloi Damien (France)
10. Steger Bastian (Germany)
11. Karakasevic Aleksandar (Serbia)
12. Smirnov Alexei (Russia)
13. PARK Mi Young (Korea)
14. Kim Kyung Ah (Korea)
15. Ovtcharov Dimitrij (Germany)
16. Christian Suss (Germany)
    

and many more players from around the world in the back ground...

Interesting facts:

• What strokes Wang Liqin and Ma Lin practice each other?
• Close up of Wang Liqin, Wang Hao, Joo Se Hyuk 's paddles / bats. You will be amazed by the sponge size of the rubbers on their paddle.
• The female players Ma Lin hanging out with.
• Wang Hao's loop stroke.
• How European and Chinese players are different?
• Michael Maze's loop strokes and serves. He breaks the ball like crazy.
• Funny moments from Joo Se Hyuk, the worlds best chopper. Can he talk Japanese?
• Which top player is biting his nails like a kid?
• Judge yourself why the Chinese players are on the top of the world.
• The warm up exercise the world top players do. Which player has his legs up during warm up?
• You can adapt these players lifestyle and play like them.

The JOOLA top ball with 40 mm diameter. ITTF approved!

The Official Ball of the Europe Top 12 tournaments in 2005 and 2007, official ball of many Pro Tour tournaments worldwide.

The Stars on the table tennis ball indicate the quality of the table tennis ball: 3 stars is the highest, indicating that it is of the best quality, 2 stars is for practice, 1 star is for family and recreation.

Select the color of the table tennis ball based on the floor color. If you are playing on a yellow gym floor, select white balls. Select orange balls if the floor is red, blue, green etc... 

ITTF Table Tennis Rule about table tennis balls:

2.3 THE BALL

2.3.1 The ball shall be spherical, with a diameter of 40mm.
2.3.2 The ball shall weigh 2.7g.
2.3.3 The ball shall be made of celluloid or similar plastics material and shall be
white or orange, and matt.

About JOOLA

The German brand JOOLA has its origin in the 1950s when it was popular to combine the names of companies and cities. The sports department of the department store JOOss in LAndau was involved in the production of the first table tennis tables in 1952. JOOLA a prime sponsor of major events worldwide also sponsor world class players like Chen Weixing, Rosskopf, Ameli Soulja, Thomas Keinath.

JOOLA makes table tennis blades, table tennis balls, table tennis paddles, table tennis rackets, table tennis rubbers, table tennis apparels, table tennis glues, ping pong tables and table tennis tables. You can read about JOOLA table tennis products here.