In this video, pro player Paul Drinkhall explains how to do his super fast long serve. Paul uses this serve quite often when playing matches to catch his opponent out and set up an opportunity to do a strong 3rd ball attack. 

In the video Paul explains how to do the serve, why you should do the serve and how to use the serve effectively in matches.

I recently visited German Bundesliga club, ASV Grünwettersbach. A professional table tennis club. Whoah! In this blog, I’m going to share some insights from my visit – the facilities, training methods, coaching style and equipment. What lessons did I learn? And did I manage to win any matches? Let’s find out… 

In this video I show three training drills you can do to improve your topspin rallying skills. These drills will help you improve your reactions, your footwork and your ability to deal with random match-play. 

I like to use these drills a lot in my coaching sessions and they have helped me a lot improve my rallying skills, move up divisions and beat higher standard players.

I have recently been trying out the Bribar Pro Offensive Light table tennis bat. This is a fast (and light!) bat aimed at players who are progressing from intermediate to advanced levels of play. 

I have been testing the bat in my coaching sessions – trying out loops, blocks, chops, smashes and serves. In this review, I share my experience of playing with the Bribar Pro Offensive Light table tennis bat, compare it with other bats and suggest who the bat is most suitable for.

If you want to improve your serves, you may be interested in this new course from Table Tennis Daily Academy, featuring Par Gerell - the former world number 27.

The course will teach you how to produce more spin, disguise your serves and create deception. Par talks through and demonstrates in detail all the technical elements, skills and knowledge you need to learn deadly serves.

Please note, this is a paid course - a one-off payment of £29.99 for liftetime access.