The Table Tennis Database has launched the Table Tennis Coach Wiki.

It's full of great tips on all of the different strokes, and has videos and links embedded on the page. It's a great free resource to help you improve your ping pong.

If you love table tennis videos, but find there's too many low-quality videos on YouTube (as well as many good ones), you'll like the Videos section on the Table Tennis Database.

The videos are sorted into categories:

• Training (114)


• Humor (48)


• Highlight (90)


• Event Match (43)


• Home Made (14)


• Exhibition (11)


• Movie / TV (33)


• Slow Motion (10)


• Commercial / Advertisement (29)


• How To (Tutorial) (7)


• Interview (24)


• Other (74)

You can add videos to this library and categorize them.

New PPGEAR Website!

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new PPGEAR website: http://ppgear-table-tennis.ca.
The website has gone through a complete visual overhaul and has been re-organized with new content to serve your needs better. We've added:

1. Racket Recommendations to help you make a more informed choice


2. Table Tennis Dictionary to clarify and explain the many terms


3. Rules and Myths to clarify the commonly mistaken rules of the game


4. Racket Care to explain how to keep your racket clean and performing well for a long time


5. and coming soon a Shopping Cart for easier ordering

Visit the new site: Ping Pong Rackets, Table Tennis Tables in Canada (Toronto)

The Table Tennis Database website (www.tabletennisdb.com Table Tennis Reviews) has been growing very rapidly. Here are some updated statistics from the last 30 days:

• 6,066 Visitors


• 9,526 Visits


• 40,295 Page Views


• 789 Products in Database


• 463 Ratings


• 418 Reviews

And this is only within 6 months of the website launch!

And the top viewed products are:

1. Butterfly Tenergy 05


2. Table Tennis Master Forehand Loop Mastery (Training DVD)


3. DHS Hurricane 3


4. 729 Focus III


5. Donic Waldner Dotec Hinoki

Thanks for making the site a success and a great resource for the table tennis community worldwide!

Announcement

We are pleased to announce a new website, the Table Tennis Database (www.tabletennisdb.com). It is a full-featured ratings and reviews site for table tennis equipment, aiming to become the most comprehensive database of all table tennis equipment and players (eventually including even sponges and tables).

This is a ratings site that lets you leave your own ratings and reviews of rubbers, blades and pips. All of the collective ratings are averaged to give you a good comparison of ratings across different brands! It is a great place to look when shopping for new equipment.

This website was a collaborative effort of Cole Ely (www.colestt.com), Haggisv (www.oneofakindtrading.com.au) and PPGEAR (www.ppgear.com) that has taken months of planning and development.

Features

See screenshots at the bottom.

1. Ratings and Reviews of Equipment from the table tennis community. Even view a specific user’s ratings/reviews together to get a consistent comparison (no more having to wait for “critical mass” before you can trust ratings)
2. Your own Profile where you can post a picture, your rating, playing style, grip, and what equipment you’re using. Show off your racket! Also list your tournament victories (1^st place to 4^th place)
3. Easy-to-use Web 2.0 Interface that looks great and is easy to use. All complicated terminology is also explained with helpful mini pop-ups so you can understand the ratings better.
4. Comprehensive database of information – this site will be your source to look up all details about equipment, players, and even the manufacturers (eventually)
5. Buying information – you can see a list of online retailers to find the best place to buy your next paddle.
6. Forum – to discuss equipment, coaching tips, videos, and anything that’s on your mind!

Contest/Prizes

To kick off the launch of the Table Tennis Database, we’re holding a contest. In order to build the database of information, we want contributions from the community to get information from the product packaging. You will be entered into the contest even for simply creating an account! You can win one of three prizes:

1. First Prize: $40 USD Gift Certificate for a purchase at www.colestt.com
2. Second Prize: $15 USD Gift Certificate for a purchase at www.ppgear.com
3. Third Prize: $10 USD Gift Certificate for a purchase at www.colestt.com

Read more on how to enter at http://www.tabletennisdb.com/contest

Some product pages have been released for Dawei products:

• Dawei Inspirit table tennis rubber


• Dawei Inspirit Quattro table tennis rubber


• Dawei Genote table tennis blades

There is a new shipment of Dawei equipment on its way over to Canada. Its planned arrival is mid-July (there have been several delays already). In this shipment there will be:

• Dawei Inspirit rubber
  
• Dawei Inspirit Quattro rubber (built-in speed-glue effect)
• Dawei Super Power 2008 XP rubber
• Dawei Wavestone carbon-arylate blade
  
• Dawei Matrix blade
• Dawei Kama blade
  
• Dawei Genote Quattro-S (Hinoki) blade
• Dawei speed glue (250mL and 100mL)
• Dawei DP-4 clip-on net sets
• Dawei Lightning sponge (2.2mm, various hardnesses)

There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the Dawei Inspirit Quattro rubber, everyone is trying to get their hands on it. The same buzz had surrounded the regular Inspirit rubber, which has successfully found its way onto the rackets of people tired of paying $30-50 per sheet of European/Japanese rubbers.