you can start immediately by practicing at the wall,. Believe me, it is very effective. I have not played for so long ( previously stop for 11 years then play for 6 month, then latest stop for 3 years ), I was suprised I can keep alot of my balls on the table last Saturday. I just practice on the wall and table all these time.

1. How to play on the wall ?

Practice Top spin, stand about 7-8 feet away from the wall, hit ball down to the floor ( like top spin to the floor ) then let it bounce to the wall and the wall will bounce the ball to you, then you hit down the floor again like top spin... continue until you beat the wall hehehe You can do that for both backhand and forehand.

Practice Bottom spin, stand nearer to the all about 2 feet away without bouncing on the floor, hit ball to the wall, let ball bounce on the wall dont let ball fall on the floor, you hit back to the wall. Repeat the same. You can do that for both forehand and backhand.

2.How to play on the table ?

Practice Brush Loop. Put ball on table, use use the your bat brush ball on top let it roll off its position and you catch the ball with your hand when it roll off ( if you have alot of balls, you can have a basket to collect at the edge of the table ) and repeat the same for both forehand and back hand.

Do that while you look for a place to practice your ping pong.

Good luck to you

btw. are u joining the PP4M tournament, they have it on 1 May also. I have to pull out of that tournament due to some family matters.

This post has been edited by tsd: Apr 21 2010, 11:46 AM

too bad I cant join. Got new thing to buy ah ? hey if you are there... can you check the price of Sword RG-SER70 for me. PM me the price, thanks.

someone ask me to check price, it is a Shakehand, Sword RG-SER70 is not a wood, its a composite blade. I dont think it will be that cheap.

Since day one I switch to shakehand in 1993, I have never played all wood blade all the time composite. Last time I use Butterfly Sardius ( used from 1993 - 2007, retired already although conditions is still good ). My second Shakehand blade is Butterfly KLH special ( bought in 2007, still hardly play with it ) and I will be using the KLHSpeical from now. Cannot cope with Sardius anymore.

This post has been edited by tsd: Apr 23 2010, 12:04 PM

did u have a good game yesterday? I am totally grounded, my wife is away oversea, come back only next week, nobody to take care of the kids.

This post has been edited by tsd: Apr 25 2010, 06:52 PM

where have u been ?

aiyoo.. I dunno how to ajar one lah, not qualified. I think K2002 has the quality to ajar... he got better technique than mine.

Too bad I am being grounded again, cannot play for the time being. I just change my bat rubber ( Bryce Speed and Outlaw ... playing on the wall does feel nice, plenty of speed.

This post has been edited by tsd: Apr 27 2010, 04:27 PM

Good, when u finally found a place to play, let us know. I am sure alot of people would like to join u.

I got feeling that the Outlaw rubber is not easy to control, have to hit hard to get it moving. It might difficult to handle those delicate shots. On the durability side.. so far so good, still in good condition, almost 1 week playing on the walls, no damage or deterioration of the rubber. What they say might be true, quite similar to Bryce ( have not played on real table to confirm that ) ... hopefully it can last and I can finally find a cheaper alternative to Bryce. Imagine Bryce Speed is RM160 and this rubber is only RM35. I can buy 4 pcs of Outlaw for 1 pc of Bryce Speed.

This post has been edited by tsd: Apr 27 2010, 04:52 PM

sorry, I am not going to play, my wife is still not back yet... I have to take care of the kids at home.

You can also try to take Train to Miharja ? You can take the commuter to KL, not sure which station can change to the LRT to Miharja station, walking distance to TTT.

How is your practice coming along ?

Good luck to you in your tournament

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Added on April 30, 2010, 11:57 pm

On second thought, maybe the LRT may be too complicated.

I just do a quick search on this,

You need to take Commuter from Klang to KL Sentral, Change to Putra LRT to Masjid Jamek then Change to Ampang Line to Miharja.

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Added on May 1, 2010, 12:00 amsurely there are place to play in Klang right ? have u tried all the MCA hall ? ussually they have table tennis sessions

This post has been edited by tsd: May 1 2010, 12:00 AM

aiya.. u should not have withdrawn no matter what type of opponent that you might have to face, experience is important. When u play with high level player, even you lose badly is also good experience. Next time dont waste such oppurtunity.

This post has been edited by tsd: May 1 2010, 01:02 AM

1. NAME
The name of the championship is 20 th CHOONG WEN OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE TROPHY.

2. SPONSOR/ ORGANISER
CHOONG WEN OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION.

3. OBJECTIVE
a. To discover new talent.
b. To upgrade the standard of play of table tennis.
c. To further enhance the friendship and cooperation among the residents.

4. VENUE
SRJK ( C ) CHOONG WEN HALL.

5. DATE OF CHAMPIONSHIP
07 & 08 / 08 / 2010
a. Team event start at 9.00AM ( 07 / 08 /2010 )
b. Opening Ceremony at 1.00 PM ( 07 / 08 / 2010 )

6. CLOSING DATE
01/07/2009.

7. EVENTS
a Open Interteam
b Juniors Interteam ( Below 13 years old )

8. SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES / ENQUIRIES
Teams who are intetested to take part are kindly requested to submit their entries
to :
a. PERSATUAN MURID-MURID TUA SJK © CHOONG WEN
70A, Jalan Rukun 4, Taman Gembira, Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 K.L.
Tel. 03 – 79836750
Fax. 03 - 79836750
b. Mr. Fan 016 – 2893795
c. Mr. Tan 012 – 6159663
d. Ms. Teng 03 - 79834473

9. ENTRY FEES

a. Open Interteam : RM 100.00 per team
b. Juniors Interteam. : RM 50.00 per team
All entry forms should be submitted before the closing date and all payments by Cheque, Post / Money Orders should be in the name of :
PERSATUAN MURID-MURID TUA SJK © CHOONG WEN. or
Bank into Public Bank Account no. ( PBB A/C – 3110192227 )

10. TOURNAMENT RULES

a. The team events consist of Five (5) Singles only.
Each team consist of minimum Five (5) and maximum Seven (7) players.
b. Teams must wear proper sport attir according to ITTF rules.
c. Former or present National/National Youth, State, Muhibbah, Sukma , Super League players are not allowed to take part. ( Juniors Super League, women state players and OKU players are allowed to take part in Open Team event. )
d. Each team allowed to have either One (1) of former national – 60 ( before 1/1/51) , former state , Muhibbah , Sukma players – 55. ( before 1/1/56 )
e. The best Two (2) team from each group will play knock- out matches in the Final stages.
f. Certain Players from past Champion and Runner-up Team are not allowed to take part in this championship, the organizer will decide on this matter.
g. Each team allowed to have One (1) boy and One (1) girl youth player for Juniors Interteam event.
h. This Championship is open to all Malaysian only.

11. DISQUALIFICATION OF TEAMS

Those teams / players who breach the Tournament rules 11 © ,(d), (f), (g),(h) will be disqualified and the entry fees will not be refunded.

12. BALLS

( TIBHAR ) balls will be used. However, the Organising committee reserves the right to used any other approved ITTF balls.

13. WALK OVER

a. Team or players who are Fifteen (15) minutes late after the scheduled time is considered to have given a Walk-Over to the opponent.
b. Any team or player who has given the walk –over is considered to have withdrawn from the Championship. All previous results pertaining to the said team or player will not be taken into account.


14. CHANGE OF PLAYERS

a. Change of players is allowed before the commencement of the Championship.
b. No change of players will be allowed after the commencement of the Championship.

15. PRIZES / CASH
Prizes / cash will be awarded to the Champion, Runner- up and third placings.

OPEN INTERTEAM JUNIOR INTERTAM
a. CHAMPION RM 1200.00 RM 600.00

b. RUNNER - UP RM 800.00 RM 400.00

c. THIRD PLACING x 2 RM 400.00 RM 200.00

16. SPORTMANSHIP AWARD
For sportsmanship award, teams must be discipline, attend the opening and closing ceremony, wearing uniform, etc. and the award is :
a. Open Interteam RM 200.00
b. Juniors Interteam. RM 100.00

17. UMPIRES
a. Participating Teams are required to be umpires for the preliminary stage.
b. Umpires will be provided for the final stage.

18. JURY OF APPEAL
a. The Tournament Chairman or his representative.
b. The Organising Secretary.
c. The Referee.

19. APPEAL
All appeal must be forwarded to the Organising Committee in writing within Thirty (30) minutes after the occurance of the dispute together with RM200.00 as deposite. If the appeal is rejected, the deposite will not be refunded.

20. GENERAL
Apart from the rules above , the championship will be conducted according to the ITTF Rules. The Organising Committee will decide on all matters not covered by the rules and its decision is final.

I got no teams and no practice at all ( except playing at the walls ). Two weeks back I played a friendly at Bomba SS17, Ahmad Sham tries to call you but cant get hold of you.

I am hoping to be able to join. U want to join me to make a team for this tournament ?

who else wants to join make a team for this tournament ?

This post has been edited by tsd: Jun 15 2010, 04:30 AM

I wish I can join u guys but my wife is working late lately, so I need to take care of the kids. By the time she come back and settle down, already after 9.30pm already. I have to wait for the day when she come back early from work then I can join u guys.

Can ask Terry to join in the team also, no need to win the competition.. just go there for exposure and fun myself also dont expect to play well also.

where is K2002, Thalis, jkaitan and a1098113 ? or any others want to join in to make a team for the Choon Wen tournament or not ?

Dont worry about my lack of practice, win or lose I can still give my opponents a hard time. In this tournament, state and national players cannot take part.

This post has been edited by tsd: Jun 17 2010, 01:41 PM

oh, like that better rest.. health must always come first.

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Added on June 19, 2010, 10:19 amnot sure date correct or not, I just copy and paste it here. I will assume all the dates are correct.

You already spend so much money and time playing ping-pong, ultimately u will join tournament to make full use of all you have invested. Believe me, once u joined... u never looked back. Win or lose, you will come back for more

This post has been edited by tsd: Jun 19 2010, 10:24 AM

why not u try selling it at pp4m.com , there are more ping pong players there than this forum

not enough people how to make team ?

yep... but nevermind, let me practice more... next tournament I will try to make team again. This time I think still lack of practice, I am training on the wall more extensively now. Hopefully by the next tournament I will be in better shape to compete.

yes... no necessary must win, its a different type of feeling in the tournament

yahoo... finally tomorrow and Sunday I got church ping pong tournament

This post has been edited by tsd: Jul 9 2010, 11:02 PM

yep.. in sfx, a disaster for me

Games were played over 2 days, single group round robin for all categories. I played men's single and men's double. My game was horrible, I was just depending on my service to win points, 95% of my attacking shots missed the table. My defensive game were also sitting duck, high and nicely placed for my opponents people to attack. Cant attack, cant defend and everything depends on my serve... hahaha terrible.

Anyway,

for mens single. Brian won ( he wins all his game ), Jeremy took second place ( he lost 1 game, to Brian ), as for me, I lost 3 games.

for mens double a major upset, Terry and me won, Brian and Andrew was runners up... we were just very lucky, we won because of our strategy game works.

Ladies single, won by Susan,

Mix double, won Susan and Andrew