For almost two decades, Sharath Kamal Achantha dominated Indian table tennis, amassing 13 Commonwealth Games medals and two Asian Games medals. Yet, the one achievement that eluded him — an Olympic medal — now fuels his new mission: building champions from the ground up at SK Academy, Chennai, India.

Walk into a sports bar and you’ll see a pool table. Walk into a community center around the world and you will see both pool & table tennis tables. Two different sports, two different cultures — yet when you look closer, pool and table tennis are brothers in disguise because of spin. Let’s find out

Edge Tapes for table tennis rackets are available for almost all pre-made rackets and commonly used while assembling the rackets. This round tape of sticker used around the edges of the rackets are pretty popular and ofter referred as “Side tapes” as well. If you are buying a custom racket, then you probably think if it is worth spending extra (5-10$) to add a Edge tape on your racket. Let’s find out about these edge tapes.

In 2020, ITTF released information about a project called WTT which has now changed the outlook of table tennis. These days there are so many WTT events and sometimes it does cause confusion for table tennis enthusiasts about these events. Let’s clear the confusion of different types of WTT events such as Feeder/Contender/Champions/Cup Finals/Grand Smash/ etc.

Wish you all a very happy new year 2024 from TTCrunch and we hope you play a lot of Table Tennis. 🏓🙌 🎉

Apart from all the amazing events lined up for this year, the most important table tennis event I am looking for is the Olympics 2024. Who will get the crown this year? Will it be a young player? Who knows but I am definitely looking forward to Paris 2024. :)

TTCrunch is back with another interesting post, this time it’s around Table Tennis Betting! After all, who doesn’t mind making free money right? Well this post is about what the deal about betting some bucks in table tennis & should you really do it? Let’s dig into this post.

Table tennis is a very interesting and enjoyable game but definitely losing is hard. Losing is hard anyways but losing 11-0 is painful. Do you love table tennis? If you love something, losing in such a way is hurting. Have you ever lost in table tennis with such a huge margin? Well, don’t lose hope, this post is about losing 11-0 and what to do next.

Blocker, a player who blocks all sort of shots you throw at them. The blockers are tricky, they do everything to make your life difficult. They even suck the energy out of you! If you want to win, they will make you put 100% of on the table. When you see some of the majestic blocks in youtube video of players like Jan Ove Waldner or Koki Niwa or Kenta Matsudaria, you feel it is easy but it is really difficult and these guys are exceptional talents. What if you face such a blocker and what tactic you should follow to beat them? Let’s look at those in this article.