Kagin's Table Tennis Blog

Thursday, February 15, 2024

You're Tearing Me Apart

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The 2024 World Championships began today in Busan. I was supposed to go to the 2020 edition of this tournament, but some weird disease showe...
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Hi?

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It's been a while. Almost ten years it seems. In 2014 I was a fairly active referee, working about 15 tournaments per year. I was a memb...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Team Ratings, Rankings, and Seedings

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In most of the world, table tennis is a club sport and a team sport. The two go together, as club members form teams and play against teams...
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Friday, August 1, 2014

Which Ball Should I Buy?

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Players have been asking this question, one that i find a little surprising: Which table tennis ball should we be practicing with? To me, ...
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Friday, July 4, 2014

Possibly a Record Setter

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A minor record may have been broken this Independence Day in Grand Rapids. Check out the start of this match between Riyo Nemoto (WR 110) v...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Tokyo Recap, Part Two

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Larry Thoman, general manager at Newgy and longtime USATT contributor, asked a question: why were most of the divisions at the World Champi...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Tokyo Recap, Part One

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One country, one apple You've already read the headlines out of the Zen-Noh 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships , and i'm...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

The Impact of College Table Tennis

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Here are a few points which i believe are obvious and true: 1. Table tennis is a great sport and we want it to grow. I can't trul...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

A Lesson in Simple Mechanics

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Before we start with today's lesson, here's a pop quiz. Which of these balls are not like the others? The answer is in the phot...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Practical Advice on Rackets

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Several months ago, I showed up at one of the Schaumburg Table Tennis Club's bi-monthly tournaments. I do this on occasion because I som...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

The New Poly Ball is Coming . . . Maybe

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In March 2012, the ITTF Board of Directors voted to pass the following resolution, proposed by the Executive Committee and the Athletes'...
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Kagin
International Referee
Member, ITTF Equipment Committee (2013-2023)
USATT Board of Directors (2013-2016)
NCTTA Board of Directors (2013-2016)
Chair, USATT Rules Committee (2015-2018)
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