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...
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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...
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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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