Links:

(1) Rules of table tennis - click here

(1a) Rubber review site - https://revspin.net/rubber/

(2) To buy Xiom Vega rubber - https://www.tabletennis11.com  (per Alex Tupas - 12-30-19))

(3) How have the new plastic balls changed table tennis - click here

or to view a club webpage with this info - click here

(4) to view You Tube videos of Tulsa Table Tennis players - click here

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 Bars/Places in Tulsa to play ping pong:

(5) Phat Tire Bike Shop at 420 E. 2nd St, Tulsa. They have one table but it is not set up all the time. You must call in advance before playing. For now, you can call Okba at 918-829-4407 (added on 11-19-21)

(5a) Lefty's bar- 10 N Greenwood Ave A, Tulsa, OK 74120 (downtown Tulsa) - 918-794-0017. Sunday's only starting 6:30 PM.

(6) Sharky's bar - 3415 South Peoria, Tulsa. 918-742-9500

(7) The Tulsan Bar - 412 East 2nd, Tulsa. 918-409-0085. Have 2 tables (maybe more). Have league play - costs $25.
Open 4:00 PM to midnight. One way to get there - go to Peoria and 2nd street, go west about 1/2 mile - on the south side of road. Just west of Hwy 75 and south of I-244. (Okba has been here many times. Bruno has been there once).

(8) Cabin Boys Brewery- 1717 E. 7th St. (7th and Utica), Tulsa. 918-933-4033

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(9) Best of Pongfinity (added 8-21-18) - click here

(10) USATT affiliated Club list (added 10-6-21) - click here

(11) Essential Table Tennis in Okla City by David Correa (2 locations)

(for the Tulsa's info club link - http://tulsatabletennis.com/essential-table-tennis-club-okc-david-correa.html )

(12) Moore Oklahoma Table Tennis Club by David Correa

(for the Tulsa club's info link - http://tulsatabletennis.com/moore-ok-table-tennis-club.html )

(13) Oklahoma City Table Tennis Club (by Britt Salter)-  CLICK HERE.

(14)  Muskogee Table Tennis Club - click here

(15)  Bartlesville Table Tennis Club - click here

(16)  Jopln Table Tennis club

(17) Wichita, Kansas Table Tennis club (e.g. John Potochnik)

(18) Wichita Falls Texas table tennis club - click here

(19) Arkansas Table Tennis Academy - arktta.org  (Mike Lauru club in North Little Rock)

(20) Springfield, Missouri Ozark Table Tennis club (ie Bill Lewis):

http://ozarkstabletennisclub.net

https://www.facebook.com/OzarksTableTennisClub

https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2015/February/01/Ozark-Table-Tennis-Club 

(21) For National Ratings - by player name - of table tennis players - click here

(22) For a list of the other Table Tennis Clubs or Ping Pong Clubs in any state - click here

(23) For a list of the tournaments in this region - traditional   or by new format

(24) USATT home page: click here

(25) Tulsa Table Tennis Club Membership by Expiration date and expired memberships: click here

(26) Table Tennis Coaching at the Tulsa Club is not available as of 3-14-23.
Ray Pestridge has recently passed the ITTF Level 2 Coaching Course and is a Gold Medalist of the National Senior Games for both Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles for his age group.
Interested in a Robo Pong (table tennis robot) to better your game?
Ray is a Newgy Affiliate and is offering free set up and free coaching to anyone purchasing a Newgy Robo-Pong through him.

(27) 1-6-12 - for a web page of world class players on You Tube - click here

(28) "pong finity trick shots" - type this into youtube.com's search field to see some amazing shots (this was submitted by Bob Kyker on 11-26-16).

(29) 7-31-11 added - Bruce Lee playing ping pong (compliments of Johnny McClananhan) - click here

(30) 6-2-11 - New York Times article "The little white ball obsession that isn't golf" - click here

(31) 7/09 added: What is a "ping pong door"?  click here

(32) 7/09 added: Where is the most expensive table tennis club in America? Spin New York

(33) 7/09 added: President Obama buys a ping pong table for the White House - click here

(34) 11/08 added: Cole Ely's table tennis equipment site (best prices) - click here

(35) Misc. old info and links and web pages that used to be on the home page - click here

(36) For an article on Ping Pong Diplomancy 1971 (They were the first group of Americans allowed into China since the Communist takeover in 1949 and started the last table tennis craze in America) click here
(scroll down then click on "ping pong diplomancy" article)

(37) What style of player are you?
Go the the "facts" web page (click here)and scroll down to article #24 for a list of the 8 styles or types of players or for the full article - click here

(38) The ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) home page - click here

(39) Table Tennis rules - from USATT

(40) To see how the USATT rating system works - click here 

(41) Square footage space used by the Tulsa table tennis club - click here

(42) USATT liability insurance - what does it cover - click here

Techniques on how to play and other informational sites

(43) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_tennis - general info and links to other sites

(44) Megaspin.com table tennis info page - click here

(45) http://www.jimlangley.net/aboutjim/pingpongprimer.html - Ping Pong primer

(46) Square footage space used by the Tulsa table tennis club - click here

(47) Where did the 5 Bixby tables and the cardboard cart go? - Click here  (posted 3-18-23)

Other info:

Obituaries

Ron Shirley, from the Oklahoma City table tennis club, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2007

Tulsa Ping Pong Club uses orange or white Nittaku Nexcel poly/plastic balls.
For more contact info for the Ping Pong Club, see contact page. ("Ping Pong" is a registered trademark of Escalade Sports).