Links:

5/08 added - Table Tennis is the largest participation sport in the world per the Olympic.org web site:

11-29-07 added - two YouTube videos on world class players in action:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ISQtcneOyAQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISroQsPtDWY

(1) For information on the Oklahoma City Table Tennis Club CLICK HERE.

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

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

(3a) List of top 25 players in the USA - go to the home page of the USATT  - on the left nav bar under "Ratings Search", hit the down arrow and click on "top 25 players".

(4) For a National Member Ranking Chart (no names - number only) - click here

(5) For a National # (number only) of Members by State Chart - click here

(6) For a list of the tournaments in this region - click here

(7) USATT home page: click here

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

(8A) Misc. old info and links and web pages that used to be on the home page - click here

(9) For a glossary of table tennis terms -

(a)  http://www.geocities.com/tianchee/termsTop.htm

(b)  http://www.usatt.org/organization/glossary_tt.shtml

(c) http://www.hickoksports.com/glossary/gtabletennis.shtml

(d) http://www.tabletennisdayton.com/pages/ttinfo/glossary.html

(10) For a list of USATT members - click here

(11) For a list of World Ranking of players - click here

(12) 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

(13) 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.

(14) For some funny online videos and games of table tennis-
  (a) matrix ping pong (video of 2 players)- click here
  (b) Candystand.com - (game with lots of sounds) - click here
  (c) miniclip.com table tennis - click here (recommended by CoryTaylor)
 

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

(16) Advice on your first table tennis tournament - click here (from About.com)

(17) Other clubs websites  - click here

(18) Table Tennis rules - from Pong World,  ITTF rules, from Paddle Palace

(19) Table Tennis fun and games from the USATT.ORG site - click here

(19a) To see how the USATT rating system works - click here

(20) Techniques on how to play and other informational sites

(1) Thinkquest.org site - click here  (lots of links to click on the left side).

(1a) Table tennis tips from Table tennis pioneers - lots of short articles (about 130 !)

(2) Masatenisisi.org - page of links to general info.

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

(5) http://www.spingate.de/ - In German. Instructional site. Shows different angles of strokes.

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

(7) Butterflyonline.com FAQ page - click here

(8) Speed glue info - click here

(9) http://www.newgy.com/ttcommunity/CoachingArchives.html - coaching links

(10) http://www.sdtta.org/tt-tips.html - tips on how to play from the San Diego Club site.

(11) http://www.usatt.org/organization/instructors_guide.pdf - a pdf from the USATT on strokes.

(12) http://www.robopong.com/PingPongBasics/3basic_principals.html - 3 basic principals of strokes

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

(14) http://www.pongworld.com/tips/tips_comp.php3 - tips for competitive play

(15) http://tabletennis.lifetips.com/cat/60202/ping-pong-rubbers/index.html - table tennis rubber info

(16) http://tabletennis.lifetips.com/tip/89403/table-tennis-tips/table-tennis-tips/what-are-my-table-tennis-player-styles.html - styles of play

(17) http://www.spintechnologies.com/matrixdesc.html - 8 types of styles of players.

(18) From the Royal Navy instructional info - http://www.teachpe.com/GCSE%20files/Table%20Tennis.pdf

(19) http://www.mines.edu/stu_life/org/ttennis/frames/coach.HTML - the coaches corner info

(20) http://www.answerbag.com/c_view.php/749 - from Answer Bag - questions and answers page

(21)These are all PDF files.

 http://hcs.harvard.edu/~httc/files/part1.pdf - getting started

 http://hcs.harvard.edu/~httc/files/part2.pdf - fundamentals

 http://hcs.harvard.edu/~httc/files/part3.pdf - advanced strokes

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~httc/files/part4.pdf - service game

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~httc/files/part5.pdf - service returns

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~httc/files/part6.pdf - footwork

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~httc/files/part7.pdf - structured practice

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

Read more about Ron here

Tulsa Ping Pong Club uses yellow Nittaku Regular 3 star balls.
For more contact info for the Ping Pong Club, see contact page. ("Ping Pong" is a registered trademark of Escalade Sports).
Donations to play at the Tulsa Table Tennis Club - $40 per year. New players - free for first month out..