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Saturday July 31, 2004
Ping Pong Anyone?
 On Friday night we went to a table tennis match! England's premier Table Tennis champion, Matthew Syed played another professional and several members of the audience in a challenge game at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. It was more fun than you might imagine. Matthew is quite a funny guy and gave us a great overview of the technique used by the athletes in his sport. We learned that the funny stance and the stomp many pros use when serving the ball is designed to hide the type of spin the server is putting on the ball. There were numerous members of the audience vying for a chance to play a few rounds with him, and it was a lot of fun to watch them striving to understand his spins and techniques. He will be a color commentator for table tennis matches at the Olympics next month, broadcast for ten days on the BBC. |
-HrH
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