In the field of racket sports, lawn tennis is the most popular game. You can name numerous prestigious lawn tennis tournaments- Wimbledon, Family Circle cup and etc. - that are being joined by prestigious lawn tennis players. The major names in your list might be Babolat Aero StrickRoger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams. But have you imagined these people doing lawn tennis while reading a newspaper? Such circumstance might be out of your imagination until you tried being serious towards playing table tennis.

A table tennis player once told me, "Playing ping pong is like playing lawn tennis while reading a newspaper". It is like moving your body while moving your thinking. The statement might be an exaggeration for you. But for hard table tennis players, the statement just describes ping pong the way it is. Its nature of being a mind sport is only one of the qualities that set it apart from other sport. Let me give you two more special qualities of ping pong:

To have a strategy, you must read your opponent. And in reading your opponent, you are to know his/her weaknesses and strengths. By knowing these things, you are likely to do the shots that challenge his/her weaknesses; avoid the shots tennis racquets for salethat will allow him/her to execute his/her strengths. In order for you to execute your strategy, you must be able to acquire the skills that you might need. You can learn the necessary skills from your personal trainer. If you don't have the luxury of having an immediate trainer, you can learn from instructional table tennis videos.