Links:

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

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

(3) For information on the Muskogee Table Tennis Club - click here

(4) For information on the Bartlesville Table Tennis Club - click here

(5) For information on the Victory Christian Church table tennis Club - click here

(6) For information on the Wichita Falls Texas table tennis club - click here

(7) 5/08 added - Table Tennis is the largest participation sport in the world per the Olympic.org web site:
(then click on the "history" tab).

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

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

(10) List of top 100 players in the USA - click here  - then click on the "top 100 USA men" or women links

(11) For a National or state Member Rating distribution Chart (no names - number of players only only) click on "usa table tennis rating distributions by state" - click here

(12) For a National # (number of players only) of Members by State Chart - click on "distributions" -  click here

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

(14) USATT home page: click here

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

(16) Table Tennis Coaching at the Tulsa Club in Dawson. Ray Pestridge has recently passed the ITTF Level 2 Coaching Course and is the current Gold Medalist of the National Senior Games for both Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles for his age group. He is now offering Coaching Sessions at the Dawson Club on Mondays from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Anyone interested can contact Ray on 405-624-6014 / 405-269-3933.
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.
If you are looking for a used Robo Pong, contact Ray regarding Newgy Robo-Pong 1040 for sale.

(17) 8-26-12 added - a Table Tennis documentary featuring Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, Michael Landers (all going to the Olympics) - courtesy of Johnny McClanahan (sent in 7-6-12) - click here

(18) 1-6-12 - for a web page of world class players on You Tube - click here

(19) 8-26-11 added - ttxonline.com - Stephen Ackart's favorite company to buy table tennis equipment

(20) 3-21-13 - for a link to lots of video at table tennis master - click here

(21) 7-31-11 added - Bruce Lee playing ping pong (compliments of Johnny McClananhan) - click here

(22) 6-2-11 - New York Times article "The little white ball obsession that isn't golf" - click here

(23) 7/09 added: What is a "ping pong door"?  click here

(24) 7/09 added: Where is the most expensive table tennis club in America? Spin New York

(25) 7/09 added: President Obama buys a ping pong table for the White House - click here

(26) 11/08 added: Cole Ely's table tennis equipment site (best prices) - click here

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

(28) For a glossary of table tennis terms -

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

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

(30) USA open champions - click here

(31) US national champions - click here

(32) 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

(33) 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

(34) For some funny online videos and games of table tennis-
      (a) miniclip.com table tennis - click here (recommended by CoryTaylor)

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

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

(37) Table Tennis rules - from Pong World,  ITTF rules, from USATT

(38) To see how the USATT rating system works - click here  (then click on "how does the USATT rating system work").

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

Techniques on how to play and other informational sites

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

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

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

(43) Butterflyonline.com FAQ page - click here

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other info:

Obituaries

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

Read more about Ron here or click here (for obituary notices on the Tulsa site).

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).