Links:

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

1-20-12 added - Garage table tennis 2011 part 4 (Alex Tupas, Davie Correa, Chris Agimudie) - click here

1-14-12 added - David Correa and Chris Agimudie playing in Alex Tupas garage - click here

1-6-12 added - David Correa and Glen Grusendorf playing in Alex Tupas garage - click here

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

8-21-11 added - a video of the history of table tennis (compliments of Ray Pestridge) - click here

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

7-28-11 added - You tube video of 2011 Summer Sooner games - finals of U-1900 - Alex Tupas vs. Kelly Boyce - click here and click here

7-28-11 added - You tube video of 2011 Summer Sooner games - open doubles final between Alex Tupas/Noman Malik vs Nick and Chris Agimudie - click here

7-18-11 - Tulsa World article on Ray Pestridge - click here or for a permanent web page created - click here

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

3-31-11 - added - Youtube video of the doubles final - U-3400 - between Bob Kyker and George Taplin vs. Josh Ford and Zach Moore at the Missouri Winter games held 3-19-11 - courtesy of Todd J. Dudenhoeffer, Assisstant to the Tournament Director - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVsLG0W7ho

2/11/11 added - You Tube videos uploaded by Alex Tupas  (shows the new Oklahoma City club also).

(1) Sooner Games - 2-5-11 - Kelly Boyce playing Khoa Bui  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBXUN-y4wxQ

(2) Sooner Games - 2-5-11 - Doubles - Alex Tupas/Doug Marks vs. Stephen Ackart/Steve Marks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV4vEE4Tde0

(3) Victory Christian center - Regular Saturday night play - Alex Tupas vs. Kelly Boyce - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p74xHRsonmk

(4) Victory Christian center - Regular Saturday night play - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feEXwOab8pc

3/10/10 added - YouTube videos uploaded by Alex Tupas:

(1) Doubles match between Alex Tupas, Chris Agimudie, Nick Agimudie and Sydney Agimudie (with Bob Kyker and Kelly Boyce playing in the background) during the 2010 Sooner State Games in Jan, 2010  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6iFlqHuniU

(2) Doubles matches with Thomas Berryhill and Nathan Littledave during the Jan, 2010 Sooner games. Also doubles matches with Yee Yang and Ben Bass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXDK8kvBPWA

(3) Singles matches with Stephen Ackart, Kelly Boyce and Mats Johansson during the Jan, 2010 Sooner Games - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whwXJKqiCcM

(4) Bob Kyker and Larry Buell playing doubles during the Jan, 2010 Sooner games - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGHwnlW_N0U

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

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

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

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

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).

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

(1A) For information on the Muskogee Table Tennis Club - click here

(1B) For information on the Bartlesville Table Tennis Club - click here

(1c) For information on the Victory Christian Church table tennis Club - click here

(1d) For information on the Wichita Falls Texas 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

(4) 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".

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

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

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

(8) USATT home page: click here

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

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

(11) For a glossary of table tennis terms -

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

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

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

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

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

(14) 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

(15) 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(23) Old blog page from 11/2003 to 6-29-09 - click here

(23A) Square footage space used by the Tulsa table tennis club - click here

Techniques on how to play and other informational sites

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

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

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

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

(28) Butterflyonline.com FAQ page - click here

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).
Donations to play at the Tulsa Table Tennis Club - $40 per year. New players - free for first month out..