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The Expert Table Tennis Podcast

Ben Larcombe

The Expert Table Tennis Podcast is a monthly audio show featuring a conversation between Ben Larcombe (a professional table tennis coach) and Harrie Austin-Jones (a fairly new table tennis player with big ambitions).

  • 20 episodes
  • Updated Mar 31, 2020

Episodes20

  • Mar 31, 2020 · 34 min

    Alex Horscroft: Serving Your Way to County Champion (Bonus Interview)

    The Expert Table Tennis Podcast is back (finally). But we’re currently in lockdown because of coronavirus, so I thought I’d do something different. In this episode, I’m joined by Alex Horscroft – a new guest writer for the Expert Table Tennis blog!

  • Sep 26, 2019 · 46 min

    Quality vs Quantity: Table Tennis Training (S02E07)

    This is Episode #7 of The Expert Table Tennis Podcast with Ben Larcombe and Harrie Austin-Jones. This month we’re discussing the quality and quantity of your training. This season, Harrie’s made some changes to his weekly training schedule.

  • Aug 31, 2019 · 45 min

    Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Table Tennis (S02E06)

    This is Episode #6 of the Expert Table Tennis Podcast with Ben Larcombe and Harrie Austin-Jones. This month we’re chatting about the physical side of table tennis. Is physical training even important for table tennis? If so,

  • Jun 28, 2019 · 49 min

    Harrie’s Top 5 Table Tennis Drills (S02E04)

    This is Episode #4 of the Expert Table Tennis Podcast with Ben Larcombe and Harrie Austin-Jones. This month we’re chatting about our favourite table tennis drills! If you’re looking to add some more table tennis drills into your training,

  • May 30, 2019 · 47 min

    Harrie’s 2018/19 End-of-Season Review (S02E03)

    This is Episode #3 of the new style Expert Table Tennis Podcast! This month we’re doing an end-of-season review of Harrie’s table tennis season and setting goals for 2019/20. We break the year up into three phases; pre-season (May-August),

  • Apr 29, 2019 · 48 min

    The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Table Tennis (S02E02)

    This is Episode #2 of the new style Expert Table Tennis Podcast! I’m joined once again by my good friend Harrie Austin-Jones and this week we’re chatting about the ultimate beginner’s guide to table tennis.

  • Mar 25, 2019 · 40 min

    Who is Harrie Austin-Jones? (S02E01)

    After a two-year break, The Expert Table Tennis Podcast is back! From now on, I’ll be joined for each episode by my good friend Harrie Austin-Jones. This first episode (of what I’m calling “Season 2”) is your chance to get to know Harrie and his epic t...

  • Feb 1, 2017 · 51 min

    #40 – Dan Seemiller: Revelations of a Table Tennis Champion

    Dan Seemiller is an American table tennis legend. He is five times US Men’s Singles Champion, twelve times US Men’s Doubles Champion, and seven times US Mixed Doubles Champion. That’s pretty impressive, to say the least!

  • Jan 1, 2017 · 35 min

    #39 – Samson Dubina: Enhance Your Game with TT-Flex

    Samson Dubina was last a guest on the show roughly 18 months ago. In that episode, we discussed his training and preparation for the Team USA Rio 2016 selections. Today, we’ll focus on TT-Flex! Unfortunately,

  • Sep 1, 2016 · 41 min

    #38 – Colin Wilson: How to Fulfil Your Potential

    Colin Wilson is probably the perfect guest for an episode of The Expert Table Tennis Podcast. As a player, he represented England for many years and is a double Commonwealth medallist. As a coach, he has worked with the English national team at all lev...

  • Aug 1, 2016 · 55 min

    #37 – Jeff Plumb & Alois Rosario: PingSkills Answer Your Questions

    Jeff Plumb and Alois Rosario are the guys behind PingSkills, easily the most popular table tennis coaching channel on YouTube. They have been teaching table tennis to players the world over ever since they made their first PingSkills video back in 2007...

  • Jul 1, 2016 · 54 min

    #36 – Dan McLaughlin: How to Master Any Skill

    Back in 2010, Dan McLaughlin decided he wanted to become a professional golfer. The only problem was, he’d never played 18 holes of golf in his life! He didn’t let that stop him, though. He packed in his job as a commercial photographer and began “The ...

  • Jun 1, 2016 · 43 min

    #35 – Alan Cooke: England’s Performance Coach

    Alan Cooke is the Performance Coach at Table Tennis England. That means he works very closely with our national teams and travels with them to tournaments. If you watched any of the World Team Championships out in Kuala Lumpur you will have seen Alan c...

  • May 1, 2016 · 53 min

    #34 – Gavin Evans: Bulletproof Table Tennis

    In many ways, you could say that Gavin Evans was always destined for table tennis greatness. He was born into a family where both parents played to a high-level and he had two older brothers who were both part of the England Youth Squad.

  • Apr 1, 2016 · 57 min

    #33 – Sean O’Neill: Top Tips for Intermediate Players

    Sean O’Neill is one of the most knowledgeable and respected table tennis coaches in the USA. As a player, he represented USATT during the 80s and 90s, reaching a career high world ranking inside the top 100. In 1995,

  • Mar 1, 2016 · 41 min

    #32 – William Henzell: Time to Retire

    William Henzell is without a doubt the greatest table tennis player Australia has ever produced. He has won the men’s national championships a record 13 times, consistently been ranked among the top 100 players in the world,