In this video I walk through one of the biggest mistakes I see players make in table tennis standing in the wrong place at ...
Take it from Diego Schaaf, who taught the ‘Marty Supreme’ star how to play: “I could see immediately the guy knows how to ...
LOS ANGELES, CA – In a sports landscape saturated with basketball, football, and baseball, one unlikely contender is spinning into the spotlight: table tennis. Major League Table Tennis (MLTT), ...
In this short session I break down how to read and receive different spins in table tennis. I show the most common mistakes ...
There’s not much you can do when you’re watching your clothes spin round and around, waiting for the laundry to wash and dry. But when Lily Zhang was seven years old, she spent that laundry time ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. First clue that someone is serious about pingpong: They call it table tennis. Second clue: They bring their own ...
The director Josh Safdie had a personal connection to 1950s players, but he also enlisted professionals to choreograph the action and employed a visual trick. By Esther Zuckerman When Josh Safdie was ...
Safdie goes deep on his terror of table tennis matches and how he pulled them off through choreography, CGI, and Timothée Chalamet's training. “I had ADD, so I ...
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the film's ping-pong consultant, Diego Schaaf, says he hopes the actor's wild press run "gives the sport the breakthrough it’s deserved." By Lexi Carson ...
Diego Schaaf and his wife, Wei Wang, spoke to NBC News about how they helped prepare Timothée Chalamet for “Marty Supreme.” PASADENA, Calif. — When director Josh Safdie first approached him to help ...
Timothée Chalamet wouldn’t be everyone’s first thought when it comes to playing a character like Midnight Cowboy’s Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a fast-talking New York hustler always on the run from ...
Timothée Chalamet’s latest movie, Marty Supreme, draws inspiration from the fast-paced, underground world of table tennis in the ‘50s and real-life legend Marty Reisman. Marty Supreme, directed by ...