Table Tennis Clubs in Illinois

• Chicago Table Tennis Club 2400 Chestnut Ave., Glenview, IL - Engelbert Solis - (847) 312-0590
• Fox Valley Table Tennis Club Eola Community Center, 555 S. Eola Rd., Aurora, IL - dean [at] kausphoto [dot] com
• Hillsboro Table Tennis St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 103 N. Main St., Hillsboro, IL - Mike Plunkett - (217) 532-7920
• Illini Table Tennis Club U of I at Urbana-Champaign, 906 South Goodwin, Urbana, Illinois - Professor P. R. Kumar - prkumar [at] uiuc [dot] edu
• Killerspin Chicago, IL - Robert Blackwell - (312) 236-2002
• NIU Table Tennis DeKalb, Illinois - Michael Nowicki - (708) 845-0253 - niutabletennis [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Peoria Area Table Tennis Sonny Henderson - (309) 264-0858 - goat19572000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Quincy Table Tennis Club Emerson Community Center, 1310 Washington St., Quincy, IL - Paul Shelor - (217) 223-2536 - ttennisinqcy [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Sangamon Table Tennis Club facebook page
• Schaumburg Table Tennis Club Community Recreation Center, 505 N. Springinsguth Road, Schaumburg, IL - Spenser "Minh" Lam - (847) 343-1616 - spenser [at] sttc [dot] net
• Sherman Nazarene Table Tennis Club Sherman Church of the Nazarene - 7085 Village Center Rd - Sherman, IL - James Embalabala (217) 636-7942 ipbees [at] yahoo [dot] com
• University of Chicago Table Tennis Club Henry Crown Field House, 5550 South University Avenue, Chicago, IL - mcbach [at] uchicago [dot] edu

Table Tennis Equipment

• Robbins Table Tennis Specialties
• Butterfly
• Killerspin
• Paddle Palace
• Zeropong
• Equipment data:
  • Table Tennis Database (good resource for comparing equipment, player rated & reviewed)
  • Sponge Hardness table
  • Daniel Tan's Rubber Mass database

Table Tennis Organizations

• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
• National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA)
• USA Table Tennis (USATT)

Table Tennis Resources/Training/Videos

• about.com How to Play the Basic Strokes - this site has a wealth of information about the game
• YouTube pingskills channel - great videos about the basic strokes
• YouTube ttCountenance channel - great for watching how the pros play
• Butterfly World newsletter - download the PDF newsletters; each issue contains a detailed breakdown in text and pictures of a particular technique