We are Ping Pong Parkinson.
Mission:
To help anyone with Parkinson's Disease
through ping pong (primarily) – and to have fun while doing it.
Join us
Just bring yourself on any Wednesday at 7:30 pm and you will be welcome. Let the club's front desk know that you are here for Parkinson's Ping Pong and they will point you to us. The club entrance fee is $10 (if this is problematic for you, please let Art or Nenad know and we will make arrangements). If you think you will want to play regularly, consider becoming a member of WTTC. To get started, we will do a few exercises to warm up and then we will play ping pong. The club will provide the paddles and balls. We have all levels of players in our group, from beginners to accomplished players and volunteers who are happy to provide basic instruction.
Wednesdays 7:30pm-8:30pm
News
Sandpaper Vs. Sponge, Part II
The pairing of rubber and sponge in seemingly infinite combinations is a catastrophe. It has ruined ping pong (and created “table tennis"). The result of the unfortunate marriage of these two materials creates a game that is too fast and too tricky. Result: the points...
read moreCongratulations
Ping Pong Parkinson (PPP) held it's first quarterly 2019 tournament this week. Congratulations to all 10 participants, each of whom has shown remarkable strides in their ping pong skills. The winner was Margie Alley in a close match against the runner-up, Andy Schloat.
read moreSandpaper vs. Sponge I (Time to Stop Sniffing the Glue)
I was on board a cruise ship several years ago when they announced that a ping pong tournament would be held. On the day of the event I showed up to sign up, supremely confident (maybe a trifle cocky) that I might have a shot at winning because in my youth I had been...
read moreWhy You Should Continue To Cut The Cheese
Here’s a little secret I have that I’m gonna share with you. And it truly is a secret – I never even told this to my ex-wife while we were still talking to each other. And it’s this: I used to go out surreptitiously (who knew what diabolical ideas she had about my...
read moreOn Volunteering
I once helped an old blind woman cross Queens Boulevard. And what nerve! She actually resisted my entreaty to help … which I ignored for her own good. Well, okay, she probably would have made it without me because she was hooked up to a guide dog. But, look, I wanted...
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