Table Tennis
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Angus
@Angus -
over 1 year ago
World Team Championships: Men Top Puerto Rico
October 3, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT)When the 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals began this week in Chengdu, many would have expected TeamUSA to have results below their seeding. The men were without Kanak Jha and Nikhil Kumar, and the women had L...continued
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Colin
@Colin -
over 1 year ago
Steven Moreno And His Teammate Enrique Ríos Became The U-13 Category Pan American Champions
September 29, 2022 (By: Bowmar Sports Team)Our Butterfly player Steven Moreno and his teammate Enrique Ríos became the U-13 Category Pan American Champions for the second year in a row. It is remarkable to recognize that this title was won undefeated, without losin...continued
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Felicita
@Felicita -
over 2 years ago
Ask The Experts: Louis Levene, No. 408
November 8, 2021 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and AnswerQuestion: Hello Coach, I havent played in the last 5 years and the setup i used to have was Gergely T5000, FH -DHS Hurricane 8 Mid Hard, BH – Xiom Omega V Pro. I used to play professionally in India from 20...continued
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Casper
@Casper -
over 1 year ago
World Team Championships: USA Teams Log Early Wins
October 1, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT)The 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals is underway in Chengdu, China. All teams are maneuvering through the group stage, and both USA teams won their opening match. After Day 2, our Men’s team is 1-0 (their ne...continued
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Alan
@Alan -
over 3 years ago
Table Tennis and (k)Pop Culture: BTS - Butterfly Table Tennis
September 1, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) Table tennis regularly finds its way into Pop Culture in the US. In April, we ran an article here that referenced table tennis as a part of the plot of episodes of MASH, Last Man Standing, Friends, Girls, The Office, The Gary ...continued
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Elaina
@Elaina -
about 2 years ago
Coaching Tips of the Week: How to Stop a Simple Third-Ball Forehand Attack
April 25, 2022 (By Larry Hodges)A common tactic for forehand loopers with good footwork is to serve short (often to the middle, to cut off the extreme angles), and when the receiver predictably pushes long to the backhand, the server simply steps around and forehan...continued
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Kraig
@Kraig -
about 2 years ago
Tenergy 19 Review
March 29, 2022 (By Darryl Tsao)Tenergy 19 is a modern performance rubber from Butterfly that is actually easy to use. The sponge is noticeably softer than the Dignics series, as well at the topsheet. Additionally, the topsheet is also less grippy on the Tenergy tha...continued
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Jany
@Jany -
over 1 year ago
Neu-Ulm, Dusseldorf Superteams Advance in Euro Champions League
November 13, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)A year ago, Borussia Dusseldorf was Europe’s main “superteam”. They had one upset loss through the year (to Patrick Franzisca’s Saarbrucken team), but otherwise dominated both the German League and the European Champions League....continued
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
over 2 years ago
Revisiting Tokyo: Japanese Pair Earn Gold in Mixed Doubles
August 12, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTF World)Among the biggest moments of the 2020 Olympics was Japan’s upset of China to win the Mixed Doubles event. The top two seeds advanced to the Final in Mixed Doubles, but the Chinese pair of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen...continued
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George
@George -
over 2 years ago
Westchester July Open Results and Photos
July 28, 2021 (Courtesy of Westchester Table Tennis Center / Photo by Glen Randmer)158 players, including six rated over 2500.OpenF: Jishan Liang def. Kai Zhang (5,6,-4,9)SF: Jishan Liang def. Jian Li (3,8,5); Kai Zhang def. Felix Lartey (7,-9,5,6)QF: Jishan Liang ...continued
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Marjory
@Marjory -
about 4 years ago
Tip of the week: Fundamental versus Creative Tactics
February 24, 2020 Tip of the week: Fundamental versus Creative Tactics (By Larry Hodges) Fundamental tactics are the standards used against specific playing styles. If you are playing a chopper, fundamental tactics include attacking the middle (roughly the elbow, t...continued
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Abbie
@Abbie -
almost 4 years ago
Bundesliga Finals: Saarbrucken Wins Season After Restart - Butterfly Table Tennis
June 14, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) Like all sporting events, the German professional league, the Liebherr TTBL, was cut short by the Coronavirus Pandemic. Now that play in Germany has resumed, and after the Dusseldorf Masters warm-up events, the final four teams met...continued
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Rex
@Rex -
over 3 years ago
Coaching Tip of the Week: Should You Stick With Your Best Shot
December 7, 2020 (By Larry Hodges) The situation: Your best shot is missing, and you are losing because of this. Should you keep using it, or abandon it? It takes years of tournament experience and hard thinking before a player can consistently make a sound judgmen...continued
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Alan
@Alan -
almost 4 years ago
Coaching Tip Of The Week: Practice Partner Collaboration - the PPC of TT
June 15, 2020 (By Larry Hodges) All sports involve collaboration, and table tennis is no exception. In fact, due to its one-on-one nature, table tennis in particular fits into this mode. One obvious collaboration is between coach and student, but there’s an equally...continued
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Rowan
@Rowan -
about 4 years ago
LATTA Open Tournament, Feb. 22! Register Now!Congrats to Champions
February 15, 2020 Big Congrats to our Champions from LATTA Thanh Banh Memorial Open Jan. 25, 2020!!! Hello Table Tennis Enthusiasts, LATTA OPEN SAT, FEB. 22, 2020!!! New trophy style! Our trophies are the BEST and BIGGEST compared to all other Clubs! 2 feet tall...continued
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Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
over 4 years ago
Coaching Tip of the Week: Topspin Defense
September 16, 2019 Coaching Tip of the Week: Topspin Defense Look through almost any table tennis instructional book or video, go to almost any table tennis camp, and you’ll hardly ever see or learn anything about topspin defense. (Also known as “fishing.”) It se...continued
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Roger
@Roger -
about 1 year ago
Double Motion on Serves
February 20, 2023 (by Larry Hodges)Most serves are too simplistic. They get the job done, but simply aren’t done with real trickiness in mind. For example, a player serves backspin with a backspin motion. They may learn variations, such as a side-backspin serve, wh...continued
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Cameron
@Cameron -
almost 2 years ago
Euro Summer Series: Chuqin Surprise Winner
July 17, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld)After a pause of several months, one of the strongest fields of the year is battling in Budapest at the WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022 event in Hungary.If you have been following European table tennis...continued
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Cameron
@Cameron -
over 2 years ago
WTT Star Contender Doha: Final Four is Set
September 24, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)The World Table Tennis series is active again with a WTT Star Contender event in Doha this week. The top two seeds in Men’s Singles were Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Hugo Calderano – and other seeded players included USA’s Kanak Jha,...continued
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Ariel
@Ariel -
about 2 years ago
Butterfly Cary Cup 2022 results and photos
March 23, 2022 (By Alec Carney)Cary Cup 2022 was record setting! In the past, we were able to hold 40 tables and 160 players for the Main Event which drew a total crowd of 220 players over the course of the 4-day event. This year, we only have 20 tables and 80 play...continued
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Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
about 4 years ago
Table Tennis Logic – The 49ers / Chiefs Superbowl
January 31, 2020 Table Tennis Logic – The 49ers / Chiefs Superbowl (by Steve Hopkins) It’s no surprise to anyone reading this post that my sport doesn’t make headlines in the US. Because of this, I like to find table tennis angles to most of the big sporting event...continued
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Alexie
@Alexie -
about 2 years ago
Dusseldorf Up 3 with 5 Weeks Left: TTBL Week 17 Results
February 13, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)The race for first is probably over, as Dusseldorf is now up three games on second-place Saarbrucken. Saarbrucken remains one game ahead of third-place Muhlhausen. Each of those top three squads will play each other in the fina...continued
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Moises
@Moises -
over 2 years ago
Coaching Tip of the Week - The Most Important Reason for a Match Coach
January 17, 2022 (By Larry Hodges)It’s an advantage to have a good coach in your corner. They can talk to you between games and during breaks and help you win, both tactically and with sports psychology. They can even do so during the games, often calling out (or w...continued
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Cameron
@Cameron -
about 4 years ago
Tip of the week: Stepping Around the Backhand Corner
February 10, 2020 Tip of the week: Stepping Around the Backhand Corner (By Larry Hodges) Since the forehand is generally more powerful than the backhand, as well as better for smashing high balls, it is often important to be able to use the forehand out of the back...continued
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Alexandro
@Alexandro -
over 1 year ago
Coaching Tips of the Week: Blowing Ball in Air
September 19, 2022 (By Larry Hodges)We’re going to have a little fun this week. There’s more to table tennis than just going to the table and relentlessly trying to win. There’s also the fun part! And next to lobbing, the funnest thing I do in table tennis is blowi...continued
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