Table Tennis

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Grayce @Grayce - almost 5 years ago

Ask The Experts: Tawny Banh, No. 250

July 6, 2019 Ask The Experts: Tawny Banh, No. 250Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hi Can you elaborate on the differences between the butterfly viscaria , Jun mizutani zlc and Timo boll spirit. Both Timo boll spirit and viscaria se...continued

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Cynthia @Cynthia - about 2 years ago

Dusseldorf and Saarbrucken Win - Ochsenhausen Struggles Again

January 30, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)A few different stories of interest this week in the TTBL (Tischtennis Budesliga – Germany’s very competitive professional league).The top storyline is that both Borussia Dusseldorf and Saarbrucken won again – continuing to domina...continued

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Marjory @Marjory - about 1 year ago

Play Games When Practicing Serves

February 13, 2023 (by Larry Hodges)Developing good serves involves watching players with good serves, getting good coaching, and lots and lots of practice. But sometimes, after all that practice, it’s hard to execute the serves in a game as you do in practice. Ther...continued

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Ismael @Ismael - over 4 years ago

Swedish Open Review: Swedes Out Early, Young Chinese Excel

October 6, 2019 Swedish Open Review: Swedes Out Early, Young Chinese Excel (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open was held this week in Stockholm. The first tour event of October brought out some of the world’s best, including four ...continued

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Allene @Allene - almost 4 years ago

Coaching Tip Of The Week: Do You Have a Quadruple Threat Receive?

June 1, 2020 (By Larry Hodges) Many players get used to receiving any given serve the same way, because it’s safer that way. This is especially true against short serves, where many players predictably push everything back long. Others reach in and predictably flip...continued

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George @George - about 2 years ago

2022 January Butterfly Teams Robin Round Tournament

February 3, 2022 On Saturday, January 29, 90 players gathered to compete in the 2022 January Butterfly Teams Robin Round Tournament.The Tournament was hosted at a local “We Are Butterfly Club”, Triangle Badminton and Table Tennis. The club welcomed local players fr...continued

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Patrick @Patrick - almost 4 years ago

Coaching Tip of the Week: Three Types of Anticipation

May 25, 2020 (By Larry Hodges) There are three main types of anticipation in table tennis. You develop all three by practice and observation. Often the key to all of these is to learn when your opponent has committed to what he’s doing, especially his direction, so...continued

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Garnet @Garnet - over 3 years ago

PongNow / 乒乓进行时: Liu Juan - Butterfly Table Tennis

December 12, 2020 (by Stephanie (西子) Sun (孫) 乒乓进行时 Chinese Language Interview – with English Subtitles. The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. The guest this week is Liu Juan, a top U.S. ...continued

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Maureen @Maureen - over 1 year ago

WTT Contender: Top Americans Have Impact in Muscat

September 9, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)USA’s Kanak Jha entered the WTT Contender Muscat as the 10th seed and had a solid run to the Semifinals. Lily Zhang entered as the 8th seed and advanced to the Final 8. The Contender Series is designed to bring players outside ...continued

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Rex @Rex - over 1 year ago

Butterfly San Antonio Fall Open Results And Tournament Report

September 27, 2022 (By: Vlad Farcas)On September 10th the 2022 BUTTERFLY San Antonio Fall Open, a 2-star USATT Sanctioned took place at the San Antonio Table Tennis Club in San Antonio, Texas. There were 63 players registered who competed in 8 events including 2 di...continued

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Mariano @Mariano - over 2 years ago

WESTCHESTER OCTOBER 2021 OPEN

November 4, 2021 Congratulations to JISHAN LIANG for winning WESTCHESTER OCTOBER 2021 OPEN!Jishan is now the first player to win the Westchester Open four times in a row.OpenF: Jishan Liang def. Zongqi Zhong (12,10,9)SF: Jishan Liang def. Felix Lartey (9,4,6); Zong...continued

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Allene @Allene - over 2 years ago

World Championships Houston: The Draw

November 21, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)In a ceremony today in Houston, officials pulled names to set up the draw for the World Championships. Fan Zhendong is the top seed in Men’s Singles, and he should have smooth sailing to the Round of 16. However, from that poin...continued

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Hulda @Hulda - about 2 years ago

Singapore Smash: Fan over Ma

March 20, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)Since 2019, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long have faced off in 5 major tournament Finals. In those meetings, Fan Zhendong had won three of the four previous meetings. That is why even in an event like the Singapore Smash that finished tod...continued

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Teagan @Teagan - about 4 years ago

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Spartans Table Tennis Club

April 10, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) With their location in Santa Clara, Spartans Table Tennis Club is just North of San Jose at the South tip of the San Francisco Bay with easy access to the major metropolitan centers of Northern California. The facility is over 165...continued

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Madalyn @Madalyn - about 2 years ago

Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams: TTA/888 Win in San Juan

April 13, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)The final eight teams in the Puerto Rico Open matched up starting on Sunday. The format in that top division was best 3 out of 5 matches. The top seeded TTA/888 team beat Soderhamns UIF 3-0. Soderhamns was a Swedish team with Cas...continued

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Cyril @Cyril - over 1 year ago

Coaching Tips of the Week: Clear the Mind

December 24, 2022 (By Larry Hodges)To play table tennis effectively, you need to have a calm, clear mind, which allows your training to pay off effectively. How often have you actually played a tournament where you entered every match with a calm, clear mind?Shortl...continued

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Marjory @Marjory - about 3 years ago

WTT WTT Middle East Hub Contender: Dima's Back - Butterfly Table Tennis

March 6, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)The first ITTF event of 2021 ended today with Dimitrij Ovtcharov’s dominating win over Lin Yun-Ju. With the Olympics just four months away, Ovtcharov showed he may be peaking at just the right time. In fact, his run to the this tit...continued

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Myles @Myles - over 2 years ago

Jenson Van Emburgh Interview

August 24, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)One of America’s up and coming Paralympic stars is Jenson Van Emburgh. Jenson will start his quest for a medal this week in Tokyo. Jenson will be competing in Class 3, one of the top wheelchair athletes in the Division and a legit...continued

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Felicita @Felicita - over 1 year ago

ITTF World Youth Championships: China and Japan Top Countries Again

December 11, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTF)The ITTF World Youth Championships concluded today in Tunisia. Many of the worlds best juniors were present to compete in U19 and U15 events – and to provide a look forward at the next generation of players that m...continued

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Rowan @Rowan - about 3 years ago

Action in Doha Continues: Olympic Qualification Events - Butterfly Table Tennis

March 20, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF/Remy Gros)After the WTT Events concluded in Doha Saturday, there was a quick overnight shift. The black flooring, tall black backdrops, modern neon lighting, projected video messaging, and the signature black-topped tab...continued

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Elliott @Elliott - about 3 years ago

Ochsenhausen Narrows the Gap: Tops Dusseldorf 3-2 - Butterfly Table Tennis

February 5, 2021(by Steve Hopkins)Two of the leading contenders met today with Ochsenhausen winning 3-2 over Dusseldorf. Dusseldorf was without Timo Boll in the line-up – Timo has been suffering from a sore back. They moved Anton Kallberg, currently the Bundesliga’s top...continued

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Liliane @Liliane - over 1 year ago

TTBL: Franziska and Saarbrucken Rebound

September 4, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF World)The Tischtennis Bundesliga – Germany’s professional league – has just begun its new season. A year ago, Borussia Dusseldorf and FC Saarbrucken were entrenched for 2/3 of the season as No. 1 and No.2 and the two...continued

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Myles @Myles - almost 3 years ago

Ovtcharov and Gazprom's Championship Pipeline - Butterfly Table Tennis

May 21, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)With the German League still 2 weeks away from starting their final (between Dusseldorf and Saarbrucken), the only European league action is in Russia where Dimitrij Ovtcharov’s Fakel Gazprom team continues to dominate the competition...continued

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Alvah @Alvah - almost 4 years ago

PINGPOD (RE)OPENING & LEAGUE. We hope you are safe

June 12, 2020 PINGPOD announced this week that. The key information from their post is shown below. PINGPOD’s location is in New York City. ButterflyOnline posted a tour of the facility a few weeks ago. See their reopening announcement below: __________________...continued

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Jarod @Jarod - almost 4 years ago

Ask The Experts: Sung Soo Jung No. 347. Jung Table Tennis Club

June 12, 2020 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I want to switch to Butterfly gear, so I would ask you for advice on which gear to use. I want something for modern table tennis with a plastic ball. With a nice feel, good control, good block, ...continued

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