Table Tennis
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George
@George -
over 1 year ago
Butterfly Top 10 Blades of 2022
December 30, 2022 by Steve HopkinsFrom the classic VISCARIA and PRIMORAC blades, to the ALC and ZLC blades made popular by players on the ITTF Tour, here are are the TOP 10 blades of 2020 – from the top table tennis company in North America.A quick overview of Butt...continued
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Jimmy
@Jimmy -
over 1 year ago
Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams: TTA/888 Won in 2022 - Who Will Win in 2023?
November 19, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)The countdown is on for the 2023 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams. The clock running on the PR Open Teams Information page currently notes that the tournament starts in 131 days. *There are already 34 teams signed up – its goin...continued
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Alexandro
@Alexandro -
about 3 years ago
Weathering the Pandemic - Possible Lessons from the First WTT - Butterfly Table Tennis
March 8, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)As the table tennis world emerges from shutdowns caused by the Pandemic, there are great opportunities to speculate on how those stoppages have affected the world’s best. Some areas completely shut down facilities leaving players to...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
almost 2 years ago
2022 Africa Cup Comments From Omar Assar The Winner
June 14, 2022 (By: Butterfly Team)Comments were received from Omar Assar (EGY) who won the ITTF-Africa Cup title held in Lagos, Nigeria from 26th to 28th May 2022. It was the second time he has won the event since 2019.He recalled his success.How do you feel after ...continued
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Maureen
@Maureen -
about 2 years ago
Europe Top 16: Jorgic and Han Take Titles
February 27, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTF *Remy Gros)The top sixteen men and top sixteen women competed this weekend in Montreux, Switzerland. As a complete change from the first days of very predictable matches with few upsets, the final day was full of ...continued
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Madalyn
@Madalyn -
over 3 years ago
Ask The Experts No. 368: Brian Pace Butterfly Table Tennis
November 28, 2020 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hello, may I get a comparison between Tenergy 64 and Dignics 64? I changed my backhand rubber from Tenergy 64 to Tenergy 80 due to the change from the celluloid ball to the plastic ball ...continued
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Marlon
@Marlon -
over 4 years ago
Ask The Experts: Min Kim No. 263
August 9, 2019 Ask The Experts: Min Kim No. 263 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hi, I am a female senior player. I do play 3 times a week and I’ve been playing with shakehands style about two years. I am a member of KTTCW in Northern Vi...continued
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Maida
@Maida -
almost 3 years ago
Battle of the Sexes: China's Men Versus Women Challenge Matches
July 11, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)Table tennis is an equal-opportunity sport. In many tournament in the US, adults play kids, men play women, and many of our para athletes play in the same events. So it could be possible for a tournament player to face a senior, a ...continued
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Angus
@Angus -
over 4 years ago
Butterfly South Shore Open Highland Table Tennis Tournament
October 15, 2019 Butterfly South Shore Highland Table Tennis Tournament and Coach Seemiller’s Journey Back to the Olympics 2019 South Shore Butterfly Open $10,000 in Prize Money! November 16-17, 2019 Highland, IN (Chicago Area) Hi Table Tennis Player...continued
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Abbie
@Abbie -
over 2 years ago
Coaching Tip of the Week: How To Play Fast-Attacking Junior Players
August 30, 2021 (By Larry Hodges)No matter what your level is, at some point you’ve had to go up against some up-and-coming junior player. If he or she was your average up-and-coming junior, and you are an average adult, and the two of you were roughly equal in lev...continued
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Teagan
@Teagan -
over 3 years ago
ITTF Announces its RESTART Bubble Players - Butterfly Table Tennis
September 30, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins)Earlier this week, ITTF announced the 21 male and 21 female athletes who will participate in the RESTART events in November. Three major events will be held in China, including the 2020 ITTF Women’s World Cup, the 2020 ITTF Men’...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 1 year ago
Butterfly Top 10 Rubber Sheets of 2022
December 29, 2022 by Steve HopkinsThe TENERGY and DIGNICS series dominated the top 10 sellers this year – with nine of the top sellers in one of those two series. These are the most used rubber series on the tour, and the high quality and advanced technology provi...continued
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Monserrat
@Monserrat -
over 1 year ago
Steven Moreno U15 Puerto Rican National Champion 2022
January 19, 2023 (by: Bowmar Sports Team)Steven Moreno closed the year being the U15 Puerto Rican National Champion in the 2022.The ECEDAO student and member of the Club “Maratonista” of Coamo, Steven Joel Moreno, was proclaimed National Champion of the U 15 Men’s ...continued
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Meggie
@Meggie -
almost 5 years ago
Ask The Experts: Wenting Zha, No. 233
May 15, 2019 Ask The Experts: Wenting Zha, No. 233Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hello. My name is Gilberto and I would like to test the D05 in my backhand.I’m used to use T64 and T05 in my backhand and I wanted to know if the D05 is sl...continued
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Angus
@Angus -
over 1 year ago
Coaching Tips of the Week: The Simplicity of Tactics
September 6, 2022 (By Larry Hodges)When you lose a match against someone around your playing level, you didn’t lose because your opponent calculated a series of seven shots of varying types, speeds, spins, depths, and placements, all presumably worked out on a blac...continued
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Mariano
@Mariano -
over 4 years ago
Interview with Nenad Bach (3): “World Peace can be realised in one hour.”
November 27, 2019 Interview with Nenad Bach (3): “World Peace can be realised in one hour.” (Courtesy of BUTTERFLY/TAKUREPO.com/Sentence and photo by Ayako Kawai/In cooperation with Noriko Teramoto) The professional activity of Nenad Bach, who started Ping Pong Par...continued
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Myles
@Myles -
over 1 year ago
2022 Para ITTF Costa Rica Open: Team USA Wins 5 Medals In The Last International Event Of The Year
January 2, 2023 (by: Bowmar Sports Team)Over the last few days, US Para Athletes competed in the Para ITTF Costa Rica Open, this being the last international contest of 2022. The event was held in San Jose, and saw more than 80 athletes from 16 countries competing ...continued
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Anderson
@Anderson -
over 2 years ago
WTTC Interviews: Adriana Diaz
January 10, 2022 1.How do you take the result of the top 16?I feel good, I feel happy. I think that being in the Top 16 is really important to me and to my career. I just want to continue practicing so I can be even better in the future.2.What aspects of your play ...continued
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Jimmy
@Jimmy -
over 2 years ago
The new Olympic cycle has already started
October 4, 2021 The new Olympic cycle has already started at the Águilas de la Montana table tennis club in Utuado, where the usual protagonists work towards the events that lead to Paris 2024.The protagonists referred to are the Olympians Adriana and Melanie Díaz,...continued
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Emmie
@Emmie -
about 4 years ago
“Quarantine” + “Ping Pong” most popular sports in the world
March 27, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) Many in the sport say that table tennis is one of the most popular sports in the world. That can be tough to quantify – especially when athletes in other sports earn more money and other pro leagues are so popular. Perhaps the be...continued
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Nestor
@Nestor -
over 2 years ago
2021 World Table Tennis Championships - Day 1
November 24, 2021 (By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by . Press the Enter key to open the contact card.">Tony Murnahan)The first day of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships sported 128 players in both the men’s and women’s sin...continued
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Elody
@Elody -
over 2 years ago
2021 World Table Tennis Championships - Day 3 Update
November 26, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)The events in Houston have now been narrowed from a field of 128 to the top 16. Thanksgiving Day was Day 3 of the World Table Tennis Championships and there was action in all five events.In Men’s Singles, Fan Zhendong and Wang C...continued
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Jarod
@Jarod -
over 4 years ago
Ask The Experts: Brian Pace, No. 283 National Level Table Tennis Coach
October 23, 2019 Ask The Experts: Brian Pace, No. 283 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hi Coach What rubbers are suitable for this blade. 05 dignics backhand,energy 05 1.9mor 2.1mm.Please. Blade: Mizutani Jun Super ZLC Answer: Your ...continued
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Webster
@Webster -
over 4 years ago
Tip of the Week: Serving from the Forehand Side. a number of advantages
November 25, 2019 Tip of the Week: Serving from the Forehand Side (By Larry Hodges) If you watch the top players serve, one thing you’ll notice is that the vast majority of them serve various types of forehand pendulum serves mostly from the backhand side. There’s ...continued
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Elliott
@Elliott -
about 2 years ago
Puerto Rico Open Teams: PR Softens COVID Travel Rules
February 3, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)As organizers are putting the final touches on what promises to be one of the premiere table tennis events of this Spring, there has been some good news from officials in Puerto Rico regarding travel restrictions. More specifical...continued
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