Table Tennis
Anything to do with Table Tennis
Oren
@Oren -
over 4 years ago
Butterfly Professional Indoor Table Tennis Tables are the BEST!
May 27, 2020 (By Tawny Banh) If you are a serious table tennis player and want to play on a high quality competition grade table, Butterfly tables are the ones to get. I highly recommend using the Butterfly Centerfold 25, Octet 25 and Europa 25 tables. They are a...continued
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Iva
@Iva -
about 2 years ago
WTT Feeder Fort Lauderdale 2022
October 12, 2022 (By: WTT Entries)We are pleased to release the details for the WTT Feeder Fort Lauderdale 2022.You can find attached the Prospectus (also available within the new Online Entry System) for the Event, scheduled to take place as follows:EVENT Main Dra...continued
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Jaydon
@Jaydon -
over 2 years ago
German League Regular Season Recap
April 23, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)The twenty-two match season has ended for the TTBL, the German professional table tennis league called the Tischtennis Bundesliga. Borussia Dusseldorf finished first with a 20-2 record, dominating from start to finish. Saarbrucken...continued
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Raoul
@Raoul -
over 3 years ago
Ask The Experts: Shahin Akhlaghpasand, No. 390 Butterfly Table Tennis
April 30, 2021 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and AnswerQuestion:Hi. I’m struggling to choose a butterfly blade.My playing style is simple, i stand close to mid distance from the table and like playing aggressive topspin shots. My physical strength is great and i ...continued
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Myles
@Myles -
almost 3 years ago
World Championships Focus: Lily Zhang
November 26, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)Thanksgiving Day had hardly started, and Lily Zhang had yet another reason to give thanks – a Mixed Doubles win with partner Lin Gaoyuan that launched the pair into the Round of 16. Zhang and Gaoyuan are one of the two China/US...continued
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Abbie
@Abbie -
over 5 years ago
Ask The Experts: Yangyang Jia, No. 246
June 27, 2019 Ask The Experts: Yangyang Jia, No. 246Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I was a frequent recreational player of table tennis years ago. I just started playing again and I wanted to invest in a bat that fits my playing style....continued
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George
@George -
about 2 years ago
WTT Champions Macao: Final 8 (Szocs and Lebrun Log Upsets)
October 21, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT)In Friday action at the WTT Champions Macao event China was pushed, Sweden advanced two men, and Szocs and Lebrun shook things up with big upsets.In the first match of the day, France’s Alexis Lebrun advanced by providi...continued
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Elaina
@Elaina -
about 3 years ago
Overcoming Challenges
August 26, 2021 (By Natalie Chan)Weeks of practicing hours each day and it finally paid off! Spartans Table Tennis Club had its first tournament ever in June of this year and I was very excited to be able to participate in it. My goal was to make it to the semi-fin...continued
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Angus
@Angus -
about 2 years 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 -
about 2 years 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 -
about 3 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 -
about 2 years 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 -
about 4 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 -
over 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 -
over 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 -
about 2 years 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 3 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 3 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 -
over 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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Rex
@Rex -
almost 4 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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Abbie
@Abbie -
over 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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Alan
@Alan -
over 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 -
almost 5 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 -
about 5 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 -
almost 2 years 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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