Table Tennis

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Emmie @Emmie - about 3 years ago

Ask The Experts: Shahin Akhlaghpasand, No. 409

November 5, 2021 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and AnswerQuestion:I am an amateur athlete. He used a classineta racket. I recently bought a VISCARIA classic racket three months ago. I tested the Timo Boll ALC racket (borrach Tenergy 05 and Dignics 05. Just like m...continued

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Rowan @Rowan - over 4 years ago

Tip of the Week: The Grinding Mentality - How to Play It and Against It

April 13, 2020 (By Larry Hodges) Here is how I would describe the “grinding” mentality. It means a willingness to play as many shots as needed, never missing, while refusing to make a single weak return, whether pushing, chopping, or counter-hitting, with a focus o...continued

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Cynthia @Cynthia - over 3 years ago

US Nationals: Olympians (and Hall of Famers) Headline

July 8, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)A lot of familiar names are at the top of the leaderboard as the 2021 US National Table Tennis Championships comes to a close in Las Vegas.Olympian Zhou Xin won Men’s Singles, topping 2021 US Team member Sharon Alguetti 4-1 in the Fin...continued

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Hank @Hank - over 4 years ago

WAB Club Feature: California Table Tennis in Rosemead - ButterflyOnline

June 14, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) Located in Rosemead, California, in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley outside of Los Angeles, is a unique, full-time table tennis facility. California Table Tennis offers 16 Butterfly tables, professional rubber flooring, and so...continued

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Moises @Moises - about 4 years ago

Men's World Cup: Final Four Are Set - Butterfly Table Tennis

November 14, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) The Knock-out Rounds of the Dishang 2020 ITTF Men’s World Cup are underway. Thirteen of the 21 elite players who qualified played a group stage and the top 8 advanced to face the top 8 seeds. There were two ups...continued

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Mariano @Mariano - over 3 years ago

World Parkinson's Day - Butterfly Table Tennis

April 4, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)World Parkinson’s Day is next Sunday, April 11. The intent of naming a day each year is to raise awareness for Parkinson’s Disease, a disease which reduces the number of nerve cells that deliver dopamine to other cells. Those who h...continued

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Myles @Myles - almost 2 years ago

Shidong Tops Ovtcharov in Amman

February 12, 2023 (by Steve Hopkins)Seventeen year old Lin Shidong continued his path up the World Rankings on Sunday when the World No. 37 Chinese player won the WTT Contender series event in Amman, Jordan. Shidong’s path to the Final included a 3-0 win over Tiag...continued

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Garnet @Garnet - over 3 years ago

The World Championships is Coming to Houston - Butterfly Table Tennis

April 18, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)Last week it was announced that the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships will be held, as originally planned, in Houston, Texas. Originally, the event was to be held before the Olympics, but this is another event where organizers ...continued

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Moises @Moises - over 3 years ago

USA's Top Ranked Player Visits Butterfly

August 17, 2021 Guess who stopped by Bowmar Sports/Butterfly last week in Wilson, North Carolina?None other than USA’s top ranked player, Kanak Jha (and his mom, Karuna Jain Jha). Upon arrival last Wednesday, they had a tour of the facility and met with Butterfly ...continued

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Casper @Casper - almost 3 years ago

Ask The Experts: Di Yu, No. 415

January 24, 2022 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and AnswerQuestion:Dear sirI’m a left handed attacking player with a lopping and counter looping style of play. Also I play close to table for quick disruptive attacks. Mainly using short pips on back hand for quick ...continued

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Marlon @Marlon - over 2 years ago

Wang and Moyland Impressive at WTT Youth Contender in Ecuador

August 21, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)Cuenca, Ecuador is hosting the WTT Youth Contender Series. The events began on August 19th and will continue through August 31. The Girls Singles events concluded today – with USA’s Rachel Wang and Sally Moyland each logging impr...continued

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Anderson @Anderson - over 2 years ago

Latest Rankings: Fan on Top, Harimoto Jumps to No. 4

July 30, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)In the latest rankings, Tomokazu Harimoto jumped up to No. 4. China still holds the top three slots with Fan Zhendong in first, Ma Long in second, and Liang Jingkun in third. To make room for Harimoto, Moregard drops to No. 5 with ...continued

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Minnie @Minnie - over 4 years ago

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Texas Table Tennis Club. largest table tennis clubs

August 9, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) The Texas Table Tennis Club (“TTT”) is one of the largest table tennis clubs in the State of Texas. There are 12 Butterfly tables on red rubber flooring in their 6500 square foot facility. The ceiling is 13 feet high with excelle...continued

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Alexzander @Alexzander - over 5 years ago

Ask The Experts: David Zhuang, No. 258

August 3, 2019 Ask The Experts: David Zhuang, No. 258 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hello i would like to get a blade speedy forehand defensive chop backhand suggest me rubber and blades im not pro Answer: This ask the Experts question ...continued

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Nestor @Nestor - over 3 years ago

A Look at the ITTF Rankings as the Olympics Approach

July 1, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins)The ITTF Rankings take on more meaning as we are now 23 away from Preliminary Singles rounds at the Olympics (and one month away from the first Team matches).In the most recent ITTF Weekly Rankings there was some shuffling near the bo...continued

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Minnie @Minnie - over 4 years ago

Analyze an Unorthodox Style from the Opponent's Point of View

April 6, 2020 (By Larry Hodges) Many players fear playing unorthodox styles because they both aren’t used to and don’t know how to play them. Often they spend so much of their mental energy trying to figure out what they should do that they don’t consider it from t...continued

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Erik @Erik - over 4 years ago

Seemiller - The American: 2020 Trials Feature - Butterfly Table Tennis

May 29, 2020 Seemiller: The American (by Steve Hopkins) One of the most storied players in American table tennis history, Dan Seemiller. He first qualified for the US Team in 1972, was the top ranked player in the country by 1974, won five US National Championship...continued

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Liliane @Liliane - almost 3 years ago

Gardos and Afanador Headline at WTT Feeder Dusseldorf

January 15, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)When the first ITTF event of the year began this week in Dusseldorf, the top two seeds were Robert Gardos (World No. 26) and Benedikt Duda (World No. 43). Both of the top seeds breezed through the early rounds and into the Semif...continued

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Nestor @Nestor - about 5 years ago

Dancing with the Table Tennis Stars: Team England’s Will Bayley

October 25, 2019 Dancing with the Table Tennis Stars: Team England’s Will Bayley (by Steve Hopkins) Many in the US watch Dancing with the Stars, a dance competition series where a celebrity is paired with a professional dancer. The American show was based on a Bri...continued

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Alexandro @Alexandro - almost 2 years ago

Coaching Tips of the Week: Recovering from Forehand Attacks from a Corner

November 27, 2022 (By Larry Hodges)When you forehand attack from the wide forehand or wide backhand, following through back into position should be part of the stroke and technique. Too often players don’t so this and so can’t cover the other wide angle – and then,...continued

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Bart @Bart - over 3 years ago

Coaching Tip of the Week: Experiment with Serves and Receives Early

March 8, 2021 (By Larry Hodges)Early in a match you should test your various serves against an unfamiliar player. Which serving motions work best? What proportion of the time should you serve long, short, or half-long (where second bounce is right at the end-line)?...continued

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Wilmer @Wilmer - almost 3 years ago

Four members of the adult national table tennis team to open the season in Germany

January 12, 2022 (Courtesy of Elvocero.com – By Yamaira Muñiz Pérez, THE SPOKESMAN)The Puerto Rican tenimesistas Brian Afanador, Daniel González, Ángel Naranjo and the Uruguayan Olympian Melanie Díaz already have the first tournament of the 2022 season of the Inter...continued

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Giovanni @Giovanni - over 4 years ago

Dusseldorf Masters III: Ovtcharov Wins Again. The Budesliga

June 17, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) Competitive table tennis is back in Germany in full force. The Budesliga Championships was held over the weekend and the previous two weeks had warm-up tournaments labeled as the Dusseldorf Masters Series. The first Dusseldorf Mast...continued

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Wilmer @Wilmer - about 2 years ago

WTT Cup Finals: Boll Logs Early Upset Win

October 27, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)Xinxiang China is the host to this year’s WTT Cup Finals. In the Cup Finals, the World’s Top 16 are invited. For the Men, a late scratch left a Bye in the draw – but 15 of the World’s Top 16 are playing. For the Women, No. 6 an...continued

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Allene @Allene - over 4 years ago

WAB FEATURED CLUB: World Champions Table Tennis Academy

May 31, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins) The World Champions Table Tennis Academy (WCTTA ) was the USA’s first full-time, professional table tennis Academy. Located in Santa Clara, California – in the heart of the Silicon Valley – the WCTTA offers private lessons, group tra...continued

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