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Alvah
@Alvah -
over 2 years ago
2022 WTT Youth Contender Vila Real: A Memorable Experience
March 9, 2022 (By Isabella Xu)From February 26th to 28th, I took part in the 2022 WTT Youth Contender Vila Real in Portugal; my first international tournament. A week before the tournament, I was not feeling well prepared, and I wasn’t ready to fly all the way to a...continued
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Marjory
@Marjory -
about 4 years ago
2020 Butterfly Primerica Sandhills Open Results Butterfly Table Tennis
August 27, 2020 (By Amy Karpinski) On August 14-16, 2020, Cape Fear Table Tennis Club (CFTTC) in Fayetteville, NC, held its first ever 2 star tournament. Known for running highly successful 0 star tournaments, it was decided that we would step up and run our firs...continued
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Felicita
@Felicita -
about 5 years ago
Women’s World Cup Recap: Shiwen Sequel, Historic Results for USA
October 20, 2019 Women’s World Cup Recap: Shiwen Sequel, Historic Results for USA (by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTF) China’s Liu Shiwen has won the World Cup for the fifth time. Her victory over Zhu Yuling in the all-China final in front of home fans in Chengdu, Ch...continued
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Americo
@Americo -
almost 3 years ago
WTTC Interviews: Qiu Dang
January 18, 2022 1.In both the men’s singles and men’s doubles, you lost a close match to the Chinese players. Please tell us what you liked and what you regretted about your play in each match.– For me it was a very good experience to play against the worlds best ...continued
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Raoul
@Raoul -
over 2 years ago
The Amount Of Perseverance & Hard Work That Goes Into Table Tennis…
June 29, 2022 (By: Shivkumar Jha)Table Tennis. Also known as ping pong to the lay people. I recall as a child playing this game myself. I’m not sure why I taught my son this game, but he clearly gravitated towards it playing for the last 5 years himself.Not a day g...continued
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Iva
@Iva -
about 2 years ago
Rachel Wang - WTT Tournament Cuenca, Ecuador Story
September 16, 2022 (By: Rachel Wang)Will never forget my experiences in Cuenca, Ecuador. The city is a pivotal part of my table tennis career, as well as my life. Not only did I play my very first WTT tournament, but I also participated in the 2022 Under 15 Pan-Ame...continued
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Jany
@Jany -
about 4 years ago
Men's World Cup: Semifinals - Butterfly Table Tennis
November 15, 2020 (by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) The Knock-out Rounds of the Dishang 2020 ITTF Men’s World Cup have almost concluded. Of the 21 elite players who qualified, only four remain. Fan Zhendong versus Jang Woojin and Tomokazu Harimoto versus Ma Lon...continued
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Garnet
@Garnet -
almost 2 years ago
2023, 58th Robo-Pong St. Joseph Valley Open
January 31, 2023 (by: South Bend TT Club)Saturday, Mar 18 – Sunday, Mar 19, 2023Venue: Indiana University at South Bend * Student Activity CenterRules and RegulationsTournament management may modify, combine, or cancel events, limit total entrants, or total entries...continued
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Cameron
@Cameron -
over 3 years ago
Progression to the next level - my 2021 US Nationals experience
August 2, 2021 (By Xianyao He)Having been to a few US Nationals in the past, I’m not new to Las Vegas. It was 2019 when I came here the last time. Despite being just two years ago, it seems to be an eternity to me. The world is different with COVID, which affected ...continued
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Ariel
@Ariel -
over 2 years ago
2022 ITTF Para Spanish Open: Van Emburgh wins gold, Sarand upsets the odds to win silver
March 28, 2022 (By Vlad Farcas, Photo courtesy of Antonio Alvarez)Between March 24th and 26th, US players competed at the 2022 ITTF Para Spanish Open in Platja d’Oro, Girona, Spain. The 7 players that competed where: Jenson Van Emburgh, Zachary Wentz (Men’s Class 3...continued
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Mariano
@Mariano -
over 3 years ago
2021 U17 U.S. National Team Trials: A Breakthrough
July 19, 2021 (By Isabella Xu)In past National Youth Ranking Tournaments, I usually placed at around second-to-last every single time. After each tournament, I would just accept this with an “Okay, well, I’ll just try to do better next time,” and not actually work ...continued
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
about 2 years ago
2022 Butterfly Fall Cary Cup: Ojo Onaolapo Takes Top Honors
October 20, 2022 (by Steve Hopkins)The Cary Cup continues its long history of bringing together players not just from up and down the East Coast. The event began in Cary NC in 2001, but expanded in 2014 when it moved to the Triangle Table Tennis facility in neighb...continued
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Giovanni
@Giovanni -
over 3 years ago
Eleven Years and Counting
July 1, 2021 (By Joanna Sung)From the age of six, I spent my days picking up table tennis balls at local clubs, watching the best players compete through a television screen, and playing table tennis with my dad in the basement. Now, I am seventeen. Through eleven ...continued
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Ismael
@Ismael -
about 5 years ago
Team World Cup Update: Final 8 for Both USA Teams
November 7, 2019 Team World Cup Recap: Final 8 for Both USA Teams (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup opened with group play last Wednesday in Tokyo. Twelve teams (12 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams) will battle for the World Cup...continued
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Roger
@Roger -
almost 3 years ago
LATTA Black Friday Giant Round Robin Nov. 26 & LATTA Butterfly Open Dec. 4! Register now!
November 26, 2021 Big Congrats to our Champions from LATTA Open Nov. 20, 2021!!!Picture at bottom right corner: Trophy awarded at next LATTA Butterfly Open, Dec. 4Big Congrats to our Champions from LATTA Butterfly Open Oct.30, 2021!!!Hello Table Tennis Enthusiasts,...continued
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Zackery
@Zackery -
almost 3 years ago
2021 World Table Tennis Championships - Day 2
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)BREAKING NEWS FROM DAY 2 DOUBLES ACTIONWomen’s DoublesThe big news of today’s doubles action was the young USA T...continued
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Kari
@Kari -
almost 2 years ago
Coaching Tips of the Week: Mind Games
January 4, 2023 (By Larry Hodges)Like it or not, mind games are a part of all sports. They range from “stare downs” in boxing to starting arguments in any sport to force an opponent to lose his focus. The best way to deal with most of them is two-fold: 1) ignore th...continued
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Nestor
@Nestor -
over 4 years ago
Have You Missed the Interviews? Catch Up Here. - Butterfly Table Tennis
June 4, 2020 Steve Hopkins’ PongNow Interview Series started on May 2nd. There are now six posted interviews in the series and more coming soon. As the intro notes, the purpose of the interview series is to discuss table tennis with some of the best players and p...continued
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Allene
@Allene -
almost 2 years ago
Coaching Tips of the Week: Lobbing
December 11, 2022 (By Larry Hodges)In 1967, Nobuhiko Hasegawa shocked the table tennis world by not only winning the World Championships, but by using the lob as a primary weapon in doing so. Since then, the lob has become the most spectacular shot in table tennis ...continued
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Abbie
@Abbie -
about 2 years ago
STEVEN MORENO MEN'S U13 CHAMPION OF THE WTT YOUTH CONTENDER PODGORICA 2022
November 3, 2022 (By: Edgardo Vasquez)The Butterfly player Steven Joel Moreno continues with his steady pace on his winning path in the WTT Contender in the men’s U-13 category, by proclaiming himself Champion of the WTT Youth Contender Podgorica, Montenegro.On the...continued
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Kari
@Kari -
about 2 years ago
TEAM USA COMES UP WITH A GOLDEN SWEEP AT PAN AM CADET CHAMPIONSHIPS
September 8, 2022 (By: USA Table Tennis)America’s U-15 Team Goes Seven for Seven in the Battle for Gold in the Highlands of Ecuador(Colorado Springs, CO – September 2, 2022) – The U-15 Team representing the United States of America at the Pan Am Cadet Championships...continued
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Arvid
@Arvid -
over 3 years ago
Nationals 2021-My search for gold
August 12, 2021 (By Darryl Tsao)Sweat slides across my cheeks. It is 10-11 in the last set of the 2019 Nationals finals. The umpire calls time. As I step up to serve, I remember everything that went into this moment. I serve, and the receive drips half long. I put ...continued
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Juliet
@Juliet -
almost 4 years ago
Coaching Tip of the Week: Finding Simple Tactics That Work
January 25, 2021(By Larry Hodges)The opening lines to my book, Table Tennis Tactics for Thinkers, is, “Tactics isn’t about finding complex strategies to defeat an opponent. Tactics is about sifting through all the zillions of possible tactics and finding a few simple ones...continued
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Grayce
@Grayce -
over 2 years ago
Coaching Tips of the Week: Developing Your Game at Different Ages
August 22, 2022 (By Larry Hodges)Suppose an 8-year-old, a 30-year-old, and a 60-year-old walk into your club, all beginners, and sign up for lessons. Suppose you were their coach. You’d likely start them off similarly, teaching the fundamentals. But something happe...continued
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 3 years ago
Who's the Next No. 1: Looking Past the Olympics - Butterfly Table Tennis
May 8, 2021 (by Steve Hopkins, photos by ITTFworld)Often there is a changing of the guard after an Olympics – a time when top players retire and move on to their next challenge. In a normal cycle the Olympics would have occurred a year ago and the landscape of our...continued
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