Site Products

5th consecutive appearance for Kanak Jha at WJC

Posted on

5th consecutive appearance for Kanak Jha at WJC (by Ian Marshall/(Photo: Thorsten Ghol) A debut in 2012 when the World Junior Championships were staged in the Indian city of Hyderabad and China’s Fan Zhendong won the Boys’ Singles title, the name of Kanak Jha of the United States appears on the entry list for the […]

My family, my identity, my motivation

Posted on

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor / Photo: courtesy of LATTU) My family, my identity, my motivation The sixth seed in the Girls’ Singles event at the forthcoming Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships, which commence in Cape Town on Wednesday 30th November, whilst also joining forces with Lineris Rivera, Paola Sanabria and elder sister […]

2016 Butterfly Teams: LYTTC Teams Claim Top Spots in Division 1

Posted on

2016 Butterfly Teams: LYTTC Teams Claim Top Spots in Division 1 By  Barbara Wei 2016 Butterfly Teams: LYTTC Teams Claim Top Spots in Division 1 “LYTTC Elite” continued their dominance in Division 1 on the final day of competition at the 2016 Butterfly Teams tournament by easily overcoming 2nd and 3rd seeded teams “Newgy/Petrosetco” and “SPiN” […]

Top Three Teams Undefeated on First Day of Competition

Posted on

Top Three Teams Undefeated on First Day of Competition BY BARBARA WEI “LYTTC Elite” (Ruichao Chen, Kaden Xu, Yuxiang Jin, Ziyang Chen, Junha Wu), “Newgy/Petrosetco” (Sameh Awadallah, My Trang Mai, Rachid El Boubou, Sameir Mohammad Elfeky) and “SPiN” (Kevin Wang, De Tran, Tahl Leibovitz, Paul David, Anthony Valero) remain undefeated after the first three rounds […]

“LYTTC Elite” top seed for 2016 Butterfly Team Championships

Posted on

“LYTTC Elite” Lead in Seedings for 2016 Butterfly Team Championships “LYTTC Elite” Lead in Seedings for 2016 Butterfly Team Championships By Barbara Wei Opening day of the 2016 Butterfly Teams Championships brought intense table tennis action to the Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center (6 miles from downtown Philadelphia) as 60 teams battled for top […]

Thomas Weikert accepts Best Peace Project Award

Posted on

Different role but once again Thomas Weikert accepts Best Peace Project Award (by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) On Thursday 26th November 2009 in the Salle Empire of the Hôtel de Paris in Lausanne, Thomas Weikert, in his position as ITTF Executive Vice President, accepted the award of the “Best Peace Project” on behalf of […]

USA Table Tennis Participates in AmazonSmile Program

Posted on

(By USATT) Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to USA Table Tennis whenever you shop on AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Support USA Table Tennis by starting your shopping atsmile.amazon.com. Questions? Learn more about AmazonSmile Your shopping will support USA […]

Rochester coach will lead US junior national table tennis team

Posted on

(By Eric Atherton / Photo by Scott Jacobson – PostBulletin) A little more than two years, ago, the Post-Bulletin published a story about table tennis phenom Michael Tran and his 19-year-old coach, Qi Wei, who came from Beijing to live with the Tran family in southeast Rochester. It was an interesting dynamic at that time, […]

DTTA’s 2016 MENSUAL Tourney Winners Awards

Posted on

(Submitted by Angelo Gandullia) DTTA’s 2016 MENSUAL Tourney Winners Awards Last Saturday, Nov 19th, DTTA awarded our best MENSUAL Tourney players with the most “Performance Points” of 2016! DTTA and Butterfly awarded: $100 Gift Certificate  to Ana Maria Garcia, in A Division; $100 Gift Certificate to Hristo Djoumaliev, in B Division; and Bobby Green and Lisa […]

Latest News

Want a More Aggressive Chop?

March 4, 2026
Robot plays long backspin to Backhand, Logan plays Backhand long push to Backhand, robot plays 2 times long… Read More

Geovanni Coello – Panamerican Masters Championship

March 3, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Geovanny Coello is in action as he wins the Panamerican… Read More

Open Versus Closed

March 2, 2026
Robot plays backspin to long Forehand, Logan plays Forehand topspin down the line, robot plays little topspin to… Read More

Play the Inner Forehand Against Backhand Players

March 2, 2026
By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Many players with strong backhands cover the… Read More

Lingshaui Meng – Multi ball Backhand Blocking

March 2, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Lingshaui Meng is focusing on the Backhand Block using Multi-ball… Read More

WAB CLUB FEATURE: RA Table Tennis Centre

March 1, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The RA Table Tennis Center is centrally located in Ottawa, just off of highway 19. … Read More

Top Ranked Players Win Singapore Smash

March 1, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The top players in the world converged this week in Singapore, and a… Read More

Final Four in Singapore: Chuqin, Lebrun, Yun-Ju, Moregard

February 28, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The top players in the world converged this week in Singapore, and on Sunday only… Read More
View All News

Get the latest from Butterfly

Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs and more.