By Larry Hodges Imagine when playing that your body is a belt. If your feet are in the wrong position, or if your grip is off, then it affects everything in between. If your foot positioning and grip are both correct, then like a belt that’s been straightened, everything in between falls into place. Isn’t […]
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Pan American Cup Recap
(by Steve Hopkins / Photo by ITTF) Guaynabo, Puerto Rico was host to the Universal 2019 ITTF Pan America Cup. Sixteen participants were invited and seeded based upon World Ranking. Four players were seeded into the semifinals, and then the rest of the field are placed in 3-person round robins with the winner advancing to […]
EURO 16 Recap: Ovtcharov is Back
(by Steve Hopkins) Montreax, Switzerland was host to the 2019 CCB Europe Top 16 Cup. This annual invitational brings the top 16 men and women in Europe together for a two-day tournament. Timo Boll, Mattias Falck, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and Liam Pitchford were the top four seeds for the men, but only two escaped their opening […]
Pan American Cup Day 2: Top Seeds Shine
(by Steve Hopkins) Guaynabo, Puerto Rico is host to the Universal 2019 ITTF Pan America Cup. Sixteen participants were invited and seeded based upon World Ranking. Four players were seeded into the semifinals, and then the rest of the field are placed in 3-person round robins with the winner advancing to the knock-out rounds. The […]
EURO 16 Update Day 1: Boll/Ovtcharov Advance, Other Top Seeds Fall
(by Steve Hopkins) Montreax, Switzerland is host to the 2019 CCB Europe Top 16 Cup. This invitational brings the top 16 men and women in Europe together for a two-day tournament. Timo Boll, Mattias Falck, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and Liam Pitchford were the top four seeds for the men, but only two escaped their opening match. […]
EURO 16 Preview
(by Steve Hopkins) Montreax, Switzerland is host to the 2019 CCB Europe Top 16 Cup. This invitational brings the top 16 men and women in Europe together for a two-day tournament. Timo Boll, Mattias Falck, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and Liam Pitchford are the top four seeds for the men. Sofia Polcanova, Bernadetter Szocs, Elizabeta Samara and […]
Pan Am Cup Day 1: Upsets by USA and Canada
(by Steve Hopkins / Photo by ITTF) Guaynabo, Puerto Rico is host to the Universal 2019 ITTF Pan America Cup. Sixteen participants were invited and seeded based upon World Ranking. Four players were seeded into the semifinals, and then the rest of the field are placed in 3-person round robins with the winner advancing to […]
ITTF February Rankings: China Top Three in Both Lists, USA’s Jha in Top 50
(by Steve Hopkins) With hype building in the United States for the Super Bowl this weekend, the ITTF published an article about table tennis viewership in China. For the biggest event of our biggest sport, Nielsen ratings generally show about a 43% viewership number (103 million viewers) – meaning almost half of the TVs on […]
WAB Featured Club: Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre
(by Steve Hopkins) The Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre (“Elite”) is a table tennis club and training centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Mississauga is just to the West of Toronto, about 30 kilometers from the city center. The facility is just off the Ontario 401 Express, easily accessible to the greater Toronto area. The […]
Searching For The Perfect Balance Between Speed And Control In A Professional Table Tennis Blade?
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(By Bowmar Sports/Nathan Britt) The Butterfly Fan Zhendong CNF might just be the best-kept secret in the high-performance… Read More
Butterfly Unveils Official Game Shirt for Japanese Men’s and Women’s National Teams
April 2, 2025
(by Butterfly Global) Japanese Men’s and Women’s National Teams to wear the new shirt starting April 1, 2025… Read More
WTT Champions Incheon: Sang-Su Surprise in Korea
April 1, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Champions Series event is in Incheon Korea this week, and a huge upset… Read More
FETHOMANIA 21: Drill 1
April 1, 2025
FETHOMANIA 21: Drill 1 – Robot plays long topspin to Backhand, Logan Backhand chop to Backhand, robot plays… Read More
Study Opponents’ Serves
March 31, 2025
(by Larry Hodges) The single most important thing you have to adjust to with any given opponent is… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Vancouver Table Tennis Club
March 30, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) The Vancouver Table Tennis Club (VTTC) stands as one of the largest table tennis facilities… Read More
A Look Back – Nathan Britt’s Journey with Butterfly!
March 30, 2025
(by Nathan Britt/Butterfly Americas) Nathan Britt, one of Butterfly’s prominent influencers and the creator of NBTT (Nathan Britt… Read More
Oh Junsung and Miwa Harimoto Win in Chennai
March 30, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The Men’s Singles event was full of surprises at the WTT Star Contender… Read More
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