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
Posted on(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
Posted on(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
Posted on(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
Posted on(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
Posted on(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
Posted on(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
Posted on(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
Posted on(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 […]
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The Princeton Revolution enter Season 4 as a formidable and balanced team, retaining… Read More
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Play Into the Weird Stuff
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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame) Suppose your opponent has something that gives… Read More
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Rachid El Bou Bou is executing a 3rd & 5th… Read More
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Yu Di is executing and Opening Backhand Loop, followed by… Read More
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