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WAB Featured Club: Los Angeles Table Tennis Association

(by Steve Hopkins) The Los Angeles Table Tennis Association (LATTA) is located in El Monte, California, just to the east of Los Angeles.  The location at 10180 Valley Blvd, is just off of the 10 with easy access to the greater Los Angeles area. LATTA is a non-profit organization established in 1998. The center is […]

Ask The Experts: Rachid El Boubou, No. 220

Ask The Experts: Rachid El Boubou, No. 220Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question:Blade: ViscariaForehand Rubber: T05 1.9Backhand Rubber: T64 1.9 1. I want to know which rubbers are fit for my Viscaria. 2. I am considering changing blades. Don’t know the difference between Mizutani ZLC and Innerforce ZLC. I used T05 1.9 mm on […]

Remember Your Best Match

(By Larry Hodges) We all have good and bad matches – but this is NOT some random thing. Poor play usually comes from poor mental skills. But here’s the amazing fact – EVERYBODY has great mental skills some of the time. The key is to make that most or all of the time. How do […]

Ask The Experts: Jun Gao No. 219

Ask The Experts: Jun Gao No. 219Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question:I am an intermediate cpen player for the last 2 years and playing style is like Wang Hao Chinese player. My setup is the Stiga blade and the Donic rubbers as mentioned above. I am thinking to upgrade my setup to butterfly cpen […]

Ask The Experts: Hui Wang No. 218

Ask The Experts: Hui Wang No. 218 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Why pro players don’t smash “fishing”balls (or do it rarely) ? They play with topspin these balls not with flat shot. I don’t understand.  Answer:  This Ask the Experts question was answered by Hui Wang. He is the head coach at the Atlanta […]

Ask The Experts: Cherry Zhao No. 217

Ask The Experts: Cherry Zhao No. 217Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hi I want to change my rubbers to Tenergy but dont know which ones to go for. I am an all round player and have been looking at the Tenergy 5 fx and the Tenergy 80. I am probably a bit stronger […]

Ask The Experts: Jinxin Wang No. 216

Ask The Experts: Jinxin Wang No. 216Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I am in the process of perfecting my forehand pendulum serve.I would like to know if I should serve than turn to face the opponents return or incorporate the turn onto the serve? Answer:  This Ask the Experts question was answered by Jinxin […]

Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth No. 215

Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth #215Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Blade: BTY PhotinoForehand Rubber: T05Backhand Rubber: T05 Hello. I love my Photino 79g blade so much that I want to get another as a back up. Sadly BTY stopped producing them. What blade is almost identical to Photino? Please advice. Thank you. Answer:  This […]

New York Indoor Sport Club (NYISC) April 2019 Open

New York Indoor Sport Club (NYISC) April 2019 Open (2-star) USATT-sanctioned Table Tennis TournamentSunday, April 14th, 2019ENTRY DEADLINE: April 10, 2019 VENUE: New York Indoor Sports Club (NYISC), 15-35 126th Street, 2nd Floor, College Point, NY 11356718-358-8860 (Yu Shao) EQUIPMENT: Only ITTF/USATTapproved equipment will be used. Tables: Butterfly Centerfold and Europa; Nets: Butterfly; Balls: white,Butterfly […]

Coaching tip of the week: Positioning After Serve

(By Larry Hodges) One of the interesting things is to watch a player’s ready position after the serve. Most do not position themselves well. Most go to the same position no matter their serve. Suppose you serve short to the middle of the table and then position yourself perfectly. If you have a strong forehand, […]

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