This instructional video originally appeared in 2019. The video is titled “How to Reverse Sidespin Serve Like Timo Boll”. In the video, Boll explains how to do a short reverse side-spin serve in table tennis. He demonstrates the technique with examples showing his actual service during matches. Timo Boll has moved on to Dignics in […]
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Open Doors: Spin & Smash Table Tennis & Ping Pong Center
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Spin & Smash Table Tennis & Ping Pong Center reopened on May 26 in Columbus, Ohio. This was the first date that gyms and fitness centers were allowed to open in Ohio, with the State’s Gyms Advisory Group providing a details list of guidelines and best practices to assist gyms and fitness […]
DÜSSELDORF MASTERS: Kanak Jha Videos
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) With competitive table tennis back in Germany a few weeks before sanctioned events can be played in the US, we thought our viewers might enjoy watching the American Champion in competition. Kanak Jha had respectable results in his first tournament since the layoff. The Dusseldorf Masters is a three tournament series. Jha […]
Ovtcharov and Jha in Action in Dusseldorf
Posted onby Steve Hopkins (These photos and the full article *in German* can be found at tischtennis.de) A week ago, Timo Boll won the first installment of the Dusseldorf Masters, a tournament series held at the team facility of Borussia Dusseldorf and with the support of the German Table Tennis Federation. The top players in Germany […]
Ask The Experts: Xin Zhou, No. 346
Posted onButterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Should you close the racket angle when you topspin loop the backspin ball with your backhand? Should you drop down the racket as much as you can? Should you squat a lot or as my couch says, you should squat as long as your waist doesn’t drop below […]
Daniel González agrees with a new club in the Spanish League
Posted on(Translated to English by Elixaira Zunun / Photo by Carlos Rivera Giusti / EL VOCERO) The Utamanian tenimesista reached an agreement to play with the Real Club Tenis de Mesa Linares in the Honor division. Daniel González will be in charge of helping the Real Club Tenis de Mesa Linares to ascend to the Super […]
Coaching Tip Of The Week: How to Never Miss an Easy Smash
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) Few things are more frustrating than missing an easy smash that costs you a game or match. Especially under pressure, it’s easy to miss them. But if you follow three rules, you will never miss another one. Really! The three rules for never missing a smash are simple. Until the point is […]
WAB Featured Club: Boston Table Tennis Center
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The Boston Table Tennis Center is in Medford, just North of Cambridge and Somerville and only four miles from Boston’s city center. The club is just off I-93 (Northern Expressway), and near the Orange and Blue Lines, providing easy access to the greater Boston metropolitan area. The BTTC is a 3000 square foot […]
Open Doors: A Cautionary Korean Tale
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo from Yonhap News where caption notes this club in Western Seoul had a confirmed infection) South Korea reported 57 new cases of COVID-19 today, a day after reporting 50 new cases. This is two days in a row over a threshold of 50 – a government set limit on new cases […]
BUTTERFLY FAVORITES: Omar Assar v. Quadri Aruna 2018 Africa Cup
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) This is a Butterfly Favorite. To set the stage, Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna had won the Africa Cup two years in a row. The Africa Cup serves as that continent’s qualification event for the World Cup, and like North America, there aren’t a lot of athletes that qualify by World Ranking so winning […]
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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Crosscourt. It's so much easier to hit… Read More
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Bowmar Sports Tournament Highlights, Geovanny Coello is in action a the World Veteran's… Read More
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(by Steve Hopkins) When action began on July 3rd in San Jose for this rendition of the US… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: True North Table Tennis
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