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Coaching Tip of the Week – If You Don’t Spend a Good Portion of Your Practice Developing Overwhelming Strengths, You Won’t Develop Overwhelming Strengths

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(By Larry Hodges) This could be the shortest tip I’ve ever written, since it’s all in the rather long title, but I’ll elaborate. One of the things I always advise players is that if they don’t have something that threatens an opponent, you can’t beat them. It’s a simple as that. Therefore, at whatever level […]

Otaru Jacket

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Atamy Tracksuit

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Atamy Tracksuit: Elastic, comfortable Material with inner lining. Rib collar, zipped side pockets, slim leg cut with elastic waistband. 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.  

WAB FEATURED CLUB: Princeton Pong

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(by Steve Hopkins) Princeton Pong’s 10,000 square foot table tennis facility is in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.  They are located between Philadelphia and New York City – centered in one of the largest population centers in the United States.  The elite facility features 14 professional tables,  custom sport flooring, high ceilings, great lighting, a player’s […]

Naresh and Jalli Make Waves in Metz

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(by Steve Hopkins) The World Table Tennis Contender event in Metz, France concluded this week.  A pair of Americans made deep runs in the event, Sid Naresh (who was the top seed in the U19 Boys Singles event) and Sarah Jalli (who advanced to at least the Quarterfinals in both U19 Girls Singles and U17 […]

Rhode Island Juniors: Small State, Big Numbers

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(by Steve Hopkins) Rhode Island Table Tennis has been running juniors clinics (usually on Saturday mornings or Sunday afternoons) off and on for about 15 years.  Most years, these events have included 6-8 kids of varying ages – numbers that are on par with a small club functioning in the USA’s smallest State. Things changed […]

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