(by Steve Hopkins, photo courtesy of ITTF) Despite top Romanian players (three in the World Youth Top 10), it was an 18 year old Chinese player who turned heads. Zeng Beixun, World No. 193, dominated the draw. In fact, outside of a tight 3-2 Quarterfinal, Zeng was 15-1 in games over his other five wins – […]
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Angel Naranjo Takes Top Prize in Salta
(by Steve Hopkins) World Table Tennis visits Argentina this week with the WTT Youth Contender Salta 2022 in Salta, Argentina. The Boys Singles events have all concluded, and the top prize in the featured U19 Boys Singles event went to Puerto Rico’s Angel Naranjo. Angel Luis Naranjo Lopez has reached a new level in recent […]
2022 Butterfly Upside Down Tournament
(By: Triangle TT Club Team) Our Butterfly May Upside Down Tournament drew 97 players which was a record high! We love this style of tournament as the prize money is flipped which means the U1000 event has the most prize money. What other sport(s) can you have an 80 year old and 7 year old […]
Five Golds for TeamUSA at ITTF Copa Cristina Hoffman 2022 Para Open
(by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTF, Carlos Duarte photographer) Team USA won 5 of the 14 events held this week at the ITTF Copa Cristina Hoffman 2022 Para Open in Cancun, Mexico. Jenson Van Emburgh won Men’s Singles Class 2-3, Ahad Bakhshaei Sarand won Men’s Singles Class 5, Tahl Leibovitz won Men’s Singles Class 9, […]
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Fethomania Session #8 – Promo Video
Fethomania is a special educational and training opportunity for Butterfly Amicus Prime owners to learn more about training on their robots and to get any questions answered they may have about their robots. Presented by Bowmar Sports, the official Butterfly distributor for North and South America and featuring Stefan Feth, the US Men’s National Team Coach and Larry Thoman, […]
Missouri Show – Me State Games Open
(By: Bowmar Sports Team) Congratulations to Rachid El Boubou for winning the 2022 Missouri Show – Me State Games Open. He defeated Liedy Handoko, from Cordova, Tennessee. Giant Round Robin Group A 1st: Rachid El Boubou, Raleigh NC 2nd: Liedy Handoko, Cordova TN 3rd: Logan Watson, Moore OK Group B 1st: Richard Martin, Overland Park […]
Denver TT Alliance Has A New Home
(By: Bowmar Sports Team) Things went well at the Annunciation Catholic School demo we did last Friday. The kids loved it, and certainly want a TT program at their school, so the principal agreed to give DTTA a new home in the fall. Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional […]
Table Tennis America Butterfly Bay Area Championship – US Men’s & Women’s Singles Winners
(By: Bowmar Sports Team) TTA BUTTERFLY BAY AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Congratulations to Puerto Rico Players, Adriana Diaz and Daniel Gonzalez for winning the US Women’s Singles & US Men’s Singles. For complete results, click here. Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and […]
Coaching Tips of the Week: What Are Your Strongest and Weakest Links?
(By Larry Hodges) Amazingly, many players don’t really know how they win or lose most of their points. They have a general idea about it, but often the reality is a bit different than their gut feeling. And so, rather than focusing on how they win or lose most points, and how to maximize the […]
Racket Always Up
November 5, 2025
In and Out Footwork against random topspin with different amounts of spin: Robot plays random topspin balls to… Read More
MLTT Weekly Round-Up – We’re Heading To New York
November 5, 2025
(by: Major League Table Tennis) WEEK 5 IN NEW YORK: Fresh match-ups and new storylines as the league… Read More
Product Validation – Outerforce ALC
November 3, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) Choosing the right equipment can be challenging — but confidence in what you play with… Read More
Ball Contact in Front of the Body
November 3, 2025
In and Out Footwork against random topspin with different amounts of spin: Robot plays random topspin balls to… Read More
Learn to Defend on Receive
November 3, 2025
(By Larry Hodges) Many coaches, including myself for many years, encouraged up-and-coming players to return serves aggressively, even… Read More
Jonathan Pino – Falkenburg Variation
November 3, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Jonathan Pino is doing a variation of the Falkenburg drill… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: K Ping Pong Club
November 2, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) K Ping Pong Club is centrally located in the largest population center in North America. … Read More
Moregard and Yidi Win in Montpellier
November 2, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) After a week marked largely by upsets, the top remaining seeds took both… Read More
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