Over 60 at the Classic Hardbat World Championships: Randy Hou and Other Pips-Out Penholders Dominate By Larry Hodges At the US Nationals a month ago, Randy Hou won two golds (Over 70 Singles, Over 60 Doubles), a silver (Over 50 Doubles) and two bronzes (Over 50 Singles, Sandpaper Singles). Other than the sandpaper singles, it […]
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The Hardbat Rivalry – Jimmy Butler and A.J. Carney
(By Larry Hodges) On July 7, 2018, the two titans of US Hardbat finally met for the first time in a $10,000 challenge match, held at the US Nationals. It was a seesaw battle, played best of seven to 21, where often one player would dominate for a time, then the other. In the end, […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: The Dream Team Wins Again
Open Teams at the Classic Hardbat World Championships: The Dream Team Wins Again By Larry Hodges The Dream Team won in 1992, and now they’ve repeated, 30 years later in 2022. But instead of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and the rest, it was Jimmy Butler and Alexander “The Flash” Flemming. (Alex’s brother, Stephan, […]
Butterfly Training Tips With Yu Di – Forehand Loop Transition Training
(By: Bowmar Sports Team) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Yu Di is working with Bella Xu on the Forehand Loop Transition from underspin to topspin. Yu Di, is a coach at Triangle Badminton & Table Tennis Club in Morrisville, North Carolina. His current rating according to USATT IS 2463. Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, […]
ITTF Pan Am Youth U19: TeamUSA Girls Win Teams, Puerto Rico Boys Win
(by Steve Hopkins) Rosario, Argentina is host this week to the 2022 ITTF Pan American Youth Championships (U19). The tournament includes Boys and Girls Singles, Boys and Girls Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Boys and Girls Teams. The singles and doubles events will conclude on Sunday, but the teams events concluded on Thursday. TeamUSA’s Girls won […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: Women’s Singles
Women’s Singles at the Classic Hardbat World Championships: Xin Li Dominates with the Backhand By Larry Hodges (photo by Larry Hodges) Many players struggle in making the transition from sponge to hardbat. Less so for Xin Li, who just won Women’s Singles here at the Classic Hardbat World Championships. While she’s a standard shakehand player […]
Calderano Wins in Tunis
(by Steve Hopkins) Calderano entered the event as the second seed and he played a nearly flawless tournament – winning 3-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1. The tournament’s top seed, Tomokazu Harimoto fell early – losing to 18 year old French phenom Alexis Lebrun 3-0. Lebrun’s run may have been the biggest story of the tournament, as […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: Under 17
Under 17 at the Classic Hardbat World Championships “Because It’s Fun” says Champion Bryce Milford By Larry Hodges “That’s about it – just school and table tennis.” That’s what Bryce Milford, 15, said when I asked him what he did outside school and table tennis. Of course, you have to be somewhat single-minded if you […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships: Alexander Flemming – Who Will Clash with “The Flash”?
By Larry Hodges Alexander “The Flash” Flemming was a top sponge player in Germany before he got into sandpaper. He once finished third at the German Nationals in Men’s Singles and won Men’s Doubles twice. But in 2012 he tried out one of those “oldfangled” sandpaper rackets . . . and now he’s the World […]
Butterfly Training Tips With Nandan Naresh – Reversed Pendulum Serve
(By: Bowmar Sports Team) This Butterfly Training Tips has Nandan Naresh working on the ball placement of his Reversed Pendulum Serve. Nandan, is currently participating at the 2022 ITTF Pan American Youth Championships (U19). Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly […]
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