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NCTTA Collegiate Nationals – Update from Joanna Sung

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(by Joanna Sung) Three days filled with meeting old friends and competing for UCLA, the NCTTA Collegiate Nationals proved to be an eventful weekend. The tournament took place from April 13th to April 16th at the Round Rock Sports Center in Round Rock, Texas. I finished the tournament with a total of three medals: a […]

Butterfly Training Tips with Darryl Tsao – Random Play Exercise

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(by Stephanie Sun) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Darryl is focusing on Random Play with the Forehand and Backhand Loop. 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.

Tashiya Piyadsa Receives a Long Term Scholarship from OCTTA

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Picture: Dr. Le and Mrs Helen Le with Tashiya Piyadasa (by Tashiya Piyadsa) Orange County Table Tennis Academy (OCTTA), a Bowmar Sports Butterfly sponsored club, is a club I train in located in Fountain Valley, California. OCTTA table tennis club is owned by Dr. Le and his wife, Mrs. Helen Le. Recently, I received a long […]

Are You Trying Too Hard?

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(by Larry Hodges) Dang it! How’d I miss that?!!! I can’t play! These (or perhaps harsher words) are the words of a player who is trying too hard, i.e. pressing too much. This is also true if you feel like saying these things during a match but hold back. They are symptoms of a player […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Fullerton Table Tennis Academy

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(by Steve Hopkins) Fullerton Table Tennis Academy is located off Imperial Highway in Fullerton, California.  The facility is near Bonita Pl and S Harbor Blvd/E Imperial Hwy in the neighborhoods of La Habra.  This positions the club just North of Anaheim with easy access to all of the greater Los Angeles area. Fullerton Table Tennis Academy […]

World Championships Finals: Countdown to Durban

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(by Steve Hopkins) We are only 5 days away from the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals.  Durban, South Africa is the host this year.  All ten of the ITTF Top 10 list will be present for the Men’s Singles competition making this the toughest competition of the year.  There will be five events […]

TTBL: Dusseldorf and Saarbrucken Face off in Finals (Again)

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(by Steve Hopkins) For Dusseldorf, who has lead the TTBL standings all year – making the Final is not a surprise.  And while Neu-Ulm’s potential all-star roster may have given some pause in the first half of the season, its been clear for several months that Saarbrucken would be favored to make the Final as […]

TTBL: Dusseldorf Blanks Muhlhausen to Advance

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(by Steve Hopkins) When they faced each other for the first time, Dusseldorf was able to top Muhlhausen 3-0.  In fact, Dusseldorf didn’t even need their three top ranked players as Anton Kallberg, Dang Qiu, and Kay Stumper were able to dominate with scores of 3-0, 3-1, and 3-1. In the second meeting of the […]

TTBL: Ochsenhausen and Saarbrucken Even at 1-1

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(by Steve Hopkins) In their opening match, Saarbrucken big two dominated with Franziska logging two wins and Jorgic securing the other win for an easy 3-1 victory.  But the second match, Ochsenhausen flipped the script.  On Friday, Simon Gauzy started things off well for Ochsenhausen with a 3-0 win over Darko Jorgic.  Franziska then evened […]

Talking about Lower Back Pain

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(by Dr. Alomar-Jimenez) Low Back Pain Low back pain will affect 85% of the population at some time in their lives. The majority (90%) will improve over a 3-month period; however, recurrences are very common. Risk Factors associated with low back pain include Age, Gender, Physical Work, Fitness, and psychological influences such as stress, anxiety, […]

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