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Hardbat Students and the Ping Pong World Cup

Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Finalist Sara Gulabani Serving to Hardbat Junior Champion Bryce Milford”) As with Sandpaper, this event was originally an Under 18 event. But there was interest in Under 23 students (i.e. college students), and so they combined the events. […]

Hardbat Seniors and the Ping Pong World Cup

Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Finalist Alexis Perez serving to Senior Champion David Tiplady”) There were four groups of four, with the top two in each group advancing to the quarterfinals, with the winners of group 1 and group 2 getting a bye […]

Hardbat Women at the Ping Pong World Cup

Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Viktoria Balics Wins Women’s Hardbat Singles”) There were six women in the Hardbat Women event, so they decided to play it as a complete round robin – with one catch. They wanted a real final, and so after […]

Hardbat Singles to the Semifinals at the Ping Pong World Cup

Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Down 0-6 in the second, top seed Alexander “Flash” Flemming serves to Jan Olek.  Will he come back?”) Play began at 8:15AM on Friday, Jan. 5. There were 50 players competing in ten groups of five, with two tables for each group. The top […]

Butterfly Training Tips with Taiwo Adeyinka – Modified Falkenburg

(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Taiwo Adeyinka is working with one of students on a Modified Falkenburg drill https://youtu.be/SF8hNC2koGo 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

FETHOMANIA 3: Drill 6

https://youtube.com/shorts/nciI-gXNz5g All FETHOMANIA drills are performed on the Butterfly Amicus Prime Robot. To learn more about the Amicus Prime, click here. For more FETHOMANIA content, click here.

Sandpaper Students at the Ping Pong World Cup

Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Under 18 Student Champion Bryce Milford, their coach, AJ Carney, and Finalist Sara Gulabani”) Originally, it was an Under 18 event. But there was interest in Under 23 students (i.e. college students), and so they combined the events. […]

Sandpaper Seniors at the Ping Pong World Cup

Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Senior Finalist Steve Claflin and Champion John Sabalik”) There were two groups of five, with the top three advancing to the money rounds. All other players advanced to the Consolation brackets. In Group 1, the fourth seed, Sergio […]

Sandpaper Women at the Ping Pong World Cup

Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Ying Yuyue and Cao Jing of China celebrate sweeping Sandpaper Singles”) There were two groups of four, with the top two advancing to the money rounds. All other players advanced to the consolation brackets There were no big […]

Sandpaper Singles to the Semifinals at the Ping Pong World Cup

Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Jungang Huang of China right after his win over Andrew Baggaley in the Sandpaper Open Quarterfinals) Play began at 8:15AM on Thursday, Jan. 4. There were 75 players competing in 15 groups of five, with two tables for […]

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