(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Many players go into a backhand stance when blocking. This is fine for the backhand, but it weakens the forehand side. Even worse, it makes smashing or counterlooping on the forehand much more difficult. You may find that you can block backhands almost as […]
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Does Watching High-Level Players Help Amateur Players Improve? By Coach Bob Chen
Posted on(By Coach Bob Chen) Many amateur players enjoy watching high-level matches. They watch world-class rallies. They study professional looping technique. They observe serve and receive patterns. But here’s an important question: Does watching elite players actually help you improve? The answer is: It can but it doesn’t automatically. It depends on how you watch. 1. […]
US Nationals Preview: Two Weeks Until the June 16 Entry Deadline
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, graphic USATT) Action is set to start on July 3rd in San Jose for this rendition of the US Nationals. Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Jishan Liang, Nandan Naresh and Sid Naresh are currently the top five seeds in Men’s Singles, and Amy Wang, Sally Moyland, Angela Guan, Jessica Reyes-Lai, and Lilian Ma […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Table Tennis & More
Posted on(By Steve Hopkins) Table Tennis & More (TT&M) was founded by Len Winkler in 1996. Over the years, the club has had many shapes and forms. At one point, the club downsized to a garage – but Len kept it going. Years later, Len moved to Hawaii and started a new TT&M. At that point, […]
Triple Crown for Saarbrucken – TTBL Champion
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL via BeLa Sportfoto) FC Saarbrucken TT won the Final Four, securing the German team title. There were 5600 fans in attendance at the event in Frankfurt which featured the top four teams of the league season: Saarbrucken, Dusseldorf, Bergneustadt, and Bremen. In the Semifinals on Saturday, Borussia Dusseldorf needed all […]
What should be your goal when the ball comes high?
Posted onRobot plays very high balls to very long Backhand. ( 20-25 balls per minute) FETHOMANIA 27: Drill 2 https://youtube.com/shorts/7S6vkWoGCIA 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.
Angel Naranjo – Serve Return & Forehand Loop
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Angel Naranjo is executing a over the table push, followed by pivot and Forehand Loop https://youtu.be/ohsHZOqmRM4 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
Anav Gupta – Backhand Flip & Backhand Loop Combo
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Anav Gupta is executing a drill where he will Backhand Flip, followed by a Backhand Flip https://youtu.be/jDbh7CQutwU 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
How To Return Different Serves
Posted on(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame We will define a “short” serve as any serve that, given the chance, would bounce at least twice on the receiver’s side of the table before going off the end. Any serve that doesn’t do this will be considered a “long” serve. To attack […]
Top Seeds Roll at Lagos Contender
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) This week, Lagos, Nigeria was the host of a WTT Contender series event. The top seed won four of the five events. Anders Lind was one of those top seeds that prevailed – winning Men’s Singles. Lind finished 5-0, pushed in a 3-2 win over Iulian Chirita, then a pair […]
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(by Steve Hopkins) The Finals of Men's and Women's Singles (the Men's Singles Hsing Family event, and the… Read More
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Daniel Tran is in action at the Men's Nationals Trials… Read More
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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Returning serve is the most difficult part… Read More
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