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The Many “Looks” of Kanak Jha

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(by Steve Hopkins) Fans of Kanak Jha have seen him wear a number of shirts.  TeamUSA’s top ranked player often takes the court with a U.S. flag or “USA” emblazoned across the front.  And as Butterfly’s top ranked male player in this hemisphere, most of his jerseys (including the TeamUSA uniforms) have the classic Butterfly […]

Butterfly Favorite: PingPod Featured in Men’s Health Article

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(by Steve Hopkins) Earlier this year, Men’s Health posted an article (and video) featuring PingPod and Adam Bobrow.   This Butterfly Favorite is a reprint of the article from May. The article was by Jeff Tomko – and featured a video with MH fitness director Ebenezer Samuel at Manhattan’s PingPod.  Ebenezer and Adam openly discuss the […]

Coaching Tips of the Week: Ten Mini-Fixes

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(By Larry Hodges) Here are ten “mini-fixes” for little problems you may face as you move up the table tennis rankings. Slippery floors? Put a wet towel on the floor and step on it between points. You’ve probably seen top players do this; try it, it really works. Also, get new shoes if you are going […]

Is the Future of Penhold in Europe???

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF World) Is the future of penhold in Germany and France? For those who have been watching the World Team Championships, you were treated to two penhold-versus-penhold matchups (both France versus Germany matches between France’s Felix Lebrun and Germany’s Dang Qiu).  There was a time when penhold players were found across […]

World Team Championships: Chinese Sweep

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(by Steve Hopkins) As the dust has settled at the 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals in Chengdu, the host Chinese squads have claimed both titles.  The Chinese women clinched on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Japan, and the Chinese men clinched on Sunday with a 3-0 win over Germany. The dominance of the […]

World Team Championships: Chinese Women Claim Title Over Japan

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF World) When the 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals in Chengdu began last week, it was almost a given that China would face Japan.  In fact, with the top four ranked players in the World all on their squad, home team China was a massive favorite, and Japan with No. […]

World Team Championships: Neither US Squad Advances

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) When the 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals began this week in Chengdu, many would have expected TeamUSA to have results below their seeding.  The men were without Kanak Jha and Nikhil Kumar, and the women had Lily Zhang as their anchor, but the other names were new to this […]

World Team Championships: Men Top Puerto Rico

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) When the 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals began this week in Chengdu, many would have expected TeamUSA to have results below their seeding.  The men were without Kanak Jha and Nikhil Kumar, and the women had Lily Zhang as their anchor, but the other names were new to this […]

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