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AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Banana Flick with Richard Prause

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AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Banana Flick with Richard Prause (Courtesy of ButterflyMag) Welcome to the fifth episode of the new Butterfly AMICUS Training Tips Video Series. In this series Butterfly coaching expert Richard Prause will guide you through a number of coaching videos on how you can effectively use the new Butterfly AMICUS […]

Bty Training Tips: Jinxin Wang – Backhand Loop in Tournament Play

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Bty Training Tips: Jinxin Wang – Backhand Loop in Tournament Play (By Brian Pace/Jinxin Wang) Hello, my name is Jinxin Wang and welcome to Butterfly’s Training Tips In this video I will give you some training tips on how to use the backhand loop in tournament play. This shot should be used when your opponent […]

Bty Training Tips: Wenting Zha – Wide Angle Serve

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Bty Training Tips: Wenting Zha – Wide Angle Serve (By Brian Pace/Wenting Zha) The training video comes by way of Wenting Zha. It is a drill focused on wide angle serves. Hello, my name is Wenting and welcome to Butterfly’s Training Tips. One of the advantages of being left-handed is being able to create difficult […]

Butterfly Training Tips With Brian Pace: How To Loop Underspin

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(by Brian Pace) Butterfly Training Tips With Brian Pace: How To Loop Underspin The forehand loop is the skill that can trump any other skill because you can loop a block, serve, push, smash, chop, high ball, as well as another loop. The forehand loop from underspin is the number pathway into the point, and […]

Adjusting Tactics in Tournament Play

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(By Brian Pace) Adjusting Tactics in Tournament Play In competition players go for the shots they are the most comfortable with, the shots that we have mastered, as well as the shots that expose your opponent. Tactical conflict is created when the players doesn’t acknowledge that the shot they are playing is not being effective. […]

Ask The Experts: Jeffrey Zeng, No. 166, Butterfly Question & Answer

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Ask The Experts: Jeffrey Zeng, No. 166 Butterfly Question & Answer Blade: Viscaria Forehand: Tenergy 05 Blade: Tenergy 80 Question: Hi Coach, I have been wondering which Tenergy to use on backhand. I play lot banana flicks and play close to the table most of the time with loops and sometimes block. Tenergy 05 is perfect on forehand […]

Tip of the week: Top Ten Tactical Receiving Mistakes

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(By Larry Hodges) Top Ten Tactical Receiving Mistakes 1. Too predictable. Vary your receive! Most of the below are variations on this. 2. Giving the server what he wants. 3. Too aggressive. If you attack every serve it becomes predictable. 4. Too passive. If you never attack the serve, then the server knows he can […]

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