(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 […]

(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. […]

(By: Bowmar Sports Team) In this Butterfly Training Tips Hammen Taiwo is explaining the importance of the Backhand Loop snap. Coach Taiwo is a coach at Atlanta International Table Tennis Academy. Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots. Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table […]

(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 […]

(By: Bowmar Sports Team) The 2022 Badger Open, give doble great victory to Isabella Xu, she won the U2400 event and also, she came first in the Womens Open, played an exciting final against Ayangade Oluwole. Full results of the tournament can be found here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, […]

(By: Bowmar Sports Team) Aditya won the Under 2500 at Westchester September Open. He also defeated Tao Wenzhang in the QF of the open event. This is so far the biggest win in Adi’s career as Tao has USATT rating of 2700. Aditya lost (1-3) to Nigeria’s Olagide in the semifinals. It was a well […]

(By: Bowmar Sports Team) Our Butterfly player Steven Moreno and his teammate Enrique Ríos became the U-13 Category Pan American Champions for the second year in a row. It is remarkable to recognize that this title was won undefeated, without losing a game with a record of 18-0. The winning route began in the group […]

(By: Sally Moyland) This tournament was right after the New York training camp. All U19 Team USA representatives were obliged to go. Other participants in the camp were self-willing and paid their own expenses. After our one week of training together, our team of eight – four boys and four girls – headed to Argentina. […]

(By: Vlad Farcas) On September 10th the 2022 BUTTERFLY San Antonio Fall Open, a 2-star USATT Sanctioned took place at the San Antonio Table Tennis Club in San Antonio, Texas. There were 63 players registered who competed in 8 events including 2 different doubles brackets. The lower rating brackets lined up a lot of young […]