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ITTF’s Photo Challenge Features Harimoto and Boll

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(by Steve Hopkins) ITTF has been issuing photoshop challenges on Fridays using hashtag #PhotoshopFriday.  Some have featured specific players while others have had other table tennis themes (the May 29 challenge was to recreate a movie poster, for example).  Two recent challenges have featured Butterfly players.  The May 15 challenge provided a Timo Boll diving […]

PongNow: Wally Green

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(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. In this edition we have, Celebrity Ping Pong Pro, Wally Green. Wally is an entertainer and entrepreneur who has traveled the world playing table tennis.  __________________________ Wally Green talks about being discovered by […]

OPEN DOORS: PINGPOD

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PINGPOD announced this week that.  The key information from their post is shown below.  PINGPOD’s location is in New York City.  ButterflyOnline posted a tour of the facility a few weeks ago.  See their reopening announcement below: _____________________ We would like to inform you of three announcements: 1) REOPENING 40 ALLEN STREET POD:  We are happy to […]

BUTTERFLY FAVORITES: Timo Boll Reverse Side-Spin Serve

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This instructional video originally appeared in 2019.  The video is titled “How to Reverse Sidespin Serve Like Timo Boll”.  In the video, Boll explains how to do a short reverse side-spin serve in table tennis.  He demonstrates the technique with examples showing his actual service during matches.  Timo Boll has moved on to Dignics in […]

Open Doors: Spin & Smash Table Tennis & Ping Pong Center

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(by Steve Hopkins) Spin & Smash Table Tennis & Ping Pong Center reopened on May 26 in Columbus, Ohio.  This was the first date that gyms and fitness centers were allowed to open in Ohio, with the State’s Gyms Advisory Group providing a details list of guidelines and best practices to assist gyms and fitness […]

DÜSSELDORF MASTERS: Kanak Jha Videos

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(by Steve Hopkins) With competitive table tennis back in Germany a few weeks before sanctioned events can be played in the US, we thought our viewers might enjoy watching the American Champion in competition.  Kanak Jha had respectable results in his first tournament since the layoff.  The Dusseldorf Masters is a three tournament series.  Jha […]

Ovtcharov and Jha in Action in Dusseldorf

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by Steve Hopkins (These photos and the full article  *in German* can be found at tischtennis.de) A week ago, Timo Boll won the first installment of the Dusseldorf Masters, a tournament series held at the team facility of Borussia Dusseldorf and with the support of the German Table Tennis Federation.  The top players in Germany […]

Daniel González agrees with a new club in the Spanish League

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(Translated to English by Elixaira Zunun / Photo by Carlos Rivera Giusti / EL VOCERO) The Utamanian tenimesista reached an agreement to play with the Real Club Tenis de Mesa Linares in the Honor division. Daniel González will be in charge of helping the Real Club Tenis de Mesa Linares to ascend to the Super […]

WAB Featured Club: Boston Table Tennis Center

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(by Steve Hopkins) The Boston Table Tennis Center is in Medford, just North of Cambridge and Somerville and only four miles from  Boston’s city center.  The club is just off I-93 (Northern Expressway), and near the Orange and Blue Lines, providing easy access to the greater Boston metropolitan area. The BTTC is a 3000 square foot […]

OPEN DOORS: Rhode Island Table Tennis Reopens

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(by Steve Hopkins) The State of Rhode Island started a new COVID-19 recovery phase on June 1 allowing gyms and sports venues to open with new regulations in place for reporting, operation, cleaning, and social distancing. The Rhode Island Club will be opening beginning on June 8. Initially the club will be open for three […]

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