(By Larry Hodges) Many players tend to strongly favor either offense or defense. Even at higher levels, many players are very comfortable attacking, but get very uncomfortable and inconsistent when the opponent attacks first. At lower levels, it’s often the reverse, where they are most comfortable pushing and blocking, and hoping the opponent misses. One […]
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US Open Review: Lily Zhang, Lei Kou, and Ian Seidenfeld Among the Winners
(by Steve Hopkins) The 2021 calendar year ended with the US Open. Usually, this event is the premier event in the country, but with the World Championships held in Houston just a few weeks earlier, this was not a typical year. It seems we’ve had a lot of atypical events (and atypical years) of late – […]
Coaching Tip of the week: If You Play to Not Lose, You Are Playing to Lose
(By Larry Hodges) This is a simple one. When a player has a good lead or is playing a seemingly weaker player, they often play to “not lose.” This means lowering their own level of play, since they are no longer doing what they normally do. They are literally abandoning whatever gave them that lead […]
2021 US Open Update
(by Steve Hopkins) While the Open Singles events, the premiere events of the US Open Table Tennis Championships are just getting to the Quarterfinals, other events have concluded. Canada’s Simeon Martin won the U-21 Men’s Singles event. Martin took advantage of a lucky draw (top seed, Vlialta Garcia fell in the group stage to Taran […]
TTBL Update: Dusseldorf 10-0, Ochsenhausen Still Second
(by Steve Hopkins) Borussia Dusseldorf swept past Werder Bremen today 3-0 to extend their record in the German League to 10-0. They’ve been so dominant to this point that they have won 30 of the 35 individual matches and have only needed to extend beyond the singles into doubles on one occasion. Today’s match saw […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: PingPod
(by Steve Hopkins) PingPod was born as a pop up on Canal St. When the team saw the joy that a ping pong table in a garage brought to so many people, they knew they needed to find a way to make table tennis more accessible to many more people in NYC and beyond. Doors […]
WTT Feeder Event: Duda and Liu Win in Dusseldorf
(by Steve Hopkins, Photo WTT) The first of a series of World Table Tennis Feeder Events concluded last Friday in Dusseldorf, Germany. Two more are planned for January. Feeder events are not intended to be for top tier players, but with cash prizes and ITTF ranking points, these events will help provide rising stars the […]
Coaching Tip of the week: How Attacking the Middle is Different and Often Better Than Attacking the Corners
(By Larry Hodges) I’ve written tips on attacking the middle, but it can’t be overemphasized how important this is. It’s likely the most under-used rallying tactic at the intermediate and even advanced intermediate level. Advanced players don’t have this problem – it’s usually their go-to spot. What are the advantages of attacking the middle? If […]
ITTF World Youth Championships: Solid Results for TeamUSA
(by Steve Hopkins, Photo WTT) When the world’s best juniors came together in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, eight event titles were up for grabs. The top two seeds in the U19 Boys Singles event were Germany’s Kay Stumper and Romania’s Darius Movileanu. Both players fell early, Stumper lost to a strong Xiang Peng (China) […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Table Tennis Minnesota
(by Steve Hopkins) Table Tennis Minnesota has three locations in the greater Minneapolis-St.Paul area. The Training Center location is on Concord Street in South St. Paul, the Jewish Center location is on Cedar Lake Road in Minneapolis, and the Bloomington Armory location is in Bloomington. Normally, the Training Center is open Monday-Thursday and Sunday and […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Crush Table Tennis
August 10, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) Located in the heart of Greenwich, Connecticut, CRUSH Table Tennis operates out of a spacious… Read More
Kanak Wow – Jha advances to Semifinals in Yokohama
August 9, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Kanak Jha served beautifully, and his consistent rallies and shot-making made him the… Read More
De Nodrest is Surprise Winner in “Spokane I”
August 9, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Leo De Nodrest entered the first Spokane WTT Feeder Series event (“Spokane 1”)… Read More
Indian Independence Day Table Tennis Tournament
August 9, 2025
(by Bowmar Sports) ProSmash is excited to announce that this year, for the second year, we are hosting… Read More
Kanak Jha Reaches Quarterfinals in Yokohama
August 9, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Kanak Jha continued his march forward on Saturday at the WTT Champions Series… Read More
When You Don’t Have Much Time…
August 8, 2025
Half random rhythm exercises a few random Forehand topspin from Forehand to Backhand and 1 Backhand topspin to… Read More
Sweet Sixteen for Jha and Zhang in Yokohama
August 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) While much of the U.S. audience is focused on the Feeder and Para events in… Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Fan Zhendong Joining MLTT Team
August 6, 2025
(by: Major League Table Tennis) BREAKING NEWS: Major League Table Tennis just added a new Fan. Fan Zhendong, the reigning Olympic gold medallist… Read More
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