(By Larry Hodges) “Tactics isn’t about finding complex strategies to defeat an opponent. Tactics is about sifting through all the zillions of possible tactics and finding a few simple ones that work.” “Strategic thinking is how you develop your game. Tactical thinking is how you use what you have to win.” “Tactical thinking is a […]
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WAB Club Feature: Song Jeho TTC
(by Steve Hopkins) The Song Jeho Table Tennis Club (“SJHTTC”) is centrally located in Los Angeles. The club is located in Korea Town near the intersection of S Grand View St. and W 11th St. with easy access to the Santa Monica Freeway and the 110. The club’s namesake is “Jay” Song Jeho, a strong player […]
Euro Teams: No Timo, No Dima, No Problem
(by Steve Hopkins) Europe’s top teams battled this week in Cluj, Romania. The German team featured Patrick Franziska, Benedikt Duda, and Dang Qiu – that is, two of their top players elected to sit out this Championships after taking some time off after the Olympics and even without Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the German […]
Euro Teams: Final Four
(by Steve Hopkins) Europe’s top teams are battling this week in Romania. The top seeds have been impressive with Germany and Sweden looking strong in the Men’s event and Germany and Romania leading the way in the Women’s event. The biggest surprise thus far was a win by Russia over Austria, sending Russia into the […]
ITTF Rankings Update: Fan and Ma Long Secure at Top
(by Steve Hopkins) No surprises at the top of the ITTF Rankings as the recent China National Games Champion Fan Zhendong stayed No. 1 while Olympic Champion Ma Long maintained the second spot. The two are separated by under 300 points with 12,494 and 12,212 points respectively. The third and fourth spots are also unchanged […]
Fakel Gazprom’s Big 3: Calderano, Lin Yun-Ju, Ovtcharov
(by Steve Hopkins) Dimitrij Ovtcharov has been the dominant player on the Russian team Fakel Gazprom Orenburg. Gazprom has been one of the best teams in Europe for years, not just winning the Russian League but also finishing in the top four in the European Champions League (and winning their sixth league title in 2019). […]
Coaching Tip of the Week – Forehand Push for Playing Choppers
(By Larry Hodges) On the forehand side, when someone pushes long, it’s almost always a good idea to loop. Because of this, many players are not comfortable forehand pushing except against a short ball. Against a deep ball, they almost always loop, and that’s usually a good thing. The problem is when they play a […]
China National Games: Fan Wins, Liu’s Upsets Headline
(by Steve Hopkins) While much of the world is focused on the WTT Contender event with some of the world’s best competing in Doha, the China National Games is running in Shaanxi with the top three players in the world competing. Despite having so many big names, it was a virtual unknown who was the […]
WTT Star Contender Doha: Hugo Tops Field
(by Steve Hopkins) The World Table Tennis series is active again with a WTT Star Contender event in Doha this week. The top two seeds in Men’s Singles were Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Hugo Calderano – and other seeded players included USA’s Kanak Jha, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Darko Jorgic, Woojin Jang, Sangsu Lee, Kristian Karlsson, Liam Pitchford, […]
China National Games: Liu Who?
(by Steve Hopkins) While much of the world is focused on the WTT Contender event with some of the world’s best competing in Doha, the China National Games is running in Shaanxi with the top three players in the world competing. In China, Fan Zhendong has advanced to the Singles Semifinal as expected – logging […]
Bremen Takes Over First in the German League
October 5, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL) Five weeks in to the new season of the German Professional League (TTBL),… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Genesee Valley Table Tennis Club
October 5, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) With their location just South of central Rochester along Hwy 390, the Genesee Valley Table Tennis… Read More
China Smash: Chuqin Triples Up
October 5, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The China Smash 2025 Presented by Beijing Shijingshan Culture & Tourism Group finished… Read More
Rogelio Castro – WTT Smash Swedish Highlights
October 5, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Rogelio Castro is in action at the WTT Smash Sweden… Read More
After the Serve – Low Position
October 4, 2025
Serve,Short game and attack with Wait function: Jhon serves short backspin, robot plays short backspin drop shot to… Read More
China Smash Semis: World No. 1, 2, 7, and 9
October 4, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Felix Lebrun has been as high as fourth in the rankings in the… Read More
Nishant Lebaka – Forehand Pips Smash from Low Return
October 4, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Nishant Lebaka is focusing on his Backhand Loop Transition play… Read More
Double Side Steps?
October 3, 2025
Jhon serves short backspin, robot plays long backspin to Backhand, Jhon plays Forehand topspin to Backhand, robot plays… Read More
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