(By Larry Hodges) Suppose an 8-year-old, a 30-year-old, and a 60-year-old walk into your club, all beginners, and sign up for lessons. Suppose you were their coach. You’d likely start them off similarly, teaching the fundamentals. But something happens after a time – how you teach them begins to change quite a bit. You, the reader, […]
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Moyland GoFundMe Set Up to Help Sally Represent USA in Chengdu
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) This year, 15 year old phenom Sally Moyland will be joining the US National Team to play in the Team Championships in Chengdu, China – but in order to participate, she must self-fund her trip. Last week, Dan Reynolds established a GoFundMe page to benefit Sally in hopes of helping fund her […]
Wang and Moyland Impressive at WTT Youth Contender in Ecuador
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Cuenca, Ecuador is hosting the WTT Youth Contender Series. The events began on August 19th and will continue through August 31. The Girls Singles events concluded today – with USA’s Rachel Wang and Sally Moyland each logging impressive runs. In the U15 Girls Singles event, Rachel Wang entered without a listed seed. […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Fremont Table Tennis Academy
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Fremont Table Tennis Academy (FTTA) is located in Fremont and San Ramon. Its a premier location to play our sport and is easily accessible to San Jose in the Southern part of San Francisco Bay as well as the other major cities that surround the Bay. The Fremont location is on Warm […]
European Championships: Dang Qiu Wins in Munich
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Germany’s Dang Qiu has won the European Championship in Munich. His path to the final includes a very tight opening round win over Ibrahim Gunduz 4-3, a 4-0 win over Sgouropoulos, a 4-1 win over tough German veteran Benedikt Duda, a 4-0 statement win over Timo Boll in the Quarterfinals, a 4-1 […]
European Championships: Qiu and Jorgic reach the Final
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Munich is host to the European Championships this week, and only the Finals remain to be played. Top seed Truls Moregard fell to Mattias Falck leaving Darko Jorgic as the top ranked player remaining. Jorgic will face Dang Qiu, Germany’s 25 year old penholder – who is quickly rising in the rankings. […]
Euro Championships: 3 Germans and 3 Swedes In Final 8 in Munich
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Munich is host to the European Championships this week, and the top two seeds have both advanced to the Final 8. Top seed Truls Moregard will face countryman Mattias Falck in one Quarterfinal tomorrow. Second seed Darko Jorgic will face Tiago Apolonia. Timo Boll will face Dan Qiu in an all-German Quarterfinal, […]
Coaching Tips of the Week: Don’t Be a Predictable Receiver
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) When you receive a serve, you really have three options. You can return the serve passively, so that you rarely miss the serve, but give the opponent the attack. This often means either pushing long or a soft topspin return. You can return the serve in a neutral fashion, where you take away […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Pleasanton Table Tennis Center
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Pleasanton Table Tennis Center is located at the center of Pleasanton, California to the East of San Francisco Bay with quick access to I-580 and I-680 (and each of the major cities in the area). Pleasanton Table Tennis Center was the first table tennis club in tri-valley to open every day. The club is […]
Classic Hardbat World Championships… and AMIBO
Posted onBy Larry Hodges and Steve Claflin Something extremely odd happened this past weekend at the 2022 Classic Hardbat World Championships. In fact, three out-of-the-ordinary, very odd situations occurred: There was continuous Live Streaming of players on two center courts. The very best and the very new… There was Convenience and FREE Entertainment for the players, […]
MLTT Meet the Teams: Princeton Revolution
September 2, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The Princeton Revolution enter Season 4 as a formidable and balanced team, retaining… Read More
Edmarie Leon – Backhand Crosscourt & Down the line
September 2, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Edmarie Leon is using multi-ball to work on her Ball… Read More
Quito Hosts The First Round Of The Butterfly Challenger
September 1, 2026
(by Geovanny Coello / Butterfly Americas) This past Saturday, August 29, and Sunday, August 30, Quito hosted the… Read More
Play Into the Weird Stuff
September 1, 2026
(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame) Suppose your opponent has something that gives… Read More
Rachid El Bou Bou – Backhand Loop 3rd & 5th Ball
September 1, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Rachid El Bou Bou is executing a 3rd & 5th… Read More
Yu Di – Backhand Loop & Forehand Loop from the Forehand
August 31, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Yu Di is executing and Opening Backhand Loop, followed by… Read More
2026 ITTF Americas Youth Championships
August 30, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF-Americas Youth Championships have taken over Guatemala City this week, with the best U15… Read More
MLTT Season 4 Preview
August 30, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) Major League Table Tennis returns for its fourth season in two weeks. The September 11-13… Read More
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