(by Steve Hopkins) When the dust settled in Muscat, Oman, the Men’s Singles winner was Korea’s Jang Woojin and the Women’s Singles champion was Chen Xingtong. Woojin is currently World No. 28 and Chen Xingtong is World No. 33, so in an event where all players were outside of the World Top 10, these results […]
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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Essential Table Tennis
Posted onBy Steve Hopkins) Located just South of downtown Oklahoma City off of I-35, the Essential Table Tennis Club is helping to bring the sport to the center of Oklahoma. All players and all levels are welcome. The club operates every day in their main location in Oklahoma City. They also have weekend hours at the Moore […]
Coaching Tips of the Week: Consistency is King
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) Consistency isn’t just something you need to learn to do; it’s an attitude. It’s the idea that, no matter what happens, you can keep the ball in play longer than your opponent. If you convince yourself you can do that, then you no longer are hesitant about your shots, and so your consistency […]
German League Update: Dusseldorf and Ochsenhausen Only Unbeaten Teams
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF World) Most of the German squads have now played three matches – and only two teams remain undefeated: Borussia Dusseldorf and TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen. For the talented Borussia Dusseldorf team, they have dominated every match winning 3-0, 3-0, and 3-0. Ochsenhausen has spread out 2 losses over their three wins, […]
WTT Contender: Top Americans Have Impact in Muscat
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) USA’s Kanak Jha entered the WTT Contender Muscat as the 10th seed and had a solid run to the Semifinals. Lily Zhang entered as the 8th seed and advanced to the Final 8. The Contender Series is designed to bring players outside of the Top 10 and to combine the draw and […]
Coaching Tips of the Week: The Simplicity of Tactics
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) When you lose a match against someone around your playing level, you didn’t lose because your opponent calculated a series of seven shots of varying types, speeds, spins, depths, and placements, all presumably worked out on a blackboard in advance with lots of X’s and O’s, like they do in football. Nope, […]
WAB Club Feature: Bridgeport Sports Club
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) At over 14,000 square feet, the Bridgeport Sports Club one of the largest table tennis clubs in all of North America. The club is located in Richmond, just South of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. They are located near Highway 99 and 9, with easy access to the greater Vancouver area. The […]
TTBL: Franziska and Saarbrucken Rebound
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF World) The Tischtennis Bundesliga – Germany’s professional league – has just begun its new season. A year ago, Borussia Dusseldorf and FC Saarbrucken were entrenched for 2/3 of the season as No. 1 and No.2 and the two teams played the last match in the mid-season final, in the European […]
WTT Feeder Bulgaria: China Rolls with Numbers
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF World) The World Table Tennis event this week was the WTT Feeder Panagyurishte (Presented by Asarel) in Bulgaria. Often in these WTT events, only a few players attend from each country – and most often the local country has the most players. China seldom has more than 4 or 5 […]
German League Opening Weekend: Boll, Ovtcharov, Moregard, Jha Start Strong
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen started the 22/23 season with a 3-0 win over TTC RhonSprudel Fulda-Maberzell. A year ago, Fulda finished third – a few spots ahead of Ochsenhausen. Simon Gauzy started things off for Ochsenhausen with a 3-0 win over Fan Bo Meng. Kanak Jha then topped World No. 15 Quadri Aruna […]
Butterfly Players Hold Both World No. 1 Spots
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(by Steve Hopkins) Butterfly has signed Wang Manyu of China, and the timing couldn't be better. Butterfly players… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Central Florida Table Tennis Club
November 6, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) Located on South Orange Blossom Trail, just south of downtown Orlando, Central Florida Table Tennis… Read More
3 Germans and 3 Japanese reach Quarters in Frankfurt
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) The top two seeds avoided early upsets as both Matsushima and Harimoto reach… Read More
Yu Di – Forehand Loop Timing
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Sunny Zhang Pan American Senior Table Tennis Championships
November 2, 2026
(by Coach Raymond (Zhaowei) Zhang) Seventeen-year-old Sunny Zhang of Three10 TTC represented Canada at the Pan American Senior… Read More
Jerky Strokes and Jerkyitis: World’s Most Rampant Table Tennis Disease
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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame) Many players have jerky strokes that make… Read More
Rachid El Bou Bou – Wide Angle Push
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Rachid El Bou Bou is executing the Wide Angle Push… Read More
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