(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 […]
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China National Games: Fan Wins, Liu’s Upsets Headline
Posted on(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
Posted on(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?
Posted on(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 […]
WTT Star Contender Doha: Final Four is Set
Posted on(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, […]
Coaching Tip of the Week – A Good Warm-up
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) A warm-up is different than practice. Practice is to improve, maintain, or fine-tune a technique. Few players improve unless they do lots of this. However, the focus of this tip is on warming up. Warm-up is to groove your shots before playing matches. (You also warm up before a practice session, but […]
WAB Club Feature: HiTT
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Hoboken Table Tennis (HiTT), Hoboken’s first social ping pong club, is located at 1012 Grand Street (3rd Floor) in Hoboken, New Jersey. The club has easy access to 95 to the West and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels provide easy access West to Manhattan. HiTT is a BYOB table tennis facility with 8 […]
Pan Am Youth Championship: USA Wins 8 of 15 Events
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The USA flexed its muscles this week at the ITTF Pan American Youth Championships (U15 & U19) tournament in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. TeamUSA showed its potential by winning 8 of the 15 events. Here is the list of US Champions: U19 Girls’ Singles was won by Rachel Sung (in a 4-3 […]
Euro 16: Patrick Franziska Wins
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The European Table Tennis Union’s Pomegranate Europe Top 16 Cup concluded today. Neither Timo Boll nor Dimitrij Ovtcharov played (both are taking some time off from major tournaments after the Olympics), but that didn’t stop Germany from taking the top prize. Germany’s Patrick Franziska won the Men’s title, and Nina Mittleham dominated […]
PongNow: Ian Seidenfeld
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow Interview Series – talking table tennis to some of the best players and personalities in the sport. The PongNow interview guest this week is gold medalist Ian Seidenfeld. He talks about Tokyo and his experiences there both on and off the tables. ________________________ PongNOW Interviews are powered by […]
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Traaining Tips, Angel Naranjo is demonstrating the Reversed Pendulum Serve to the… Read More
Harimoto and Hayata Win in Frankfurt
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Germany's Patrick Franziska gave hope to Germany fans with his heroics, but ultimately… Read More
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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame) The problem with playing lefties is two-fold:… Read More
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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
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(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 WTT) The top two seeds avoided early upsets as both Matsushima and Harimoto reach… Read More
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Yu Di is demonstrating exact dynamics of the timing of… Read More
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