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WAB FEATURED CLUB: Flushing Table Tennis Center

WAB FEATURED CLUB: Flushing Table Tennis Center (by Steve Hopkins) Flushing Table Tennis Center s is conveniently located in the Flushing neighborhood of New York City in the borough of Queens, within easy reach of major highways and public transportation.  It is to the Southeast of downtown Flushing towards Kissena Park.  A friendly atmosphere with […]

World Rankings for March: Largely Stable at the Top

World Rankings for March:  Largely Stable at the Top (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The March rankings are out, and the Top 10 lists are largely stable.  Xu Xin maintains his narrow lead over Fan Zhendong (a 345 point margin that amounts to approximately a 2% lead in total points).  Ma Long is third, and Lin Gaoyuan is […]

Tip of the week: Drill the Fundamentals and the Specifics

Tip of the week: Drill the Fundamentals and the Specifics (By Larry Hodges) It is important to drill the fundamentals into your game until you can do them in your sleep. But often players forget to practice specifically what they do in a match. For example, I know a player who likes to counterloop with […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Central Florida Table Tennis Club

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Central Florida Table Tennis Club (by Steve Hopkins) With its location near the junction of 423 and 441 just a few miles Northwest of the city center, the Central Florida Table Tennis Club is easily accessible to the greater Orlando area.  The club’s facility is 27,000 square feet with 18 ITTF approved […]

US Olympic Trials Recap: Zhou & Kumar join Jha / Liu and Wang join Zhang

US Olympic Trials Recap: Zhou & Kumar join Jha / Liu and Wang join Zhang (by Steve Hopkins; photo by Bruce Liu)   The US Olympic Trials were held this week in California at Santa Monica College.  The events were a series of preliminary and qualifying rounds leading to a two-part final round to name […]

Tip of the week: Fundamental versus Creative Tactics

Tip of the week: Fundamental versus Creative Tactics (By Larry Hodges) Fundamental tactics are the standards used against specific playing styles. If you are playing a chopper, fundamental tactics include attacking the middle (roughly the elbow, the transition point between his forehand and backhand chops), moving him in and out, giving dead balls to a […]

WAB Club Feature: Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club

WAB Club Feature: Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (by Steve Hopkins) Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) is located in Bellevue, Washington, off of highway SR-520 just over Lake Washington from North side of Seattle.  The club is 9600 square feet with 18-foot ceilings, 16 Butterfly Centerfold tables, red Gerflor flooring, and two-toned walls to assist […]

Swedish Juniors Recap: North Americans Cause Waves in Scandinavia

Swedish Juniors Recap:  North Americans Cause Waves in Scandinavia (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) Örebro, Sweden hosted the 2020 ITTF World Junior Circuit Swedish Junior & Cadet Open.  Americans and Canadians performed well in this week’s Swedish Junior Circuit event, but it was the contingent from the small island of Puerto Rican that caused the […]

Hungarian Open Recap: Harimoto’s First 2020 Win

Hungarian Open Recap:  Harimoto’s First 2020 Win (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) Budapest was host this week to the 2020 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open.  The Chinese team was not present, but with Tomakazu Harimoto (World No. 5), Hugo Calderano (World No. 7), Dimitrij Ovtcharov (World No. 11) as the top three seeds, this was […]

Viscaria – A Non-Pro Review

Viscaria – A Non-Pro Review (by Steve Hopkins) I recently had opportunity to switch over to a Butterfly Viscaria Arylate Carbon blade.  I wanted to focus on the blade, so as a part of the setup I removed the rubber sheets from my old blade and applied those same old sheets to the new blade.  The […]

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