(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis conducted its sixth Challenge Series event this week.   The event matched two US Olympians: Nikhil Kumar (for Team Butterfly) and Xin Zhou (for Team Nittaku).  With both players over 2750 in US rating, they seemed to be pretty evenly matched.  Nikhil is the younger of the two at just […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Los Angeles Table Tennis Association (LATTA) is located in El Monte, California, just to the east of Los Angeles.  The facility is just off of the 10 with easy access to the greater Los Angeles area. LATTA is a non-profit organization established in 1998. The center is one of the largest table […]

(by Steve Hopkins) An innovative idea emerged last week from the Wang Chen Table Tennis Club. As shut-downs continue, many students will be home for some or all of the workweek.  This affects parents who normally avoid daycare during the hours that their children would be in school – and in our cities, this also affects […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. This edition features the Godfather of Modern US Collegiate Table Tennis, Willy Leparulo. Willy has held a leadership position in NCTTA for about 20 years, helping to guide them from a regional organization to […]

(Intro by Steve Hopkins) As I have been collecting stories from Hall of Fame members, players, and personalities in the sport, I recently had opportunity to converse with Hall of Fame Member, Steve Isaacson.  I will be sharing some of his many stories in a series of articles over the next few weeks.  This article […]