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World Veterans Tour – Fort Lauderdale: Highlights

World Veterans Tour – Fort Lauderdale: Highlights (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) For Lauderdale was the most recent stop for the World Veterans Tour.  The tournament featured 24 events, age rated events including singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.  The youngest veteran age band is Over 40 and the most senior of the veteran events is […]

WAB Featured Club: Han-In Table Tennis Club

WAB Featured Club: Han-In Table Tennis Club (by Steve Hopkins) With their location in Palisades Park, New Jersey, Han-In table Tennis is centrally located in the largest population center in North America.  They are just off I-95, near the New Jersey Turnpike and the George Washington Bridge – and just across the Hudson River from […]

Dancing with the Table Tennis Stars: Team England’s Will Bayley

Dancing with the Table Tennis Stars: Team England’s Will Bayley (by Steve Hopkins) Many in the US watch Dancing with the Stars, a dance competition series where a celebrity is paired with a professional dancer.  The American show was based on a British series that first aired in 2004 that is called Strictly Come Dancing.  […]

Coaching tip of the Week: How to Stop the Short Receive

Coaching tip of the Week: How to Stop the Short Receive (By Larry Hodges) One of the most effective ways to return a short serve is to push it back short and low, making it hard for the server to attack. This is very common at the higher levels, but even at lower levels there […]

Jabdiel Torres Joins Butterfly

Jabdiel Torres Joins Butterfly (by Steve Hopkins) This week, Bowmar Sports announced that Puerto Rican junior player Jabdiel Torres joined the Bowmar Sports Butterfly Team.  Torres is a High School junior from Salinas, Puerto Rico.  In 2018 he was the Puerto Rican champion in the under 15 category.  He stepped up to the National Team this […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre (by Steve Hopkins) The Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre (“Elite”) is a table tennis club and training centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Mississauga is just to the West of Toronto, about 30 kilometers from the city center.  The facility is just off the Ontario 401 Express, easily […]

Women’s World Cup Recap: Shiwen Sequel, Historic Results for USA

Women’s World Cup Recap: Shiwen Sequel, Historic Results for USA (by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTF) China’s Liu Shiwen has won the World Cup for the fifth time.  Her victory over Zhu Yuling in the all-China final in front of home fans in Chengdu, China is certainly a headline of the Uncle Pop 2019 ITTF […]

Women’s World Cup: Historic Results for USA

(by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTF Remy Gros) There’s an American in the Semifinal of an ITTF major event. Its been a lot of years, since that’s been true. The Uncle Pop 2019 ITTF Women’s World Cup in Chengdu China has progressed to its final day — standing among the remaining final four players is […]

Tip of the Week: React to Opponent’s Forward Swing

React to Opponent’s Forward Swing (By Larry Hodges) When you watch a top player, they seem to have almost supernatural reflexes. The other guy will crush the ball, and whether he gets it back or not, he always seems to react instantly. How does he do this? The secret is he’s not reacting to the […]

Gabriel Perez Joins Butterfly

Gabriel Perez Joins Butterfly (by Steve Hopkins) This week Bowmar Sports announced that Gabriel Perez has joined the Bowmar Sports Butterfly Team.  In April of this year, the 17-year-old made headlines anchoring the Puerto Rican team at the 2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships.  Behind Perez’ great play, Puerto Rico took the Team Championship and Perez […]

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