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GVTTA Team League: Competition and Comaraderie Near Vancouver

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GVTTA Team League: Competition and Comaraderie Near Vancouver (by Steve Hopkins) Every Tuesday at 7pm, the Greater Vancouver Table Tennis Association (GVTTA) runs its league in Burnaby, British Columbia.  The league format is 3-person teams with 9 singles matches each round.  The cumulative rating points must be under 4000, which keeps the teams relatively equal […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Broward Table Tennis Club

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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Broward Table Tennis Club (by Steve Hopkins) The Broward Table Tennis Club is at 3371 N. University Drive in Davie, Florida, just North of Miami in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Boca Raton metropolitan area of the Southeast coast of the State.  The club is near to Florida’s Turnpike about 12 miles from Fort Lauderdale and […]

Coaching tip of the week: Whenever You Miss, Shadow Stroke

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Coaching tip of the week: Whenever You Miss, Shadow Stroke (By Larry Hodges) This is a bafflingly simple and short tip. I’m always amazed that when a player misses a shot, he expects it to fix itself. Instead, whenever you miss a shot, make a habit of shadow-practicing the shot as you should have done […]

WAB Club Feature: Ly Table Tennis Academy

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WAB Club Feature: Ly Table Tennis Academy (by Steve Hopkins) Located in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, in the south-west portion of the Island of Montreal along the Saint Lawrence river, is the Ly Table Tennis Academy.  LYTTA has 8 quality tables and is aimed at players of all levels.  The club is designed with […]

Boston Bruins’ 2020 Pucks & Paddles Raises $125,000

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Boston Bruins’ 2020 Pucks & Paddles Raises $125,000 (by Steve Hopkins)   The Boston Bruins annual PUCKS AND PADDLES was held in Boston on Friday.  The event began with autograph sessions and exhibition matches.  The main event was a doubles tournament that matched Bruins team members with fans who had been the highest bidder in […]

Don’t Learn to Play Every Style – Learn to Adjust

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Don’t Learn to Play Every Style – Learn to Adjust (By Larry Hodges) Many players believe that they need to learn to play every style. Well, according to my calculations, there are as many playing styles as there are players in the world. No, you don’t need to learn to play every style. It’s true […]

World Veterans Rankings: US Players Shine at Start of 2020

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World Veterans Rankings: US Players Shine at Start of 2020 (By Steve Hopkins) With the World Veterans Tour now in full swing worldwide, the ITTF publishes regular Veterans Rankings.  Ranking categories are by age with 40 being the youngest and 80 being the oldest. In the Men’s Veterans Rankings, the Over 80 age tier is led […]

WAB Club Feature: Houston International Table Tennis Academy

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WAB Club Feature: Houston International Table Tennis Academy (By Steve Hopkins) Located in Katy, Texas on the West side of Metropolitan Houston, is the Houston International Table Tennis Academy (HITTA).  Consistent with being located in the largest city in the largest State, HITTA provides one of the largest professional table tennis training academies in the country. […]

The English National Championship: One Step at a Time

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The English National Championship: One Step at a Time (by Steve Hopkins) The US Nationals are a massive event with a hundred tables and a thousand players collected in one huge room in the same week to compete across 80 or 90 events.  The format of the US Nationals has been debated in recent years […]

Picking Football Winners… with Table Tennis Logic: LSU versus Clemson

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Picking Football Winners… with Table Tennis Logic: LSU versus Clemson (by Steve Hopkins) It’s no surprise to anyone reading this post that my sport doesn’t make headlines in the US.  Because of this, I like to find table tennis angles to most of the big sporting events.  And, at this time, I’m announcing my TT-focused pick for […]

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