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 […]
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Women’s World Cup: Historic Results for USA
Posted on(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
Posted onReact 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
Posted onGabriel 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 […]
WAB Featured Club: Denver Table Tennis Alliance
Posted onWAB Featured Club: Denver Table Tennis Alliance (by Steve Hopkins) Located on Curtis Street, just North of the city center, in Denver, is the Denver Table Tennis Alliance. The club is open six days per week – every day except for Tuesdays. The club features 8 butterfly tables, barriers, great lighting, and Gerflor rubber flooring. […]
Top Ten Reasons You Might Not Be as Good at Table Tennis as You Could Be
Posted onTop Ten Reasons You Might Not Be as Good at Table Tennis as You Could Be By (Larry Hodges) You have faced really good serves and yet have made no serious attempt to learn them yourself. You don’t think you have enough talent, when long-term training almost always overcomes any such lack of talent. You’ve […]
Butterfly Buzz: WAB Coach Spotlight – Byung Jun An
Posted onButterfly Buzz: WAB Coach Spotlight – Byung Jun An (by Steve Hopkins) Byung Jun (Sam) An is the Head Coach at the Han-In Table Tennis Club in New Jersey. Sam has achieved a Regional Coaching Certification from USATT. His 35 years as a coach makes him one of the most experienced in the country. At […]
Swedish Open Review: Swedes Out Early, Young Chinese Excel
Posted onSwedish Open Review: Swedes Out Early, Young Chinese Excel (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open was held this week in Stockholm. The first tour event of October brought out some of the world’s best, including four of the top five ranked men in the world and fourteen of the […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Confidence, Then Consistency!
Posted onCoaching Tip of the Week: Confidence, Then Consistency! (By Larry Hodges) Many players practice hard to develop consistency, and from this consistency they develop confidence. This is backwards! Be confident first, and then, with practice, consistency will come. Believe you can do it, and you will. (Or, for you realists, you will at least do […]
Serbia Open Review: Americans Compete in Zrenjanin
Posted onSerbia Open Review: Americans Compete in Zrenjanin (by Steve Hopkins) The 2019 ITTF Junior Circuit Serbia Junior & Cadet Open was held this week in Zrenjanin, Serbia. The tournament featured singles, doubles, and team events in Junior and Cadet age groups. The American Contingent included Michael Tran, Kai Zarehbin, and Amy Wang. Kai and Michael […]
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Shashin Shodhan is demonstrating how to do the famous snake… Read More
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Bowmar Sports Lucca Lobo. is action at the WTT Contender in Puerto Rico… Read More
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(by Miguel Antonio Ruz Garrido) The 12th edition of the Boucherville Open – Butterfly and 2nd International Edition, held on… Read More
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