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A Forehand Stance While Blocking

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Many players go into a backhand stance when blocking. This is fine for the backhand, but it weakens the forehand side. Even worse, it makes smashing or counterlooping on the forehand much more difficult. You may find that you can block backhands almost as […]

US Nationals Preview: Two Weeks Until the June 16 Entry Deadline

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(by Steve Hopkins, graphic USATT) Action is set to start on July 3rd in San Jose for this rendition of the US Nationals.  Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Jishan Liang, Nandan Naresh and Sid Naresh are currently the top five seeds in Men’s Singles, and Amy Wang, Sally Moyland, Angela Guan, Jessica Reyes-Lai, and Lilian Ma […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Table Tennis & More

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(By Steve Hopkins) Table Tennis & More (TT&M) was founded by Len Winkler in 1996. Over the years, the club has had many shapes and forms.  At one point, the club downsized to a garage – but Len kept it going.  Years later, Len moved to Hawaii and started a new TT&M.  At that point, […]

Triple Crown for Saarbrucken – TTBL Champion

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL via BeLa Sportfoto) FC Saarbrucken TT won the Final Four, securing the German team title.  There were 5600 fans in attendance at the event in Frankfurt which featured the top four teams of the league season: Saarbrucken, Dusseldorf, Bergneustadt, and Bremen. In the Semifinals on Saturday, Borussia Dusseldorf needed all […]

How To Return Different Serves

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame We will define a “short” serve as any serve that, given the chance, would bounce at least twice on the receiver’s side of the table before going off the end. Any serve that doesn’t do this will be considered a “long” serve. To attack […]

Top Seeds Roll at Lagos Contender

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) This week, Lagos, Nigeria was the host of a WTT Contender series event.  The top seed won four of the five events.  Anders Lind was one of those top seeds that prevailed – winning Men’s Singles.  Lind finished 5-0, pushed in a 3-2 win over Iulian Chirita, then a pair […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Sunny International Culture & Sports Center

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(by Steve Hopkins) Sunny International Culture & Sports Center is located in Scarborough  – a city within the greater Toronto Metropolitan area.  The club is just off of the Ontario 401 Express, about 25 kilometers to the North of the Toronto city center and easily accessible via public transportation. The club is a 10,000 square […]

WTT Youth Contender Mississauga

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) USA’s Sally Moyland continued her consistent play this week at the WTT Youth Contender series event in Mississauga, Canada.  Moyland, who recently jumped up to World No. 62 on the strength of her performance at the World Team Championships, entered the U19 event this week as the top seed. The […]

Develop an Overpowering Strength

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame At the beginning/intermediate levels, most matches are won by whoever is more consistent. Great strengths haven’t yet developed, and so while players do have strengths, the matches are mostly won by whoever makes the least mistakes. As you advance, this changes. At the intermediate/advanced […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: South Bend Table Tennis

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(by Steve Hopkins) For 90 years, South Bend has been one of the centers of the North American table tennis world. Many of the best players, have played or trained there – and newest rendition of the club in the Beacon Resource Center is continuing this great tradition. The club features tournaments, a strong juniors emphasis, […]

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