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When Receiving, Emphasize Placement & Consistency

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame When receiving, many players are either overly aggressive or too passive. It’s important to find the middle range. However, it is even more important to understand that it is consistency, placement and variation that are most important. Flip kills and loop kills are exciting […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Seoul Table Tennis Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) Seoul Table Tennis Club is located in Coquitlam, BC on the East side of Vancouver, Canada.  The club is just off of British Columbia Highway 7, easily accessible by auto or public transportation. The club is dedicated to promoting the sport of table tennis and fostering the vibrant and inclusive community of […]

German League Final Four Preview – May 30-31

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(by Steve Hopkins) The finalists are set in the German leagues with the Liebherr TTBL Final4 set for Frankfurt on May 30-31.  There is a change in format this year – with the title being decided in a single weekend.  On Saturday May 30, Borussia Dusseldorf will face TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt and SV Werder Bremen […]

Push with Purpose and Placement

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame So often players push just to keep the ball in play. Push with purpose and placement! Do something with the push. So, what can you do? Purpose: There are three basic things you can do with the push. You can push it very heavy, […]

Portland Paddlers Win MLTT Season 3

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(by Steve Hopkins) Why is there a Golden Game?  For Moments Like These. With the entire season hanging in the balance, every match played, every grueling semifinal battle now behind them, these two teams have fought through an exhausting war of singles and doubles — only to find themselves locked in a dead heat, separated […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) is located in Bellevue, Washington, off of highway SR-520 just over Lake Washington from North side of Seattle.  The club is 9600 square feet with 18-foot ceilings, 16 Butterfly Centerfold tables, red Gerflor flooring, and two-toned walls to assist in visibility. The goal of SPTTC is […]

Angel Naranjo is Central American & Caribbean Champion

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) After anchoring Team Puerto Rico to a win earlier in the week, Angel Naranjo saved the biggest prize for himself – winning the Men’s Singles title on the last day of the ITTF-Americas Central American & Caribbean Championships in Santo Domingo. Naranjo entered as the second seed, and fought his […]

Anav Gupta Among Surprise Winners at US Junior National Ranking II

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(by Steve Hopkins) The 2026 US Junior National Ranking Tournament II wrapped up last week at HITTA in Katy, Texas.  The event ran five days from April 10-14 bringing great junior players from all over the country.   The event included age tiers of U11, U13, U15, U17, and U19 with athletes battling through round-robin pools […]

World Team Championships: Preview

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) One hundred years after the inaugural World Championships were held in London (1926), the sport returns home for the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals. In this 100th rendition, 64 men’s teams and 64 women’s teams will converge on two iconic London venues — Copper Box Arena and OVO […]

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