(by Larry Hodges) Have a problem with a stroke? Need to change the technique? Well, by golly, if you’re like most players, you’ll head out to the table and practice doing the stroke correctly. No!!! If you’re like most players, you’ll be struggling to both change the stroke and adjust to the new timing of […]
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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Houston International Table Tennis Academy
(By Steve Hopkins) The Houston International Table Tennis Academy (HITTA) is located in one of the largest cities in the largest State, so its only natural that HITTA provides one of the largest professional table tennis training academies in the country. The facility is 11000 square feet with 18 tables, quality lighting, and rubber flooring. […]
US Nationals A-to-Z: Rocking the Rocket City
(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Huntsville is home to the largest space museum in the world, the US Space & Rocket Center. This week, the discussion in town wasn’t focused on Moon Rocks or the development of the rockets that put man on the moon – rather, the focus was on a thousand of America’s […]
Harimoto Wins in Bangkok: Ready for Paris
(by Steve Hopkins) Tomokazu Harimoto scored a pair of Sunday upsets on his way to winning the latest WTT Tour Event, the WTT Star Contender Bangkok. World No. 11 Harimoto entered the event as the third seed, but knocked out Lin Yun-Ju (No.8) in the Semifinals 3-1 and then topped Lin Gaoyuan (No. 7) in […]
America’s Best Rocket into the Finals in Huntsville
(by Steve Hopkins, photo by USATT) The best of the best fought their way into the Finals this evening in Huntsville at the 2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships. Contrasting styles were on display in the Men’s Final with the quick and agile Kanak Jha facing a very stable and steady Jinxin Wang. Jha started […]
US Nationals Match Highlight: Kanak Jha v. Darryl Tsao
(by Steve Hopkins, photo by USATT) Jha and Tsao faced off in the Quarterfinals in one of the most entertaining matches thus far the 2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Huntsville, Alabama. Darryl Tsao came out full of adrenaline and quickly converted that adrenaline to confidence with strong point after strong point pushing Kanak […]
Top Seeds Push Forward At US Nationals
(by Steve Hopkins, photo by Butterfly) The top four seeded men reached the Quarters in Men’s Singles, and the top four seeded women reached the Quarters in Women’s Singles, as action is down to the final two days at the 2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Huntsville, Alabama. Kanak Jha dropped only one game […]
Doubles Takes Center Stage at US National Championships
(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Nandan Naresh and Daniel Tran are the 2024 US Nationals Men’s Doubles Champions after logging a 3-1 win over Darryl Tsao and Victor Xie. Amy Wang won a pair of doubles titles today, teaming up with Rachel Sung to win Women’s Doubles and teaming with Andrew Cao to win Mixed […]
Should You Guard Against the Long or Short Serve?
(by Larry Hodges) You can ask three coaches this question and get three different answers. Some say guard against the deep serve and react to the short one. Some say the opposite. Some say guard against both equally. Make that four different answers, because my answer is, “It depends.” I once coached a top player […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Helen Tao Table Tennis
(by Steve Hopkins) Helen Tao Table Tennis (formerly Massachusetts Table Tennis and Badminton Club (MATTBC)) is located in Waltham, about 12 miles to the West of downtown Boston. The club is just off of I-95 and with easy access via public transportation is centrally located for the greater Boston area. The club is one of the […]
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(by Steve Hopkins) Located in the heart of Greenwich, Connecticut, CRUSH Table Tennis operates out of a spacious… Read More
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