(by Steve Hopkins) Bob Chen Table Tennis was founded in 2017 by Bob Chen. The goal of the center is to popularize the sport of table tennis by building a diverse table tennis community and helping to improve all players’ table tennis skills. Bob Chen Table Tennis offers group and private lessons. With its location […]
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Types of Topspin Contact
(by Larry Hodges) These five tips won’t generally help you win, at least not directly. They won’t score points for you. But they will make certain non-playing aspects more efficient and more fun – and indirectly, may subconsciously intimidate an opponent when faced with these displays of “professionalism”! Picking up ball with feet. If the […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: BAPPA Table Tennis
(by Steve Hopkins) The website for BAPPA Table Tennis opens with “Fast, Fun & Fierce”. The club offers a great atmosphere with a community of players within its professional quality table tennis facilities with red rubberized flooring, high ceilings, and great lighting. They offer youth camps private lessons, group lessons and Open Play. The club […]
Lily Zhang Wins in Manchester
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Manchester is usually a soccer town, but this week the industrial hub in Northwestern England (with two of the best soccer clubs in Europe) was host to a WTT Feeder Series event. The top seed in the Men’s Singles event was England’s own Liam Pitchford, and the top seed in […]
World Rankings: Felix Lebrun’s Career High
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) When you look at the short list of Men’s and Women’s rankings on the WTT website that show only the Top 5 Men and the Top 5 Women, every player listed is Chinese except for Hina Hayata of Japan (who is No. 5 on the Women’s list). Chinese dominance is […]
Start With Your Trickiest Serve
(by Larry Hodges) Many players hold back on their trickiest serve until it’s close. This is usually a mistake. If you have such a tricky serve, you should use it early – probably with your first serve. (This is especially true for deep, spinny serves.) Here’s why. You don’t really know if the serve will […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Austin Table Tennis Club
(by Steve Hopkins) The Austin Table Tennis Club is located at 8956 Research Blvd in Austin. They are just off of US Highway 183 on the North side of Austin. The Club has been around for more than thirty years. Their current 12,000 square foot full-time facility is a big change from the wooden dance floor in […]
Felix Lebrun Wins in Goa
(by Steve Hopkins) The top two seeds met in the Final of the WTT Star Contender Event held this week in Goa, India. Top seeded Hugo Calderano won each of the first two games 11-9, before dropping the next four games to Felix Lebrun. Lebrun’s four wins included two tight games, a 13-11 win in […]
World Rankings: Edward Ly and Timo Boll Launch into Top 50
(by Steve Hopkins) While little changed at the top of the Rankings, there are two big jumps with new names making appearances this week in the World Top 50. Canada’s Edward Ly on the strength of his Pan Am win jumps 140 places all the way up to No. 37 and Timo Boll on the […]
Court Tricks
(by Larry Hodges) These five tips won’t generally help you win, at least not directly. They won’t score points for you. But they will make certain non-playing aspects more efficient and more fun – and indirectly, may subconsciously intimidate an opponent when faced with these displays of “professionalism”! Picking up ball with feet. If the […]
Kanak Jha Reaches Quarterfinals in Yokohama
August 9, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Kanak Jha continued his march forward on Saturday at the WTT Champions Series… Read More
When You Don’t Have Much Time…
August 8, 2025
Half random rhythm exercises a few random Forehand topspin from Forehand to Backhand and 1 Backhand topspin to… Read More
Sweet Sixteen for Jha and Zhang in Yokohama
August 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) While much of the U.S. audience is focused on the Feeder and Para events in… Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Fan Zhendong Joining MLTT Team
August 6, 2025
(by: Major League Table Tennis) BREAKING NEWS: Major League Table Tennis just added a new Fan. Fan Zhendong, the reigning Olympic gold medallist… Read More
Move Your Legs First, Not Your Arm
August 6, 2025
Half random rhythm exercises a few random balls Backhand topspin from Backhand to Backhand and 1 Forehand topspin… Read More
Kevin Doyle – Forehand Loop Pivot
August 5, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Kevin Doyle is focus on his pivot to Forehand Loop https://youtu.be/27UOeGGrtUg… Read More
Random Balls to the Forehand & Backhand!?
August 4, 2025
Half random rhythm exercises 1 or 2 Backhand topspin to Backhand and 1 or 2 Forehand topspin to… Read More
The Thumb on the Backhand
August 4, 2025
(By Larry Hodges) The thumb is a key part of the backhand. It gives the shot the backing… Read More
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