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80 Days Until the 2024 Pan Am Masters Games

(by Steve Hopkins) Countdown to the Games?  80 Days The 2024 Pan Am Masters Games kicks off in Cleveland on July 12th, just 80 days from today.  Butterfly will be there.  Butterfly and Bowmar Sports are the sponsors for this huge, Olympic-style event that will include twelve age categories (starting at age 30 and increasing […]

Serve or Receive First in Doubles?

(by Larry Hodges) (Excerpt from Table Tennis Doubles for Champions by Larry Hodges. April is Doubles Month!) In both singles and doubles, I usually advise players to choose to receive first, if they win the choice at the start of the match. This is the time when a player is most likely to miss easy shots—he […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Denver Table Tennis Alliance

(By Steve Hopkins) Denver Table Tennis Alliance features 8 butterfly tables, barriers, great lighting, and Gerflor rubber flooring.  The great facility is combined with a friendly atmosphere to provide a great place where table tennis knowledge and experience are freely shared and available to all. With all these characteristics, the Denver Table Tennis Alliance are proud […]

Ma Long Secures Third World Cup Title in Macao

(by Steve Hopkins) Ma Long entered the World Cup Macao as the fourth seed, but after defeating World No. 1, No. 5, and No. 8, he has secured his third World Cup title. Liang Jingkun was the first of the top seeds to fall, as the World No. 3 fell 4-3 to Anton Kallberg in […]

How to Play Doubles with a Much Stronger or Weaker Player

(by Larry Hodges) (Excerpt from Table Tennis Doubles for Champions by Larry Hodges. April is Doubles Month!) What are the best tactics for a lopsided team, where one player is much stronger than the other? (This often happens in rating or mixed doubles.) Many believe that a more balanced team has an advantage over a more […]

The Next Hodges Book: Table Tennis Doubles for Champions

(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis Hall of Famer, Larry Hodges has a new book out.  Currently, there are 10 books by Hodges for sale on the Butterfly site on a variety of topics that can help you improve your game. The latest book, Table Tennis Doubles for Champions, is 133 pages of interviews, tips, […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Crush Table Tennis

(by Steve Hopkins) CRUSH Table Tennis is in Greenwich, Connecticut.  They are located in a 6,000 square foot facility in downtown Greenwich.  The club is easily accessible by public transportation.  The club offers a great environment for recreational and competitive play.  Visit the two floor table tennis space seven days a week for fun, for […]

Puerto Rico Open Teams into the Final Four

(by Steve Hopkins) Action started on Friday in San Juan at the 2024 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams.  This morning, the top 8 teams faced off in the Quarterfinals.  Team 888 TTC topped Mile High TT Academy 3-0.  Yubeen Han defeated Chance Friend, Nandan Naresh defeated Vinay Chandra, and Tyrese Knight defeated Pablo Figueroa as […]

Kanak Wins in Dusseldorf

(by Steve Hopkins) Kanak Jha has won the WTT Feeder Series event in Dusseldorf .  Jha continues to log matches in his comeback as he eyes a May event that provides one of the few remaining opportunities to qualify for the Olympics. Without a current World Ranking, Jha entered unseeded, but defeated Rassenfosse, Sareen, Shinozuka, […]

Kanak Rolls to Final in Dusseldorf – See Live Finals Link for 1p EDT (Friday)

(by Steve Hopkins) Kanak Jha has reached the Final in the WTT Feeder Series event in Dusseldorf this week.  Jha continues to log matches in his comeback as he eyes a May event that provides one of the few remaining opportunities to qualify for the Olympics. Jha had been as high as 20 in the […]

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