(by Larry Hodges) Most serves are too simplistic. They get the job done, but simply aren’t done with real trickiness in mind. For example, a player serves backspin with a backspin motion. They may learn variations, such as a side-backspin serve, where the racket travels in a different direction in hitting the ball, or a […]
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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Boston Table Tennis Center
(by Steve Hopkins) The Boston Table Tennis Center is in Medford, just North of Cambridge and Somerville and only four miles from Boston’s city center. The club is just off I-93 (Northern Expressway), and near the Orange and Blue Lines, providing easy access to the greater Boston metropolitan area. The BTTC is a 3000 square foot […]
Puerto Rico Open Teams: March 1 Entry Deadline
(by Steve Hopkins) The deadline for registration into the 2023 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open is March 1 – just two weeks away. $17,000 in prizes. A 4-Star event. International teams. Some of the best players in the world from Puerto Rico, the US, Mexico, Canada, Peru, and Ukraine. There’s something really special about this event. […]
TT Community Rallies Relief Support for Turkey and Syria
(by Steve Hopkins) As the world continues to understand the devastation following the Kahramanmaras earthquake along the Turkish and Syrian border, relief groups are now mobilizing to look forward towards caring for survivors and helping to rebuild. The ITTF Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) is one of those relief groups. In the past, the ITTF’s […]
Euro Champions League: Neu Ulm and Saarbrucken Win Opening Semifinal Matches
(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) Neu Ulm’s loaded team of Harimoto, Moregardh, and Ovtcharov narrowly escaped their home match against Borussia Dusseldorf today 3-2. Harimoto gave Neu Ulm the early lead with a 3-1 win over Dang Qiu. Anton Kallberg then toppled Ovtcharov 3-0 to even the match score. Moregardh narrowly defeated Timo Boll 3-2, […]
Play Games When Practicing Serves
(by Larry Hodges) Developing good serves involves watching players with good serves, getting good coaching, and lots and lots of practice. But sometimes, after all that practice, it’s hard to execute the serves in a game as you do in practice. There’s a simple reason for that – pressure. There’s no pressure when practicing serves, […]
USATT Names Fort Worth as 2023 Nationals Host
(by Steve Hopkins) USATT announced this week that Fort Worth, Texas has been awarded the this year’s US Nationals. The 2023 US National Championships will be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Texas has been host to a number of high-profile events in recent year. In 2022 Fort Worth hosted this same event (2022 […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Broward Table Tennis Club
(by Steve Hopkins) The Broward Table Tennis Club offers regular tournaments, camps, and coaching opportunities. They have been a host of an ITTF World Veterans Tour event and just a few months ago hosted a WTT Feeder Event. There are regular clinics on Tuesdays and Saturdays, courses for kids on Friday and Sunday, and a […]
Blocking Spinny Loops
(by Larry Hodges) You push the ball long, and the opponent does a slow but spinny loop. And you block it off, over and over, and can only stare at your racket in frustration. This is often the bane of every beginning and intermediate player. They know they have to aim lower, and yet, the […]
Dusseldorf Stays One Up on Surging Saarbrucken in TTBL
(by Steve Hopkins) Borussia Dusseldorf is hanging on to the top spot in the German League. Their league best record is 13-3, but with two losses in as many weeks they are losing ground to FC Saarbrucken (who are now 12-4). Ochsenhausen has fallen a position and is now two wins off the pace at […]
China Smash Day 4: Coton, Ionescu, Karlsson Reach Final 16
October 1, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Wang Chuqin and Felix Lebrun had narrow wins, but the top storylines in… Read More
Seven Medals For Puerto Rico At The Junior Pan American Games
September 30, 2025
(By Edgardo Vazquez) As a Butterfly America coach, I am very proud to share what we experienced at… Read More
Puerto Rico shines at the Rosario 2025 Pan American Youth Championships
September 30, 2025
(By Bowmar Sports/ Edgardo Vazquez) We are proud to share the participation of Puerto Rico’s youth delegation in… Read More
China Smash: Day 3 Action – Higher Seeds Press Forward
September 30, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Zhou Qihao and Yukiya Uda had wins over higher seeds, but most of… Read More
Focus the First Ball Attack on Spin
September 29, 2025
(By Bowmar Sports) Jhon serves short backspin, robot plays long backspin to middle/pocket, Jhon plays Forehand topspin to… Read More
Tip of the Week – Deliberate Practice in Table Tennis
September 29, 2025
By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame, www.tabletenniscoaching.com/blog If you are putting in hours and… Read More
China Smash: Day Two Completes Exciting First Round
September 29, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) Like top-seeded Chuqin yesterday, second-seeded Lin Shidong had no trouble logging a 3-0 win to… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Fullerton Table Tennis Academy
September 28, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) Fullerton Table Tennis Academy is located off Imperial Highway in Fullerton, California. The facility is near… Read More
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