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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Texas Table Tennis Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) The Texas Table Tennis Club (“TTT”) is one of the largest table tennis clubs in the State of Texas.  There are 12 Butterfly tables on red rubber flooring in their 6500 square foot facility.  The ceiling is 13 feet high with excellent lighting.  The club is located on Sovereign Drive on the West side […]

USATT’s Thursday Night Live Series: Team Butterfly Takes a 2-0 Lead

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(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis conducted its second Challenge Series event last Thursday.   This week, “America’s First Virtual Table Tennis Challenge” matched Sharon Alguetti (2634) versus Liu Juan (2662).  Table tennis is one of the few sports where men and women compete against each other in major tournaments using the same rating system – […]

PongNow: Mal Anderson

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(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. In this edition we have, Mal Anderson, USATT Photographic Historian and Hall of Fame member. Get to know Mal and some of his 72,000 American Table Tennis photos.    Mal Anderson was a […]

Dude Perfect (and Adam Bobrow): Ping Pong Trick Shots

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(by Steve Hopkins) Dude Perfect is a group of YouTubers specializing in trick shots.  Some of their past videos have included card throwing, water bottle flips, blindfolded archery, golf with a soccer ball, and many others.  This week, Dude Perfect focused on table tennis trick shots and they were joined by ITTF announcer and table […]

More NBA (table tennis) Updates

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(by Steve Hopkins) The NBA restart is underway, and table tennis side games continue. Most recently, fans were treated to photos of  Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic and Boban Marjanovic (photo above) making a full size table look really, really small.   Not to be outdone, the Utah Jazz posted photos of their team table tennis […]

BUTTERFLY FAVORITES: The Control of Tiago Apolonia

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(by Steve Hopkins) This is a 2014 video posted by TT Tributes.  The focus of the video is the control of Portugal’s Tiago Apolonia.  Tiago is known for great technique and great movement.  He is an exciting and mobile player who has developed a game with many safe and careful shots.  His style makes for […]

USATT Launches Challenge Series

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(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis conducted its first Challenge Series event last Thursday (July 30).  The series has been dubbed “America’s First Virtual Table Tennis Challenge”, though the virtual aspects of the matches refer to the fan’s experience from home.  The challenges will feature Thursday matches between US National Team members.  The first match […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Massachusetts Table Tennis and Badminton Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) 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 biggest professional table tennis-badminton club […]

PongNow: Scott Preiss

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(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. In this edition we have, the Ping Pong Man, Scott Preiss.   Scott Preiss is a table tennis player, coach, promoter, and entertainer.  His Ping Pong Man events have provided exhibitions to thousands. and […]

Dusseldorf Masters VIII Video Highlights: Kallberg, Duda, Meissner

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo from ETTU) After the 7th men’s Masters event concluded last weekend, the sixth different winner was crowned.  That winner, Anton Kallberg, was dominant throughout.  The other key storyline of the event was the play of 20 year old Cedric Meissner (pictured above).  Meissner opened the event off with a win over […]

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