(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) After a week marked largely by upsets, the top remaining seeds took both singles titles at the WTT Champions series event in Montpellier. Sunday’s matches went fast with both Semifinals finishing 4-1, and the Final at 4-0. Japan’s Sora Matsushima won the early Semifinal in Men’s Singles outdistancing Jang Woojin. […]
Moregard Lone Top Seed to Reach Semis in Montpellier
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The top seeds fell one by one at the WTT Champions Montpellier this week. USA’s Kanak Jha dropped the top seed, Hugo Calderano, on Wednesday – trailing twice before closing out the final two games to win 3-2. Felix Lebrun (the third seed) lasted until Thursday, winning his opening match and then […]
Kou Lei – Combo Play BH Push to Counter Attack
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Kou Lei is working with one of his students, feeding a ball to Backhand Push, then a Forehand Attack to the Forehand, to have his student play a Forehand Counterattack https://youtu.be/bKKy4OlnxNQ Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament […]
Butterfly Training Tips with Maybelline Bravo – Serve Push Loop Combo
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tip Maybelline is is executing the Serve, Push, and Loop Combo with the Forehand or Backhand Loop https://youtu.be/Ic46m_B4LMo Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs and more
Always Move Your Legs First
Posted onIn and Out Footwork against random topspin with different amounts of spin: Robot plays random topspin balls to 2/3 of the table on the FH side, Jhon plays Forehand topspin only. In the first round of our live session Jhon plays Forehand topspin to the Backhand, in the second round to the elbow and in […]
Anagha Kasichainula – Backhand Looping the Flip
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Anagha Kasichainula is focusing on Backhand Looping the Flip https://youtu.be/OQVf6dg1y6s Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs and more
The First Butterfly Training Camp in Ecuador Has Successfully Concluded / Finaliza con exito el primer Butterfly Training Camp en Ecuador
Posted on(By Geovanny Coello – Butterfly America Sponsored Coach) Two intense days of learning, hard work, and athletic growth. The Training Camp organized by Butterfly, BrainFast, and Universidad San Francisco de Quito wrapped up with great success. On the first day, Saturday, October 11, participants focused on key topics such as warm-ups, serve and receive, as […]
Jha Headlines Upset Filled First Round in Montpellier
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The top seed is out, and USA’s Kanak Jha now enters the Round of 16 in the position most expected would be filled by Hugo Calderano. The Calderano/Jha match started like many of their recent match-ups, an 11-4 win for Calderano put him in a dominant position, Jha fought back […]
Anticipate….
Posted onServe, short game, flip with defense to offense (wait function) Jhon serves short backspin, robot plays short backspin drop shot to Backhand, Jhon drops ball back short to Forehand (down the line), robot short backspin push to Forehand, Jhon Forehand flip to Forehand, robot plays topspin to Forehand, Jhon plays Forehand spin block off the […]
Puerto Rico Shines At The 2025 ITTF Pan-American Championships
Posted on(By Edgardo Vazquez – Puerto Rico National Coach / Butterfly America Sponsored Coach) The Puerto Rico national team had an outstanding performance at the 2025 ITTF Pan-American Championships, held in Rock Hill, South Carolina, reaffirming the growth and strength of our table tennis at the continental level. Our delegation completed its participation with extraordinary results […]
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