(by: Bowmar Sports Team) Question: I like to play defensive, but sometimes can play a bit offensive. What blade and rubbers could you recommend? PS. I’d like to fit in $250. Answer: Hi Kasparas, Judging from your answers, your style of play is that you are a defensive player that chops regularly, with occasional attacks. […]
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The Best You
Posted on(by Larry Hodges) To reach your maximum potential, don’t try to be someone else, or you’ll just be a shadow of that person. Instead, focus on being the best you. This includes learning from top players, of course, but that’s only part of it. Here are four things you should build on, roughly in order […]
Bowmar Sports Tournament Highlights – Simeon Martin Pan Am Senior Selection Tournament
Posted on(by: Stephanie Sun) In this Bowmar Sports Tournaments Highlights, Siméon Martin is in action at the Canadian Pan Am Selection Tournament. 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
Dima Drops a Dime – Invests in MLTT
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) Dimitrij Ovtcharov is a part of the new ownership of the Princeton Revolution Major League Table Tennis franchise. The investment group for the Princeton squad now includes majority owner Roger Kang, Andre Liu, and Dima Ovtcharov. As Ovtcharolv noted in a social medial post, the project is “one of the most exciting […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Sarasota Table Tennis
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The Sarasota Table Tennis Club is located in Sarasota about half way between Tampa and Fort Myers on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The facility is just off I-75, near downtown Sarasota and within an hour of downtown Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Fort Myers The club has 10 Butterfly Tables and fully barriered […]
FETHOMANIA 1 : Drill 1 – In & Out Forehand
Posted onFETHOMANIA 1 : Drill 1 – In & Out Forehand BALL #1 – 1x Forehand Topspin from Forehand (close to normal body distance to the table – robot plays regular spin balls half long) SETTINGS Trajectory: -4 Place: 6 Speed: 13 Spin: 2 BALL #2 – 1x Forehand Topspin from Middle (mid distance loop […]
Butterfly Training Tip with Hong Lin – Forehand Smash with Pips
Posted on(by: Stephanie Sun) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Hong Lin is executing the Chinese Style Penhold Forehand Smash with Pips. 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
Bowmar Sport Tournament Highlights – Jinxin Wang MLTT Combine West
Posted on(by: Stephanie Sun) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Jinxin Wang is in action at the MLTT Combine for the West Coast. 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
China Takes 6 of 7 Events at Asian Games: Chuqin Wins Men’s Singles
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) Wang Chuqin upset Fan Zhendong in the Men’s Singles Final to close out the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Korea’s Jang Woojin, and Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting each claim a Bronze. The final day upset in Women’s Singles occurred a few hours earlier when Japan’s Hina Hayata defeated World […]
Four Short Serve Scenarios
Posted on(by Larry Hodges) Here are six scenarios when serving short. You should incorporate these into your own serving game and learn to follow them up with strong attacks. For these scenarios, I’m assuming your forehand loop is stronger than your backhand loop, and so you’d want to favor it when possible. If you prefer to […]
Fortune Favors Bold Players Entering Final Weekend at United States Smash
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The last two matches on Thursday both ended in upsets at the United… Read More
Showtime Table Tennis Expands Community, International, and Youth Development Programs
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(by Showtime Table Tennis Club/Buttefly Americas Team) From launching a new membership program to welcoming an international player… Read More
United States Smash: Jha Reaches Final 16
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) With the Fourth of July just around the corner, the Kanak Jha's American… Read More
United States Smash: Hitomi Sato with Big Upset in LA
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The first top seed has fallen, as World No. 2 Wang Manyu fell… Read More
Kou Lei – Backhand Flip Serve Return
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Kou Lei is working on the Backhand Flip Serve Return… Read More
United States Smash: Kanak Jha and Lily Zhang Advance
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(by Steve Hopkins) A pair of American upsets marked the second day of action in the Round of… Read More
Seven Placements and the Wide Angles
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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame There are basically seven different directional placements… Read More
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