(by Steve Hopkins) TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen started the 22/23 season with a 3-0 win over TTC RhonSprudel Fulda-Maberzell. A year ago, Fulda finished third – a few spots ahead of Ochsenhausen. Simon Gauzy started things off for Ochsenhausen with a 3-0 win over Fan Bo Meng. Kanak Jha then topped World No. 15 Quadri Aruna […]
Butterfly Training Tips With Rachel Wang – Forehand Loop Footwork
(By: Bowmar Sports Team) In this Butterfly Training Tips Rachel Wang is using her Forehand Loop to cover the table using her footwork to build consistency. 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.
WAB CLUB FEATURE: HiTT
(by Steve Hopkins) Hoboken Table Tennis (HiTT), Hoboken’s first social ping pong club, is located at 1012 Grand Street (3rd Floor) in Hoboken, New Jersey. The club has easy access to 95 to the West and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels provide easy access West to Manhattan. HiTT is a BYOB table tennis facility with 8 […]
Coaching Tips of the Week: Where to Serve Short?
(By Larry Hodges) Most would say there are three options – short to the forehand, middle, and backhand. (In this context, “middle” means the middle of the table. In other contexts, “middle” means the midpoint between the opponent’s forehand and backhand, roughly the playing elbow.) But there really are five, and you should use them all, […]
Pan Am Cadet (U15) Results: Seven Events – Seven Golds for TeamUSA
(by Steve Hopkins, photo TeamUSA) When Sunday’s Finals ended at the 2022 ITTF Pan American Cadet Championships (U15) tournament in Ecuador, TeamUSA added four more gold medals. Only seven events were held – TeamUSA won all seven. The early events (Boys Team, Girls Team, and Mixed Doubles) each resulted in gold medals for TeamUSA. The […]
Pan Am Cadet Championships (U15): Moyland and Tran Make the Finals
(by Steve Hopkins) Only the Finals remain at the 2022 ITTF Pan American Cadet Championships (U15) tournament in Cuenca, Ecuador. TeamUSA continues to perform well. Of the three events that have concluded thus far, TeamUSA has won all three (Boys Team, Girls Team, and Mixed Doubles). Of the four events remaining, one US entrant is […]
Pan Am Cadet Championships Update: USA Teams Score Gold
(by Steve Hopkins) With two days left, the 2022 ITTF Pan American Cadet Championships (U15) tournament is heating up in Cuenca, Ecuador. The team events have already concluded – and Team USA secured gold medals in both the girls and boys events. Puerto Rico was the tournament top seed with Brazil entering the tournament as […]
Butterfly Training Tips With Ye Tian – Multiball Trianing Forehand Loop
(By: Bowmar Sports Team) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Ye Tian is executing the Forehand Loop from underspin using multi-ball. Ye Tian is a coach at ICC in Milpitas CA, and also a player with 2630 USATT rating. Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and […]
ITTF Rankings: Qiu Reaches Top 10, Fan Firmly On Top
(by Steve Hopkins) ITTF posted updated rankings yesterday. The only real movement om the top 20 was Dan Qiu jumping four spots to reach No. 9, and Kristian Karlsson moving up two spots to No. 17. Both of these changes were do to great performances at the European Championships (where Qiu won, and Karlsson unexpectedly […]
Butterfly Training Tips With Shashin Shodhan – The Forehand Flip
(By: Bowmar Sports Team) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Shashin Shodhan is demonstrating the Mechanics of the Forehand Flip. Shodhan, is Founder and Head Coach at Fremont Table Tennis Academy (FTTA). 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 […]
Kou Lei – Forehand Looping the Flip
November 24, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Kou Lei is working with his student on Forehand Looping… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Ly Table Tennis Academy
November 23, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) The Ly Table Tennis Academy in Montreal has been home to many members of the… Read More
ITTF World Youth Championships: Early Action
November 23, 2025
(By Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Today was the first day of action at the ITTF World Youth Championships in… Read More
Felix Wins in Oman
November 23, 2025
(By Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Felix Lebrun arrived in Oman as the top seed for the WTT Star Contender… Read More
Geovanni Coello – Skill Development Drills
November 23, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Geovanny Coello is working his student on some Skill Development… Read More
Jacob Kordus – Forehand Loop
November 22, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Jacob Kordus is executing the Forehand Loop https://youtu.be/I_fnf6AR_uk Stay “In The… Read More
What is the Deflector Plate?
November 21, 2025
Basic Exercise: Blocking and Attacking: Robot serves short backspin to short Backhand, Jhon Backhand push long to Backhand,… Read More
Rogelio Castro – Double Push Exercise
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Rogelio Castro is executing the high skill short game drill… Read More
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