(by: Major League Table Tennis) Opening weekend on TableTennis.TV What a weekend in Pleasanton! Six matches in three days, packed with twists, turns, and breakout performances. If you tuned into TableTennis.TV, you saw why this league doesn’t waste time warming up—every showdown felt like a final. Read more about the highlights, commentator-style, in this week’s MLTT Weekly […]
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Recovering from Disappointments: Lessons from Hugo Calderano’s Historic Victory
Posted on(by Dr. Alan Chu, PhD CMPC) Hugo Calderano’s journey from crushing Olympic disappointment to World Cup champion offers every table tennis player a blueprint for recovery from a tough competition. After missing the podium at Paris 2024 despite being the highest-ranked non-Asian/European player, Calderano faced his darkest competitive period. However, he made history eight months […]
Focus on Controlled Receives at Start of Match
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) I had trouble with his serve” is likely the most common reason given for losing a competitive match. There’s a good reason for this – receive is the only time when the opponent can throw just about any spin at you, along with varied serving motions, placements, depths, and speeds. I know […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Essential Table Tennis
Posted on(By Steve Hopkins) Essential Table Tennis operates two club locations. The Oklahoma City location is just South of downtown Oklahoma City off of I-35. The club operates every day in this main location. They also have weekend hours at the Moore Community Center in Moore, a few miles South of the City on Highway 35. […]
MLTT Week 1 Recap
Posted on(By Steve Hopkins) The opening weekend of Major League Table Tennis featured six matches at Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California. The first two matches were played on Friday – the Texas Smash versus the Bay Area Blasters and the Florida Crocs versus the Portland Paddlers. The Texas Smash won 15-6 over the Blasters, with Hiromitsu […]
WTT Macao Preview: Opening Matchups
Posted on(By Steve Hopkins) World No. 1 Lin Shidong will face Kao Cheng-Jui, just one of many exciting first-round matchups at the WTT Champions Series event in Macao that begins on Tuesday. The second seed, Wang Chuqin will face Sora Matsushima. World No. 3 Tomokazu Harimoto will face Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and World No. 4 Hugo Calderano will […]
Togami Takes Title in Almaty
Posted on(By Steve Hopkins) The old saying “Third Time’s a Charm” rang true for Shunsuke Togami today as his third trip to a WTT Final netted his first career WTT event championship at the WTT Contender Series event in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Togami came out on fire today taking the first two games over China’s Zhou Qihao easily […]
Jonathan Pino – Forehand Loop Pivot
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Jonathan Pino is executing the Forehand Loop Pivot https://youtu.be/wDBqrKfhpy4 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
Togami and Qihao Reach Final in Almaty
Posted on(By Steve Hopkins, photo by WTT) All three wins were by just 2 points, but 21 year old Ryoichi Yoshiyama’s quickness prevailed over Darko Jorgic as the top seed was eliminated. Yoshiyama actually had one of the toughest draws in the early rounds of the WTT Contender Series event in Almaty, as he fought past Xue […]
Angel Naranjo – Middle Corner Transition
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Angel Naranjo is executing the Middle Corners Drill, with a focus on transitioning out after the loop from the middle. https://youtu.be/gmw6iJvetIk 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
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