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Coaching Tips of the Week: The Simplicity of Tactics

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(By Larry Hodges) When you lose a match against someone around your playing level, you didn’t lose because your opponent calculated a series of seven shots of varying types, speeds, spins, depths, and placements, all presumably worked out on a blackboard in advance with lots of X’s and O’s, like they do in football. Nope, […]

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WAB Club Feature: Bridgeport Sports Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) At over 14,000 square feet, the Bridgeport Sports Club one of the largest table tennis clubs in all of North America.  The club is located in Richmond, just South of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.  They are located near Highway 99 and 9, with easy access to the greater Vancouver area. The […]

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TTBL: Franziska and Saarbrucken Rebound

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF World) The Tischtennis Bundesliga – Germany’s professional league – has just begun its new season.  A year ago, Borussia Dusseldorf and FC Saarbrucken were entrenched for 2/3 of the season as No. 1 and No.2 and the two teams played the last match in the mid-season final, in the European […]

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WTT Feeder Bulgaria: China Rolls with Numbers

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF World) The World Table Tennis event this week was the WTT Feeder Panagyurishte (Presented by Asarel) in Bulgaria.  Often in these WTT events, only a few players attend from each country – and most often the local country has the most players.  China seldom has more than 4 or 5 […]

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Ask The Experts: Bob Chen, No. 425

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Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I am an intermediate level close to table offensive player. I am considering Timo Boll ZLF with Tenergy 05 for backhand and Tenergy 25 for forehand? Does ZLF works well with these rubbers? And if so, what thickness of rubber should I use, 1.9mm or 2.1mm? Thanks. Answer: […]

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