(By Larry Hodges) Early in a match you should test your various serves against an unfamiliar player. Which serving motions work best? What proportion of the time should you serve long, short, or half-long (where second bounce is right at the end-line)? Should your deep serves be fast or slower, spinnier ones that break more? […]
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WAB CLUB FEATURE: San Antonio Table Tennis Club
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The San Antonio Table Tennis Club is located in the Fitness Building of the Alamo Gymnastics and Fitness Center on Huebner Road just off the E Charles William Anderson Loop about 15 miles North of the San Antonio city center. The club has two rooms; the main room, Room A, has five tables […]
PongNow: Alguetti Brothers
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow Interview Series – talking table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. The guests this week are the Alguetti Brothers. Adar, Sharon, and Gal have each crossed 2600 on their rise up the ranks of elite US players. They share some interesting stories and poke […]
WTT WTT Middle East Hub Contender: Dima’s Back
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The first ITTF event of 2021 ended today with Dimitrij Ovtcharov’s dominating win over Lin Yun-Ju. With the Olympics just four months away, Ovtcharov showed he may be peaking at just the right time. In fact, his run to the this title, and its $15,000 purse, included consecutive upset wins over Falck […]
Butterfly Training Tips: Loop Against Underspin With Zelin Ye
Posted onZelin Ye gives three great tips on improving your loop against underspin. Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here 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 […]
WTT Middle East Hub Semi Update: Lin Yun-Ju and Dimitrij Ovtcharov Advance
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) UPDATE: Semifinal Results Simon Gauzy, France’s best player, is one of the quickest players in the German League – seemingly getting to every ball and often moving away from the table for deep drives or lobs. Today, however, the quickness advantage is clearly on the side of Lin Yun-Ju – […]
WTT Middle East Hub – Final Four (Men’s Finals at 11:20a EST Friday)
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Contender Event in Doha is down to the Final 4, and three of four in the Men’s Semifinals are Butterfly Players. Top seeded Tomokazu Harimoto had smooth sailing again with a 3-1 win over Korea’s Cho. Dimirij Ovtcharov, World No. 12, won the first, third, and fifth games on the […]
Warming Up With Timo
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Timo Boll posted a video of his warmup routine to his YouTube channel this week. *He started out with a plug for his channel and noted that he had recently reached 25,000 subscribers. The video continues for over 10 minutes showing his normal routine including stretches, light warm-up, and work with a […]
Tenergy 19 Review by Coach Wenting Zha
Posted onThe new Tenergy 19 rubber was made especially for this time as it is catered to play best with plastic balls. If you use this rubber for a backhand close-table loop, it can increase the threat because it is great with spin. You can really feel the grip. When you use backhand to flat […]
USATT’s T2 Season 2: Butler Over Deng
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis continued its T2 Challenge Series this week the first match of Season 2. The players this week were Jimmy Butler from Team Alpha and Deng Zhen from Team Omega. At 50 years old, Butler is one of the most decorated male players in US history, and Deng Zhen is […]
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Push with Purpose and Placement
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Portland Paddlers Win MLTT Season 3
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(by Steve Hopkins) Why is there a Golden Game? For Moments Like These. With the entire season hanging… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club
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(by Steve Hopkins) Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) is located in Bellevue, Washington, off of highway SR-520… Read More
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) After anchoring Team Puerto Rico to a win earlier in the week, Angel… Read More
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