(by Steve Hopkins) This is a recent video posted by Chinese Taipei player Cheng I-Ching. It shows her explaining a skill that players of all levels can use – the long serve. *I am sure there is a lot of great commentary that I am missing (with my language barrier), but the instruction is pretty […]
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Open Doors: Jonathan Qin Table Tennis Academy
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Jonathan Qin Table Tennis Academy has reopened at their location in Agoura Hills, California. Agoura Hills is in the Northwest of Los Angeles county, North of Malibu. The club did not let rest during their Covid-19 break. They pulled together with fund raising drives. Their first effort raised $1,790 to purchase PPE […]
China Working Hard Under Lockdown
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins/Photo Courtesy of ITTF) As much of the table tennis world is beginning to emerge from their various lockdown circumstances, many are discussing how they have had to stay fit with robots, limited training partners, and other hardships. This is not the case with the Chinese Team. China’s National Team was abroad as […]
ITTF Calendar: Japan Open Latest Covid Casualty
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins/Photo Courtesy of ITTF) The 2020 ITTF Calendar continues to shrink as they deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic. ITTF announced today that the Japan Open has been cancelled. This event was scheduled at the end of April, and it had been postponed with the hopes of playing the event this Fall. The announcement […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Side-to-Side Training for Improvement and Health
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) Table tennis is a game of movement, and most of that movement is side-to-side. To master the sport, you must be a master at patrolling the five-foot width of the table. Which is why players who wish to improve do lots and lots of side-to-side footwork drills. (There are also in-out drills, […]
WAB Club Feature: Tan’s Table Tennis Training Club
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Tan’s Table Tennis Training Club is the first full-time table tennis club in the greater Cincinnati area. The club is located just to the Northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, a few miles from the 275 Expressway and just off of I-42. The location provides easy access to greater Cincinnati and Dayton. […]
Remembering John Tannehill
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) John Tannehill passed away earlier this week at the age of 68. John’s storied table tennis career included accolades as a junior and several years as a top 5 player in the US, including finishing two time as the runner-up at the US Open. He may be best known in the sport […]
There Will Be Fireworks Next Year
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Most years, Fourth of July fireworks are a part of America’s table tennis culture. The venue changes, and the schedule changes, and the city changes, and recently the big Summer event has been the US Nationals instead of the US Open – but nearly every year a thousand table tennis players, officials, staff, […]
BUTTERFLY FAVORITES: Chuang Chih Yuan – Backhand Flick
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The first video of Chinese Taipei player Chuang Chih Yuan is from 2017. It shows him developing his backhand flick in two common game situations – (1) for use against short serves to his forehand side, and (2) as an attacking shot following a short return of his serve. In 2016 and […]
PongNow: Marv and Caron Leff
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. In this edition we have Florida Hall of Fame members Marv and Caron Leff. __________________________ In this edition, Marv Leff talks about his early years playing in Chicago, his successes in Florida as […]
Try to Stay Within Arm’s Length of the Table
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PREVIEW: Central American & Caribbean Championships
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The world's best converged on Macao for the ITTF Men's & Women's World… Read More
World Cup Women: Half Normal / Half Surprise
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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The world's best converged on Macao for the ITTF Men's & Women's World… Read More
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