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Ask The Experts: Shigang Yang, No. 353
Posted onButterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: HELLO MASTER, Can i training with return board in my room at home? I think about (spin and speed ) pressure difference between my room and club and about ( spin and pace ) behavior of return board balls THANK YOU Answer: Your Ask the Experts question was […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: On Short Serves to the Forehand, Challenge the Forehand, Often Go to the Backhand
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) Assuming two right-handers play, a common rally might start with a short serve to the forehand. Many receivers don’t understand the tactics in receiving this shot. The two main things to think about are this: First, if the receiver goes crosscourt, he has the long diagonal to go after (10.3 feet, instead […]
WAB CLUB FEATURED: Folsom Table Tennis Club
Posted on(By Steve Hopkins) The Folsom Table Tennis Club has two locations in Folsom, California to the Northeast of Sacramento. The Folsom Sports Complex location has ten tables and there are twelve more at the Rusch Park Gym location in Citrus Heights. Between the two locations, the Folsom Table Tennis Club serves about a hundred players each […]
The Final Dusseldorf Series Event: Qiu Wins Today and Takes the Series Title
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The 10th and final men’s Masters event concluded over the weekend. The winner, Germany’s Dan Qiu, his second series title. This week, the four seeded players were Franziska, Duda, Assar, and Qiu. Unlike many of the past events, play did not proceed as expected. The top three seeds were all eliminated in […]
PongNow: Tim Wang
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. This edition features Tim Wang, 3-time U.S. National Champion and 2-time U.S. Olympian. Tim shares stories of his early years, his first National Championship, his Olympic run, and a trip to China. __________________________ […]
China “2020 Olympic Warm-Up” Finals
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) As much of the table tennis world is beginning to emerge from their various lock-down circumstances, we are beginning to see club and regional events as well as some larger challenge events. The U.S. has been running Thursday night live, carefully playing one challenge match a week to help build enthusiasm here. […]
USATT’s Thursday Night Live Series: Jennifer Wu puts Nittaku on the Board
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis conducted its fourth Challenge Series event on Thursday. This week, “America’s First Virtual Table Tennis Challenge” matched Jennifer Wu (2473) for Team Nittaku against Tahl Leibovitz (2457) for Team Butterfly. Table tennis is one of the few sports where men and women compete against each other in major tournaments […]
100th Anniversary of the Birth of Hikosuke Tamasu – The founder of Butterfly
Posted onHikosuke Tamasu was born exactly one hundred years ago on August 20, 1920, in Yanai, Japan, as the eldest son of the Tamasu family. Hikosuke began to devote himself to table tennis, a sport for which there were few competitors at the time. Later, as he further honed his skills, he won prizes in all […]
Dusseldorf Masters X Video Highlights: Featuring Duda and Assar
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) After the Dusseldorf Masters X event concluded last weekend, Benedikt Duda was the last man standing. It was his second win, the only repeat winner except for Dima Ovtcharov. The highlights video below was posted by BorussiaDuesseldorf (the host of the event). This includes some of the best points across the whole […]
Angel Naranjo – Banana Flip and Backhand Loop
June 26, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Angel Naranjo is executing a Banana Backhand Loop, followed by… Read More
Tiana Piyadasa – Full Table Random
June 25, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Tiana Piyadasa is executing full table random https://youtu.be/AIO-TGsg9mM Stay “In The… Read More
Get Your Left Arm More Involved
June 24, 2026
Robot plays randomly very high balls all over the table very long. (30 balls per minute) FETHOMANIA 27:… Read More
Anav Gupta – Variation Backhand Opening
June 24, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Anav Gupta is focusing on a variation of Backhand Flip… Read More
Uniform Design Finalised for Japan’s Nojima T.League 2026-2027 Season
June 23, 2026
(By Butterfly Global) Butterfly to Supply Uniforms for the Seventh Consecutive Season for Men and the Fifth Consecutive… Read More
Shadow Practice Your Shots
June 22, 2026
(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame If you spent five-ten minutes each day… Read More
Tashiya Piyadasa – Modified Random
June 22, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Tashiya Piyadasa is executing a Modified Random Drill https://youtu.be/zV0k5LcHRqw Stay “In… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Texas Table Tennis Training Center
June 21, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The Texas Table Tennis Training Center (“TTT”) has about 50-60 regular members, as well as a… Read More
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