ICC Butterfly Winter Open Recap

February 25, 2019

(by Steve Hopkins/ Photo by BATTF) ICC’s annual 4-star event, the ICC Butterfly Winter Open concluded this weekend. The three-day event is the largest in the Bay Area with over 200 entries. The tournament awarded over $5,000 in cash prizes and offered 25 events for players of all levels. The venue was the ICC Sports […]

Top Ten Ways to Turn a Match Around

February 25, 2019

By Larry Hodges The first four are psychological, the rest are tactical ideas. 1. Remember the mentality and feel of a great match you’ve played, and get back into that mode. 2. Take ten seconds to stare at something in the distance to clear your mind. 3. With nothing to lose, relax, have fun, and just play. 4. Ignore […]

PongMobile Cup 2019 Results and Highlights Video

February 24, 2019

We thank everyone who participated in the 2019 PongMobile Cup. We’re happy to announce that it was a success. The battles were fierce, as 14 teams played 7 rounds of matches. Last game decided the winner, epic! We hope you were there in person and enjoyed the experience. If not, we look forward to seeing you at […]

Marvellous 12 Preview

February 23, 2019

Marvellous Twelve (by Steve Hopkins) A few weeks ago, the Euro 16 brought the top players from Europe together for an invitational. China’s equivalent is the Marvelous 12 which brings the top Chinese players together for an invitational where the first prize is an automatic invite to the World Championships. The first phase of the […]

Butterfly 2019 April BTTC Open Tournament

February 21, 2019

(Courtesy of Broward Table Tennis Club) WHEN: SINGLES Friday & Saturday April 12-13 / TEAMS Sunday April 14, 2019WHERE: 3371 N. University Drive, Davie FL 33024SANCTIONED BY: U.S. Table Tennis Organization TOURNAMENT RATING: Four StarTOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Carlos Zeller TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE: Carlos Zeller, Terese TerranovaREFEREE: Terese Terranova (C.R./ I.U.)ELIGIBILITY: Open to all members of USATT, non-members […]

WAB FEATURED CLUB: NYITTC

February 21, 2019

(by Steve Hopkins) The New York International Table Tennis Center (NYITTC) is a table tennis training center in the Flushing neighborhood of the Borough of Queens in New York City. The center is just minutes from highways, subways, and bus stations – easily accessible to the most densely populated area of the United States. In […]

First USATT National Ranking Youth tournament/trial

February 21, 2019

(Courtesy of ICC) We highly recommend all Youth players to participate in this tournament. First USATT National Ranking Youth Tournament 2019 Event details Date: March 27 to 31 Entry Deadline: Feb 28, 2019 Where: ICC Table Tennis Center, 1507 N. Milpitas blvd, Milpitas, CA Current number of players: 63 Goal on number of players: 100 […]

Denver Table Tennis Alliance’s 1st MENSUAL Tourney of 2019 was a great success!

February 19, 2019

(Courtesy of Angelo Gandullia) Hello Table Tennis players and friends! On Saturday, February 16th, Denver Table Tennis Alliance hosted our 1st MENSUAL Tourney of 2019… and it was a great success! We had a completely full tournament in all 3 divisions, and we want to thank very much all players who participate and made a […]

Judging the Depth of a Serve

February 18, 2019

By Larry Hodges One of the things coaches stress is that you should be aggressive against deep serves. (A short serve means that, given a chance, the ball would bounce twice on your side; a long serve would only bounce once.) Against a short serve, you can rush and angle the server by taking the […]

Portugal Open Recap

February 17, 2019

(by Steve Hopkins / Photo by ITTF) The Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus Portugal Open concluded on Sunday. It’s the second major tour event of the year and while it did not draw many of the World’s Top 10, the competitive field did include World No. 4 Lin Gaoyuan, World No. 16 Liang Jingkun, World […]