Coaching tip of the week: How to Develop a Nasty Forehand Flip

Posted on January 6, 2020

Coaching tip of the week: How to Develop a Nasty Forehand Flip (By Larry Hodges) A nice forehand flip is a valuable weapon, especially if you can also flip with the backhand (which is usually easer than a forehand flip). It means that you can attack any short serve, so opposing servers are in constant […]

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WAB Club Feature: Salt Lake City Table Tennis

Posted on January 5, 2020

WAB Club Feature: Salt Lake City Table Tennis (By Steve Hopkins) With their location just off highway 215, about 8 miles Southwest of the City Center, Salt Lake City Table Tennis is easily reachable across this large metropolitan area.  The club has been in operation in the West Valley City neighborhood since 2011, having expanded […]

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January 2020 ITTF Rankings: Fan Starts 2020 On Top

Posted on January 5, 2020

January 2020 ITTF Rankings: Fan Starts 2020 On Top (By Steve Hopkins) Fan Zhendong tops the first ITTF World Ranking list of 2020.  Fan replaced Xu Xin – the two traded the top position three times in 2019.  Ma Long is in third (only 500 points separate him from the second spot), and Lin Gaoyuan […]

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Marvellous 2020 Review: Fan Repeats, Qihao and Yuling Surprise

Posted on January 5, 2020

Marvellous 2020 Review: Fan Repeats, Qihao and Yuling Surprise (By Steve Hopkins / Photo: Brian Yuxiang) Each year, China’s Marvellous 12 brings the top Chinese players together for an invitational where the first prize is an automatic invite to the World Championships. Six of the Marvellous 12 are players seeded based upon World Rankings.  The other […]

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Jenson Van Emburgh: Building for Tokyo

Posted on January 5, 2020

Jenson Van Emburgh: Building for Tokyo (By Steve Hopkins) As 2017 concluded, Jenson Van Emburgh was already making waves as a Paralympic table tennis player with a ranking in the low 40s in his class.  The 33 screws and 2 metal rods in his spine did not keep Jenson, at that time just a High […]

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Ask The Experts: Shahin Akhlaghpasand, No. 305

Posted on January 2, 2020

Ask The Experts: Shahin Akhlaghpasand, No. 305 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hi! To what kind of player would you recommend Kong Linghui Blade? Can you compare it with another blade? https://shop.butterflyonline.com/kong-linghui-fl-blade-7607 Best regards Jesper Answer: Your Ask the Experts question was answered by Shahin Akhlaghpasand. Coach Akhlaghpasand is a Coach at the Austin Table […]

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Butterfly announces partnership with Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Posted on January 1, 2020

Butterfly announces partnership with Dimitrij Ovtcharov Tokyo/Krefeld 1st January, 2020 Tamasu Co., Ltd. – better known by its brand name Butterfly, the world-leading table tennis manufacturer today announces a unique partnership with German National player Dimitrij Ovtcharov, world ranking No.1 in February 2018, Olympic bronze medalist, ITTF World Cup winner of 2017, European Champion 2015 […]

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American ping pong legend hopes to add 2020 Olympics to achievements

Posted on December 31, 2019

American ping pong legend hopes to add 2020 Olympics to achievements (Courtesy of CBS This Morning) Hello Friends, Thank you so much for your generous donations to support my training. It is inspiring to see that so many believe in me and hope to follow me on my journey. Currently I am working out daily […]

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Ask The Experts: Yangyang Jia, No. 304

Posted on December 31, 2019

Ask The Experts: Yangyang Jia, No. 304 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I have been following your videos for over 18 months, and I like to congratulate you on the improvement in content and presentation since I started watching and learning from your videos. Many thanks indeed. In the above video, I note […]

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Ask The Experts: Nan Li, No. 303

Posted on December 30, 2019

Ask The Experts: Nan Li, No. 303 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: good evening. I’m getting Petr Korbel (Japan model) to use in a training to improve my movements. I am unsure which tenergy to use knowing that the wood is limba and so is a ted soft wood. I’m used to use […]

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