Ask The Experts: Lady Ruano, No. 199

Posted on January 7, 2019

Ask The Experts: Lady Ruano, No. 199 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: When you execute the forehand loop, should you skim the ball with a fast wrist snapping stroke or roll over the ball keeping it on the blade a long as possible. Thanks Richard Answer:  This Ask the Experts question was answered […]

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Will Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz make table tennis ‘a thing’ in North America?

Posted on January 7, 2019

Will Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz make table tennis ‘a thing’ in North America? (By ESPN) Table tennis, or tenis de mesa, brings celebration, camaraderie and competition to the Diaz family. The sport is a familia affair. Four-year-old Adriana Diaz took to the blade on a table her father, Bladimir — a full-time table tennis coach — set up in […]

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WAB Club Feature: Austin Table Tennis Club

Posted on January 7, 2019

WAB Club Feature: Austin Table Tennis Club (by Steve Hopkins) The Austin Table Tennis Club is located at 8956 Research Blvd in Austin.  They are just off of US Highway 183 on the North side of Austin. The club has been around for more than thirty years.  They first started in the back of a […]

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Top Ten Things to Remember in Doubles

Posted on January 7, 2019

Top Ten Things to Remember in Doubles (By Larry Hodges, tabletenniscoaching.com/blog) Most players play doubles as if it were just a version of singles, but that’s a mistake. Doubles is actually far more complicated since there are two players on each side, so there are four different playing styles interacting, plus all the movement as […]

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Why is Boll Strong? #4 (Video in English)

Posted on January 7, 2019

Why is Boll Strong? #4 (Video in English) (Courtesy of BUTTERFLY/TAKUREPO.com) Special Program Q: Why is Boll strong? A: Backhand Topspin Loop Timo Boll (GER) ascended to the World no. 1 spot in March 2018. Young players have distinguished themselves one after another recently. Table tennis has continuously experienced various rule changes but despite all the […]

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2019 Pan America Cup Preview

Posted on January 6, 2019

2019 Pan America Cup Preview (by Steve Hopkins) The 2019 Pan America Cup is scheduled to start on February 1st in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.   The January 2019 World Rankings were released last week and as participation is allowed for only the top 16 by ranking, the Pan Am Cup entries have just been finalized.  The […]

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Watching Table Tennis Online

Posted on January 6, 2019

Watching Table Tennis Online (by Steve Hopkins) During the holidays, many network TV shows take a hiatus – returning with new episodes later in January.   So whether you are looking to fill a temporary void in your normal show rotation, or just want to watch some quality table tennis and bring your sporting interest more […]

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Interview with Coach Jack Huang

Posted on January 4, 2019

Interview with Coach Jack Huang (By Ayan Bagchi) Coach Jack Huang is a member of the USATT Hall of Fame and a full-time coach at the Maryland Table Tennis Center since 1992. Here is his Butterfly bio and his Hall of Fame bio. What Butterfly equipment do you use and why?  I used Mizutani Jun ZLC, because it […]

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Ask The Experts: Wenting Zha, No. 198

Posted on January 4, 2019

Ask The Experts: Wenting Zha, No. 198 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Thanks for helping me out as there are so many choices out there for blade, rubbers, and sponge hardness and thickness.  Hence my interest in looking at what you think is best for me using a Butterfly blade and rubbers as […]

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ITTF Rankings: Fan, Xu, Harimoto Top the First 2019 Rankings

Posted on January 3, 2019

ITTF Rankings: Fan, Xu, Harimoto Top the First 2019 Rankings (by Steve Hopkins) Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin maintained their top two spots in the January 2019 ITTF World Rankings.  Tomakazu Harimoto has jumped up to third, riding the strength of his Grand Finals win in December.  Lin Gaoyuan and Timo Boll round out the […]

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