Ask The Experts: Maggie Tian, No. 192

Posted on December 11, 2018

Ask The Experts: Maggie Tian, No. 192 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I notice that when the better Table Tennis Players serve they bend low than rise to serve, Is there a reason for this, more spin, faster, etc. Or is just a style of serving. Couldn’t they just stand up and serve? […]

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2018 ICC Butterfly America Open Results

Posted on December 10, 2018

2018 ICC Butterfly America Open Results December 7, 8 & 9 at ICC Table Tennis Center 4 Star Major tournament sanctioned by USATT Largest event in bay area with over 250 players participation. Best opportunity to warm up and prepare for US Open tournament with same balls and floor mat. Over $5500 in cash prize […]

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Every Point is the Biggest Point of Your Life

Posted on December 10, 2018

Every Point is the Biggest Point of Your Life (By Larry Hodges) What’s the most important point in table tennis? The next one. It’s that simple. And yet players constantly fret over the previous point, the one that’s over and never to be replayed. As far as you are concerned the next point is for […]

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Why is Boll Strong? #2 (Video in English)

Posted on December 10, 2018

Why is Boll Strong? #2 (Video in English) (Video and English Subtitles Courtesy of BUTTERFLY/TAKUREPO.com) Special Program Q: Why is Boll strong? A: Services difficult to receive short Reverse sidespin short service Timo Boll (GER) ascended to the World no. 1 spot in March 2018. Young players have distinguished themselves one after another recently. Table […]

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2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Recap

Posted on December 9, 2018

2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Recap (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held this week in Bendigo, Australia.  There were seven events including Boys Teams, Girls Teams, Boys Singles, Girls Singles, Boys Doubles, Girls Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.  The Junior Boys’ Teams were seeded based upon World Ranking […]

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Where Are They Now? Wilson Club Series #1

Posted on December 9, 2018

Where Are They Now? Wilson Club Series #1 (By Steve Hopkins, Photo shows Brian Pace, Oscar Melvin, and Derek May at Butterfly Dojo) Article 1: The Perfect Storm: Butterfly, Bowie, Bowie, Ty, and Brian For a period from 1985-1992, Wilson, North Carolina became a model for developmental, grass-roots table tennis.  With Butterfly’s North American distributor […]

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WAB Club Feature: Maryland Table Tennis Center

Posted on December 9, 2018

WAB Club Feature: Maryland Table Tennis Center (By Steve Hopkins) The Maryland Table Tennis Center is one of the best known full-time training centers in the United States.  Their 10,000 square foot facility is designed with table tennis in mind and features ideal flooring and lighting, high ceilings, and rubber flooring.    MDTTC is located in […]

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Triangle Table Tennis December 2018 News and Happening

Posted on December 5, 2018

Triangle Table Tennis December 2018 News and Happening (By Triangle Table Tennis) Wishing everyone Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas! This newsletter is the only email you’ll receive from us this month, so you’ll find summaries and links to everything in this one email — a quick overview of recent news as well as upcoming tournaments [to include our […]

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Ask The Experts: Sung Soo Jung, No. 191

Posted on December 4, 2018

Ask The Experts: Sung Soo Jung, No. 191 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: hello there im a defender in the veterans division(50 years old) what type of tenergy its better for chopin in the forehand and rather close to the table and if you have a suggestion about the type …05 fx etc […]

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Butterfly Rozena Table Tennis Rubber review

Posted on December 4, 2018

Butterfly Rozena Table Tennis Rubber review (By Danny Seemiller) Rozena is an excellent choice for anyone who uses Tenergy but has trouble controlling all the shots. Dan has just started to use Rozena and it is more forgiving than Tenergy but with many of the same characteristics. The spring sponge and the grippy top sheet […]

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