(By Texas Table Tennis Club) Koji Itagaki coached TSV Bad Königshofen of Table Tennis Bundesliga since 2016. Under Itagaki, Bad Königshofen earned a promotion to the Bundesliga in 2018 and won the Bundesliga’s bronze medal in 2024 and 2025. Itagaki has coached players such as Yukiya Uda (ITTF Men’s Singles No. 29), Andre Bertelsmeier (Men’s […]
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Portland Paddlers Win MLTT Season 3
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Why is there a Golden Game? For Moments Like These. With the entire season hanging in the balance, every match played, every grueling semifinal battle now behind them, these two teams have fought through an exhausting war of singles and doubles — only to find themselves locked in a dead heat, separated […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) is located in Bellevue, Washington, off of highway SR-520 just over Lake Washington from North side of Seattle. The club is 9600 square feet with 18-foot ceilings, 16 Butterfly Centerfold tables, red Gerflor flooring, and two-toned walls to assist in visibility. The goal of SPTTC is […]
Angel Naranjo is Central American & Caribbean Champion
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) After anchoring Team Puerto Rico to a win earlier in the week, Angel Naranjo saved the biggest prize for himself – winning the Men’s Singles title on the last day of the ITTF-Americas Central American & Caribbean Championships in Santo Domingo. Naranjo entered as the second seed, and fought his […]
Anav Gupta Among Surprise Winners at US Junior National Ranking II
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The 2026 US Junior National Ranking Tournament II wrapped up last week at HITTA in Katy, Texas. The event ran five days from April 10-14 bringing great junior players from all over the country. The event included age tiers of U11, U13, U15, U17, and U19 with athletes battling through round-robin pools […]
World Team Championships: Preview
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) One hundred years after the inaugural World Championships were held in London (1926), the sport returns home for the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals. In this 100th rendition, 64 men’s teams and 64 women’s teams will converge on two iconic London venues — Copper Box Arena and OVO […]
World Table Tennis Day in Rhode Island
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) With an official proclamation this week in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, the state has made April 23rd, 2026 “Rhode Island Table Tennis Day” as a part of the ITTF’s World Table Tennis Day celebrations. The Resolution (see video below) that was adopted last week included an overview of the popularity […]
Jenson Van Emburgh back on the International Stage: Brazil to Slovenia
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) After months of recovery and rebuilding, Jenson Ven Emburgh is heading back to the international stage. From April 23rd to 26th, Jenson will be competing in the ITTF World Para Challenger Sao Paulo in Brazil. This is the first major international competition for USA’s top-ranked wheelchair para table tennis athlete since undergoing […]
Marcos Madrid – 3 Point Forehand Loop
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Marcos Madrid is executing the 3 Point Forehand Loop Footwork exercise https://youtu.be/86doqSzMoUc Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs and more
Don’t Move Backwards at the Point of Contact
Posted onRobot plays backspin to short Backhand, half long in Forehand or long in Backhand randomly. The player needs to flip on short Backhand balls and play Backhand topspin on half long and long balls. FETHOMANIA 26: Drill 2 https://youtube.com/shorts/AoXwDAb2C9M All FETHOMANIA drills are performed on the Butterfly Amicus Prime Robot. To learn more about the […]
How To Return Different Serves
May 25, 2026
(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame We will define a "short" serve as… Read More
Top Seeds Roll at Lagos Contender
May 24, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) This week, Lagos, Nigeria was the host of a WTT Contender series event. … Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Sunny International Culture & Sports Center
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(by Steve Hopkins) Sunny International Culture & Sports Center is located in Scarborough - a city within the… Read More
The Correct Way of Stretching for Table Tennis by Coach Meinhard Korte
May 23, 2026
(by Coach Meinhard Korte) The biggest mistak table tennis player make with stretching is doing long static stretches… Read More
From Nervous to Focused: Real Competition Advice from Years of Professional Play
May 22, 2026
(by Coach Bob Chen) Practical ways to turn pressure into clear actions during a match. How to manage… Read More
Anqi Luo – Forehand Flip & Backhand Loop Follow up
May 22, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Anqi Lou is working with a student on a Forehand… Read More
WTT Youth Contender Mississauga
May 21, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) USA's Sally Moyland continued her consistent play this week at the WTT Youth… Read More
The Unstoppable Spin: Why We Can’t Quit Table Tennis? By Coach Di Liu
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(By: Coach Di Liu) The Unstoppable Spin: Why We Can’t Quit Table Tennis? Have you ever found yourself… Read More
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