By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame, www.tabletenniscoaching.com/blog If you are putting in hours and Hours and HOURS of training, you should improve, right? And you likely will. But are you improving as fast as you could? Or are you just putting in mindless hours that’ll lead to advanced mediocrity, as opposed […]
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China Smash: Day Two Completes Exciting First Round
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Like top-seeded Chuqin yesterday, second-seeded Lin Shidong had no trouble logging a 3-0 win to move into the Round of 32. He will face Shunsuke Togami, who eliminated USA’s Kanak Jha earlier today. With Jha in the Men’s Draw and Lily Zhang and Amy Wang in the Women’s Draw, TeamUSA was represented […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Fullerton Table Tennis Academy
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Fullerton Table Tennis Academy is located off Imperial Highway in Fullerton, California. The facility is near Bonita Pl and S Harbor Blvd/E Imperial Hwy in the neighborhoods of La Habra. This positions the club just North of Anaheim with easy access to all of the greater Los Angeles area. Fullerton Table Tennis Academy […]
German League Parity
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL) Four weeks in to the new season of the German Professional League (TTBL), and there are no undefeated teams – and 8 of the 12 teams are within one match of the lead. Preseason favorite Saarbrucken (who added Fan Zhendong to an already incredibly talented roster) lost their first match […]
Pan Am Championships: Preview
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Two weeks from today, on October 12, action will being in Rock Hill, South Carolina at the 2025 ITTF Pan American Championships. This edition of the ITTF Continental event will bring the top table tennis teams of the Hemisphere with the winners punching their tickets to the 2026 ITTF World […]
China Smash: Early Action
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Action kicked off on Sunday with half of the main draw seeing action at the China Smash, where Smash events are the top category of WTT tour events. On the Men’s side, all of the Top 50 players are present except for No. 39 Yuta Tanaka. With so many of […]
Edmarie Leon – Transition and Footwork Play
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Edmarie Leon is executing a transition play exercise. It consist of looping underspin with the Backhand, then a Backhand Loop from topspin, followed by a Forehand Loop from topspin https://youtu.be/ElCbTFUA_38 Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and […]
China Smash: Qualifiers Reach Main Round
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Eight players fought through the Qualifiers to reach the main draw at the China Smash, the premiere WTT event being played this week in Beijing. Poland’s Samuel Kulczycki emerged from one group of eight, winning three matches including a 3-1 win over USA’s Ma Jingbao. The other qualifiers are Kazakhstan’s […]
Kevin Doyle – Half Long Forehand Loop
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Kevin Doyle is executing the Half Long Loop using the Forehand Loop https://youtu.be/AGR2kcW-0nw 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
Notice How Wide the Ball Can Go
Posted onJhon serves short backspin, robot plays long backspin to Backhand, Jhon plays Backhand topspin to Backhand, robot plays topspin to wide Backhand, Jhon plays Forehand topspin to Backhand, robot plays topspin to Backhand and Jhon plays Forehand topspin inside out to wide Backhand (Wait function) FETHOMANIA 12 / Drill 3 https://youtube.com/shorts/Hj38lpjqMy0 All FETHOMANIA drills are […]
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Are You a Tree or a Squirrel?
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