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And Then There Was One: Upset After Upset As Top Chinese Fall

(by Steve Hopkins) When’s the last time at a major event that the table tennis community looked at the results and said, What’s Up With China?  It could be the venue or the fans or the altitude or the humidity, but at the ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships, China is not performing at the elite level […]

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FETHOMANIA 17: Drill 1

https://youtube.com/shorts/k72BlV6JF7g All FETHOMANIA drills are performed on the Butterfly Amicus Prime Robot. To learn more about the Amicus Prime, click here. For more FETHOMANIA content, click here.

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A New Era For American Table Tennis

(by: Major League Table Tennis) Welcome to the dawn of the table tennis age in America. 🌞 We’re fresh off one of the most exciting weekends in league history. And on top of that, MLTT has just secured a new round of strategic investments from more than 20 leaders in business, sports, and entertainment. They’re all […]

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Asian Championships: Japan Women Stun China in Final

(by Steve Hopkins) China swept Korea in their semifinal match early on Wednesday, the dominating result that we have all come to expect from the squad featuring the top three ranked players in the tournament.   For its part, Japan defeated India 3-1, in a match that was just a few points away from a 2-2 […]

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China Holds Top 5 in Latest Rankings

(by Steve Hopkins) With two recent tour wins, Lin Shidong jumped all the way to No. 3.  Wang Chuqin has a huge lead, so despite three early exits from big tournaments, he is in no danger of losing the top spot.  In second is Olympic Champion Fan Zhendong, who has been content to rest (and […]

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A Lifelong Passion Realized: Sue Chakravorty Launches ProSmash Table Tennis

(by Barbara Wei) After 10 years of growing table tennis through local churches and community centers, Sue Chakravorty opened her own full-time club, ProSmash, in Cresskill, NJ in July 2024 “First think about what you love…I have a passion for table tennis. At any time, I can stand at the table and start playing.” In […]

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FETHOMANIA 16: Drill 5

https://youtube.com/shorts/GnjLunKhHFU All FETHOMANIA drills are performed on the Butterfly Amicus Prime Robot. To learn more about the Amicus Prime, click here. For more FETHOMANIA content, click here.

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Asian Championships: Faraji is For Real !

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Iran’s 14 year phenom, Benyamin Faraji, defeated World No. 1 Wang Chuqin in early Team action at the ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships in Kazakhstan.  China logged a 3-1 win overall in their Tuesday match, but that one loss is newsworthy. Iran has logged some big upset wins in recent years […]

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Welcome American International Table Tennis School

(by Bowmar Sports) Welcome American International Table Tennis School Alameda, CA American International Table Tennis School is the latest table tennis club to join the “We Are Butterfly” program. The school was founded in 2023 by a group of passionate table tennis players that wanted to establish an organization to help our youth build character […]

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How to Beat the Crafty Veteran

(by Larry Hodges) If you are roughly the same level as the crafty veteran, then the key thing to understand about them is that they are in a state of desperation. Why? Because they can’t beat you, shot for shot, and they know it. That’s why they are forced to be crafty veterans in order […]

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