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PongPlanet – Amicus Demo Center

PongPlanet San Carlos, CA PongPlanet is a full-time Table Tennis club located at 848 Brittan Ave, San Carlos, CA 94070. We offer the highest quality courts, equipment and instruction in the area, along with a variety of programs for adults and juniors of all abilities. Many of our programs help ensure a constant progression of […]

BUTTERFLY FAVORITES – AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Shift Weight Effectively

This video series originally appeared in 2018.  The content remains pertinent today – and the tips may assist many of you looking to use your social distancing time to improve your game.  While the video series was designed for the AMICUS Robot, the tips are the same whether you are playing with any robot, doing […]

Amicus Prime Robot: Link To iOS Amicus Prime App

Amicus Prime Robot: Link To iOS Amicus Prime App (Courtesy of Apple) iPhone Screenshots Description The new AMICUS PRIME sets out to redefine the possibilities of a table tennis robot and will excite fans all over the world. The innovative PRIME is controlled wirelessly via Bluetooth technology from the AMICUS App running on iPhone. AMICUS […]

Advantages of Amicus 3-wheel design over 2-wheel designs

Advantages of Amicus 3-wheel design over 2-wheel designs (By Larry Thoman) 3 wheels can produce any type of spin without rotating the head. This means there is less stress to the head parts because there are no quick start and stop actions to change spins like there would be with only 2 wheels. Less stress […]

AMICUS Training Tips Series: Irregular Practice Tips (Random Mode) with Richard Prause

AMICUS Training Tips Series: Irregular Practice Tips (Random Mode) with Richard Prause (Courtesy of ButterflyMag) Welcome to the next episode of the Butterfly AMICUS Training Tips Video Series. In this series Butterfly coaching expert Richard Prause will guide you through a number of coaching videos on how you can effectively use the new Butterfly AMICUS Robots […]

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Shift Weight Effectively

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Shift Weight Effectively (Courtesy of ButterflyMag) Welcome to the next episode of the Butterfly AMICUS Training Tips Video Series. In this series Butterfly coaching expert Richard Prause will guide you through a number of coaching videos on how you can effectively use the new Butterfly AMICUS Robots to help improve […]

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Receive to Long and Short Serves Richard Prause

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Receive to Long and Short Serves Richard Prause (Courtesy of ButterflyMag) Welcome to the fourth episode of the new Butterfly AMICUS Training Tips Video Series. In this series Butterfly coaching expert Richard Prause will guide you through a number of coaching videos on how you can effectively use the […]

Butterfly Amicus Prime Table Tennis Robot

(By Larry Thoman, Pong-Bot Pro) Butterfly Amicus Prime Table Tennis Robot Butterfly launched a refresh of its highly regarded Amicus line of table tennis robots at the recent World Team Table Tennis Championships in Sweden. The newly introduced models are the Start, Expert, and Prime models. All are upgraded models from the models they’re replacing—the […]

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