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Ask The Experts: Larry Thoman No. 370

Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Is it true that the Amicus Prime throwing wheels can go in the opposite directions to give a higher level of spin? – Mike Answer:  This Ask the Experts question was answered by Larry Thoman. He is a Table Tennis Robot Guru. Larry’s response is below: Mike, Yes, that […]

Practice to Master One Skill

(By Truong Tu) People watch video of high level matches with many amazing rallies and think that they have to practice fancy drill combinations. We need to admit that unless we have already reached the National or International level, our rallies usually end within 5 shots or less. Therefore, mastery of the basic skills and […]

Ask The Experts: Larry Thoman No. 352

Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hello, I purchased the Practice Partner 20. Is there a way to adjust so when the machine throws the ball it’s without any spin. Just to shoot out normal, with no spin? Are there any particular adjustments. Answer:  This Ask the Experts question was answered by Larry Thoman. He […]

Butterfly Amicus Table Tennis Robot: A Tutorial with Timo Boll

Butterfly Amicus Table Tennis Robot: A Tutorial with Timo Boll and the Amicus Professional Table Tennis Robot Butterfly Amicus Robots are easily assembled and set up. Remove the Amicus from the carrying bag by holding it at the tube. Put the robot onto the table and lower the bars holding the net on both sides […]

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Use Interval Training in Table Tennis with Richard Prause

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Use Interval Training in Table Tennis 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 […]

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Use Different Ball Frequencies with Richard Prause

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Use Different Ball Frequencies with Richard Prause (Courtesy of ButterflyMag) Welcome to the third 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 new […]

Butterfly Amicus Table Tennis Robots

Butterfly Amicus Table Tennis Robots (By Steve Hopkins) Butterfly table tennis robots can help you reach the top of your game. We offer several different models of table tennis robots in the current Amicus series: Start, Expert, and Prime.  There are increasing features as you move up from the Start model to the Prime model. […]

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