(by Wade Townsend) At the 2017 Australian Junior & Cadet Open the youngest athletes decided to follow their own script. Today at the Australian Junior & Cadet Open the cadets decided that seeding isn’t something to take too seriously. In the Cadet Girls’ Teams it was the the mixed team of Australia and USA that […]
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Invitation to umpire in Argentina
Posted on(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) An invitation is extended by the Argentine Table Tennis Federation for 10 International Umpires to officiate at the forthcoming 2017 Argentina Junior Open and 2017 ITTF Pan American Junior Championships. Staged in Buenos Aires, the Argentina Junior Open will be held on Sunday 18th and Monday 19th June; the […]
USATT Announces Updates To League Ratings Processing
Posted on(By USATT) USATT League Participants and Directors: It has been roughly six months since we made the bold move of integrating the USATT League system into our Simply Compete membership platform. While this migration has yielded a number of tangible benefits, there have also been some lingering issues, most notably involving the calculation of initial […]
ATHLETE REMINDER: 2017 WADA Prohibited List Now in Effect
Posted on(By USADA) USADA would like to remind all athletes that the 2017 WADA Prohibited List went into effect on January 1, 2017. Please note that the 2017 WADA Prohibited List does include changes from the previous year, so we strongly encourage athletes and their support personnel to take a moment to review the updated 2017 […]
Denver Table Tennis Alliance’s 2nd MENSUAL Tourney
Posted onDTTA’s 2nd MENSUAL Tourney DTTA’s 2nd MENSUAL Tourney (By Angelo Gandullia) Hello Table Tennis players and friends! We want to share with you all that DTTA’s 2nd MENSUAL Tourney, played last Saturday, April 8th… went great again! We had a full tournament, and DTTA would like to congratulate in particular: C Division, Winner – Bobby Green […]
USATT Names Bitzigeio New High Performance Director
Posted on(By USATT) USA TABLE TENNIS NAMES JÖRG BITZIGEIO NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR Former German Women’s National Team Coach to Direct USATT’s Elite Athlete Programs April 7, 2017 (Colorado Springs, CO) – USA Table Tennis CEO Gordon Kaye announced today that Jörg Bitzigeio has been named the new High Performance Director. Bitzigeio will oversee all of […]
Youth Excel at NJTTC Hopes Regional Camp and Trial
Posted on(BY DEV DASSARMA/NJTTC) The New Jersey Regional Hopes Training Camp and Trial were held on weekend of March 25-26th at the NJTTC with twenty young players participating in the different events. They came from all over the Northeast with players from six states present namely New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts and Maryland. The key observation was […]
Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth, No. 157 Question & Answer
Posted onAsk The Experts: Stefan Feth, No. 157 Question & Answer Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: I need your kind advise on my new rubber-blade combination: 1. Rubber: Tenergy 80 which has overall 9.4 rating: speed 9.4, spin 9.4, and control 9.0. 2. Blade/racket: DHS Hurricane long 5 (V): overall 9.7 rating: speed 9.8, […]
Butterfly 2017 Cary Cup Press Release 4 for 4/2/2017
Posted on(By Barbara Wei) 2017 Butterfly Cary Cup: Kaden Xu Dominates Competition Kaden Xu (2700) came to the 2017 Butterfly Cary Cup seeking to improve upon his semi-final finish from 2016 where he bowed out to the Bohan Zhang, the eventual 2016 champion. A year later in 2017, he over delivered, cleanly sweeping the competition to […]
2017 US Hopes Camp at ICC
Posted on2017 US Hopes Camp at ICC (By Bruce Liu) 2017 US Hopes Camp at ICC This is the last of the five Hopes Camps in the US. A tournament will follow tomorrow. Top three girls and boys will join the other US kids to compete with their Canadian peers in April in New Jersey. 12 […]
A Levels Approach to Tactics
August 17, 2026
(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame) I like to divide tactics into five… Read More
Carlos Hernandez – Game Play Sequencing
August 17, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Carlos Hernandez is focusing on practice games where he is… Read More
MLTT Meet the Teams: Florida Crocs
August 16, 2026
by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The Florida Crocs have yet to make the playoffs, but this year they… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Alamo Table Tennis Club
August 16, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The Alamo Table Tennis Club is located just North of the City Center in San… Read More
French Flair: Felix Wins Europe Smash
August 16, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) A week ago, Tomokazu Harimoto raised the trophy in Yokohama - and when… Read More
Arantxa Cossio Aceves – Forehand Loop & Backhand Loop
August 16, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Arantxa Cossio Aceves using multi-ball to work on her Forehand… Read More
Malmo Magic: Final Four in Europe Smash
August 15, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) Malmo, Sweden is host to the Europe Smash this week, and we enter the final… Read More
Nico Callaba – Two Backhand Loops, Two Forehand Loop
August 15, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly, Nicolas Callaba is executing Two Backhand Loops, and Two Forehand Loops https://youtu.be/cjJsfUjln2w… Read More
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