4/29/08

Building U.S. Table Tennis...

By Mitchell Seidenfeld

Can we build table tennis in the U.S. and Canada? Absolutely! We can do it one community league at a time. When you organize a community league you are doing more than providing a place for people to play; you are building a table tennis community. In Butterfly League Table Tennis we call the entry-level leagues Community Leagues. For the purposes of this article, we will define “community leagues” in a broader sense to include any kind of league that relies on a particular community of players. We can ...Read More

2/28/08
Minnesota Community League Crowns Fall and Winter Champions

By: Mitchell Seidenfeld

Back in September Dan Fowell was just one of twenty-four table tennis enthusiasts who had joined the Bloomington, Minnesota Community League looking for fun and better ...Read More

1/16/08

Westinghouse Table Tennis League is Underway

Courtesy of Ed Mercier / Westinghouse Table Tennis Club

A new Westinghouse table tennis league is off to a roaring start thanks to the encouragement and support of both Butterfly and Mitch ...Read More

1/14/08

STTC Butterfly Sunday League

Courtesy of Masaaki Tajima

Across the country, more leagues are forming with different formats and purposes than ever before. Some failed like others in the past due to myriad of reasons, but leagues are necessary in ...Read More

8/15/07

What Is Butterfly League Table Tennis?

The Butterfly League system is comprised of four levels of leagues: Community; Competition; Elite; and Super. Read More

5/16/07

Five Great Reasons to Start a Community League

  1. Community Leagues are fun for everyone!

2. Every Community Should Have a Table Tennis League.
3. Community Leagues are a great way to organize regular play.
4. Community Leagues can generate income for you or your non-profit organization.
5. Community Leagues are the best way to fuel the growth of table tennis in the U.S.

Read more about the 5 Great Reasons.

In 1975 I was eleven years old. My father and I had been practicing in our basement for about six months. We spent hours trying to glean as much information as we could from our ninety-five page book ...Read More