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Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth, No. 119

Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth, No. 119 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Blade: Matsudaira Kenta ALC Forehand Rubber: Tenergy 80 FX Backhand Rubber: Tenergy 64 FX Question: I have only played ping pong for about two years, for about 3 hours per week. I use a lot of spin on the forehand and quick pushes on the backhand. I […]

US Rio Contingent Repel LYTTC Challenge in New Jersey

US Rio Contingent Repel LYTTC Challenge in New Jersey Courtesy of USA Table Tennis Three days of intense training at the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center, led by Olympic Team Coach Massimo Constantini and supporting Coach Lily Yip, had the Olympic Team prepared for the special team challenge ahead of them. LYTTC had assembled it’s […]

NYITTC June 2016 Open Championship

NYITTC June 2016 Open Championship Congratulations to all winners at the NYITTC June 2016 Open Championships held June 19th at the New York International Table Tennis Center in Flushing, NY.. RESULTS Under 2250 1st: Benjamin Zhang; 2nd: Alex Porush, 3rd: Jimmy Shen/Gideon Teitel Under 2000 1st: Gideon Teitel; 2nd: Alex Porush; 3rd: Jimmy Shen/Timothy O’Leary […]

Upcoming Group Coaching & Club Tournament at The TopSpin

Upcoming Group Coaching & Club Tournament at The TopSpin Group Coaching begins this week at The TopSpin table tennis club in San Jose, California. Some space remains in TopSpin’s new group coaching session! Kids Academy Group – Suitable for all skill levels., Ages 5 – 18 Adult Group – Suitable for beginning / intermediate level adults Register Today Join […]

ICC 2016 Summer Camp Photos & Update

ICC 2016 Summer Camp Photos & Update All, Week three summer camps at ICC Table Tennis Center (June 20-24) Morning Table Tennis, Art, Chess, Taekwondo and Dance camp (9:30am-3:00pm) Pictures Advance Table Tennis camp with Olympians and National team members Pictures Thanks, Rajul Sheth ICC Table Tennis Center

Jewish Paralympic Table Tennis Players To Represent USA

Jewish Paralympic Table Tennis Players To Represent USA Maccabi USA is recruiting Jewish Paralympics athletes to compete in the 20th Maccabiah Games taking place summer 2017 in Israel; the competitions are for ages 18-40, in Cycling (Male, Swimming (Male & Female), Table Tennis (Male) and Tennis (Male 18-40). Maccabi USA; a federally-recognized not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization with […]

Practice makes perfect: US Olympians need work to prepare for media interaction

Practice makes perfect: US Olympians need work to prepare for media interaction LancasterOnline reports on USA Table Tennis Team’s visit to Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Even for some of the world’s best athletes, being in front of the cameras for interviews and media attention doesn’t always come naturally. That can especially be true in a sport such […]

Top Step of Podium in Tokyo, Liu Shiwen Returns to Top of Standings

Top Step of Podium in Tokyo, Liu Shiwen Returns to Top of Standings Courtesy of ITTF Success in Tokyo on Sunday June 19th, China’s Liu Shiwen returns to the top of the ITTF World Tour Women’s Singles Standings (1,100 points); formerly in third spot, she replaces Japan’s Kasumi Ishikawa in first place. Colleague, Ding Ning, […]

Tip of the Week: Always Have at Least Two Options

Tip of the Week: Always Have at Least Two Options by Larry Hodges Many players have multiple options for most situations, but only one for some. For example, against a deep, spinny serve to the backhand, many players will only back drive it crosscourt. Or against a backspin serve to the backhand will almost always push […]

2016 Homenetmen Ararat Open

2016 Homenetmen Ararat Open On June 11th & 12th, Xiang Jing Zhang secured the 2016 Homenetmen Ararat Open Singles title at Ararat Table Tennis Club in Glendale, California. RESULTS Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Under 750 RR Andrew Grigor Eun Lee Under 2800 Doubles Vincent Lo / Angelica Arellano Tony Minasian / […]

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