Site Products

Coaching tip of the week: How to Develop a Nasty Forehand Flip

Coaching tip of the week: How to Develop a Nasty Forehand Flip (By Larry Hodges) A nice forehand flip is a valuable weapon, especially if you can also flip with the backhand (which is usually easer than a forehand flip). It means that you can attack any short serve, so opposing servers are in constant […]

WAB Club Feature: Salt Lake City Table Tennis

WAB Club Feature: Salt Lake City Table Tennis (By Steve Hopkins) With their location just off highway 215, about 8 miles Southwest of the City Center, Salt Lake City Table Tennis is easily reachable across this large metropolitan area.  The club has been in operation in the West Valley City neighborhood since 2011, having expanded […]

January 2020 ITTF Rankings: Fan Starts 2020 On Top

January 2020 ITTF Rankings: Fan Starts 2020 On Top (By Steve Hopkins) Fan Zhendong tops the first ITTF World Ranking list of 2020.  Fan replaced Xu Xin – the two traded the top position three times in 2019.  Ma Long is in third (only 500 points separate him from the second spot), and Lin Gaoyuan […]

Marvellous 2020 Review: Fan Repeats, Qihao and Yuling Surprise

Marvellous 2020 Review: Fan Repeats, Qihao and Yuling Surprise (By Steve Hopkins / Photo: Brian Yuxiang) Each year, China’s Marvellous 12 brings the top Chinese players together for an invitational where the first prize is an automatic invite to the World Championships. Six of the Marvellous 12 are players seeded based upon World Rankings.  The other […]

Jenson Van Emburgh: Building for Tokyo

Jenson Van Emburgh: Building for Tokyo (By Steve Hopkins) As 2017 concluded, Jenson Van Emburgh was already making waves as a Paralympic table tennis player with a ranking in the low 40s in his class.  The 33 screws and 2 metal rods in his spine did not keep Jenson, at that time just a High […]

Ask The Experts: Shahin Akhlaghpasand, No. 305

Ask The Experts: Shahin Akhlaghpasand, No. 305 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hi! To what kind of player would you recommend Kong Linghui Blade? Can you compare it with another blade? https://shop.butterflyonline.com/kong-linghui-fl-blade-7607 Best regards Jesper Answer: Your Ask the Experts question was answered by Shahin Akhlaghpasand. Coach Akhlaghpasand is a Coach at the Austin Table […]

Butterfly announces partnership with Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Butterfly announces partnership with Dimitrij Ovtcharov Tokyo/Krefeld 1st January, 2020 Tamasu Co., Ltd. – better known by its brand name Butterfly, the world-leading table tennis manufacturer today announces a unique partnership with German National player Dimitrij Ovtcharov, world ranking No.1 in February 2018, Olympic bronze medalist, ITTF World Cup winner of 2017, European Champion 2015 […]

Latest News

Fan Zhendong is Heading to Saarbrucken

May 31, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) On the same day that they won a big Semifinal match to advance to the… Read More

ETTU Champions League Finalists: Saarbrucken and Dusseldorf (again)

May 31, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo ETTU) For the fourth time in recent years, it will be Saarbrucken and Dusseldorf… Read More

Product Validation – Tenergy 05 Hard

May 31, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) Product Validation, Brian Pace breaks down who Tenergy 05 Hard is suited for https://youtu.be/XHa_qpcDJRY  … Read More

Forearm Parallel to the Table Surface

May 30, 2025
Forehand drop shot from short Forehand to short wide Forehand Fethomania Session 4 / Drill 1 https://youtube.com/shorts/tkTb8faDVzE All… Read More

Three Point Forehand Loop Demo with Edmarie – PR National Team

May 30, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Edmarie Leon is executing the Three Point Forehand Loop covering… Read More

Lily Zhang: Big Game, Bigger Legacy

May 29, 2025
(by: Major League Table Tennis) PLAYER SPOTLIGHT 🔍 Lily Zhang has long been one of the most decorated players in… Read More

Tanish Mamidyala – Northeast Regional Championship U13 Highlights

May 29, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Bowmar Sports Tournament Highlights – Tanish Mamidyala Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table… Read More

Relax Your Shoulders

May 28, 2025
Forehand block (regular and no spin block) – robot plays very spinny shots deep SET TO RING 1… Read More
View All News

Get the latest from Butterfly

Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs and more.