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US Open: By The Numbers

(by Steve Hopkins) USATT closed out the 2022 American table tennis calendar with the US Open.  In other articles, we covered the Open Championship titles – Ukraine’s Lei Kou topped Californian Xin Zhou in the Men’s Final and Amy Wang topped Lily Zhang in an All-American Ladies’ Final.   We can also add that Lei Kou and […]

Neu-Ulm Dream Team Wins Midyear Title

(by Steve Hopkins) Neu-Ulm has won the Pokal-Finale – the midyear Final Four championship of the German Table Tennis League. A year ago, it was all that TTC Neu Ulm could do just to stay in the middle of the pack in the German Table Tennis League.  The squad had solid players – in fact, […]

Defending Champs “All In” for Puerto Rico Open Repeat

(by Steve Hopkins) The countdown is on for the 2023 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams.  The clock running on the PR Open Teams Information page currently notes that the tournament starts in 82 days.  *There are already 41 teams signed up – and the big news this week is that defending champions Zhou Xin and […]

Butterfly Training Tips With Changbo Lu – Backhand Power Loop

(by: Bowmar Sports Team) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Changbo Lu is doing milti-ball session he is focusing in Backhand Power Loop. 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.

Coaching Tips of the Week: Mind Games

(By Larry Hodges) Like it or not, mind games are a part of all sports. They range from “stare downs” in boxing to starting arguments in any sport to force an opponent to lose his focus. The best way to deal with most of them is two-fold: 1) ignore them and keep your focus, and […]

First Rankings of 2023: Fan, Ma, Wang are Top 3

(by Steve Hopkins) China holds the top three spots to start 2023 with Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Wang Chuqin holding those positions (in that order).  Tomokazu Harimoto has dropped two placed to fourth and Truls Moregard has held the fifth position. The next five are Liang Jingkun, Hugo Calderano, Lin Yun-Ju, Darko Jorgic, and […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Alameda Ping Pong Gym

(by Steve Hopkins) The Alameda Ping Pong Gym is a new club in the Bay Area.  It offers 10 tables and lots of space with newly-renovated lighting and flooring.. With its location on Lincoln Avenue, the Alameda Ping Pong Gym is conveniently located for players on the East side of San Francisco Bay.  Alameda is […]

Butterfly Top 10 Videos of 2022

by Steve Hopkins In 2022, Butterfly worked hard to provide entertainment and information through videos, articles, reviews, and interviews.  Below is a list of 10 of our favorite Bowmar Sports videos of 2022. Our most viewed video was a March edition of ASK THE EXPERTS featuring David Zhuang discussing the Timo Boll ALC blade and […]

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