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Everything is Ready in Puerto Rico

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(by Steve Hopkins) Most of the Butterfly/Bowmar Sports team arrived in San Juan on Monday night.  The US-based and Puerto Rico-based crews worked together Monday morning to unload tables and barriers from trucks.  An assembly line of volunteers put barriers together and placed them around the venue.  The tables were carefully unpacked (generally four guys […]

2023 Butterfly Spin & Smash April Open

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(by: Spin & Smash Table Tennis) USATT Sanctioned 2-Star Table Tennis Tournament with $2,870 in Cash Prizes. Saturday, April 1 – Sunday, April 2, 2023 Venue – Spin & Smash Table Tennis & Ping Pong Center, 9525 OH-161, Plain City, Ohio 43064 (New Location) Staff – Tournament Director Gloria Price. Dave Fullen, CR/CU is the […]

Sally Moyland And Her Experience In North Carolina 2023

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(by: Sally Moyland) Again! The format of our Junior National Team Trial has changed! I’m tired of explaining the whole thing, so I’m just going to state the changes. 1) Top seeds (players with higher ratings) didn’t get seeded. Everyone had to start from the group stage. 2) A total of only twelve players would […]

How to Win the Choice at the Start of a Match

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(by Larry Hodges) Technically, a match begins with the umpire tossing a coin to see who serves first. In reality, most matches aren’t umpired, and so they “hide the ball” under the table, and the other player chooses. Whoever wins gets the choice of either serving first, receiving first, or choice of side. (Once you […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Atlanta International Table Tennis Academy

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(by Steve Hopkins) With their location just North of Atlanta in Suwanee, Atlanta International Table Tennis Academy has a strong presence in the largest metropolitan area in the Southeast.  AITTA is the result of a 2014 merger between Yang’s Table Tennis Academy and Atlanta Table Tennis Academy.  They have full-time coaches across and have been […]

German Titles for Qiu and Winter

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(by Steve Hopkins) The German championships concluded on Sunday and both of last year’s champions; Dan Qiu and Sabine Winter, have defended their singles titles. Earlier in the week, Dang Qiu made the Final 8 in Singapore.  After a quick shift of continents, he was in Nuremberg slicing through the draw.  Qiu faced Cedric Meissner […]

Latest Rankings

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(by Steve Hopkins) In the latest ITTF Rankings, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin continue to hold the top three positions.  In fact, when you include Liang Jingkun at No. 7 and Lin Gaoyuan at No. 12, and Lin Shidong at No. 19, China holds almost a third of the Top 20. Japan’s Tomokazu […]

Butterfly Training Tips With Wenting Zha – The Forehand Long Push

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(by: Bowmar Sports Team) In this Butterfly Training Tips Coach Wenting Zha and Coach Jinxin Wang is executing the Forehand Long Push off the serve return 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

Butterfly Training Tips With Zhang Tianrui – Multi-Ball Handspeed Exercise

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(by: Bowmar Sports Team) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Zhang Tianrui is using multi-ball to develop his handspeed, reaction, and footwork using his forehand loop and backhand smash 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

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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Marcos Madrid is executing the 3 Point Forehand Loop Footwork… Read More

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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Shashin Shodhan is breaking down how to execute the Backspin… Read More

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Anqi Luo – Forehand Counterloop

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