Site Products
AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Banana Flick with Richard Prause

BUTTERFLY FAVORITES – AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Banana Flick with Richard Prause

Posted on

This video series originally appeared in 2018.  The content remains pertinent today – and the tips may assist many of you looking to use your social distancing time to improve your game.  While the video series was designed for the AMICUS Robot, the tips are the same whether you are playing with any robot, doing drills with a friend, or even if you are visualizing and using shadow training to help raise your heart rate.  Stay healthy and stay safe.  ButterflyOnline looks forward to seeing you back at the tables when its safe.

_________

 

 

AMICUS Training Tips Series: How to Banana Flick with Richard Prause
(Courtesy of ButterflyMag)

Welcome to the fifth episode of the new Butterfly AMICUS Training Tips Video Series. In this series Butterfly coaching expert Richard Prause will guide you through a number of coaching videos on how you can effectively use the new Butterfly AMICUS Robots to help improve your game.

Butterfly player Tiago Apolonia demonstrates each technique, whilst using the AMICUS Prime to help make the understanding of each technique easier. In this video Coach Prause explains how to receive both long and short services.

Butterfly player Tiago Apolonia demonstrates how you can practise these techniques with the AMICUS Prime Robot.

Latest News

Exaggerate the Opposite Motion on Serves

July 27, 2026
(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame) If you serve backspin, you follow through… Read More

Rogelio Castro – Sidespin Pendulum Serve

July 27, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Rogelio Castro is executing the Sidespin Pendulum Serve, with the… Read More

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Vietnam Table Tennis Center

July 27, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The Vietnam Table Tennis Center (VTTC) is located on Westminster Avenue in Garden Grove, California. … Read More

Canadian Juniors Claim National Titles

July 27, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Eugene Wang and Mo Zhang won the Men's Singles and Women's Singles titles… Read More

MLTT Meet the Teams: Bay Area Blasters

July 26, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The Bay Area Blasters return as one of the most complete and balanced… Read More

Calderano Wins, Japan Takes 3 of 5 Events in Brazil

July 26, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) When the dust settled at the WTT Star Contender series event at Sao… Read More

Calderano Headlines Final Four in Brazil

July 26, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Its the final day of the WTT Star Contender Sao Jose dos Campos,… Read More

Rachid El Bou Bou – Backhand Loop & Forehand Pivot

July 26, 2026
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Rachid El Bou Bou is executing a Stroke Chemistry drill… 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.