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Ask The Experts: Min Kim No. 397

Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Hello, I am Aymane, a young tennis player in Morocco, I am very different than others in this sport even my coach have never ever seen a player like me that have this potential at 16 years old, I just want to ask you how I can be […]

Butterfly Training Tips: Backhand Flip With Jinxin Wang

The backhand flip demonstrated by Coach Jinxin Wang. Learn more about Coach Jinxin Wang Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, […]

Butterfly Training Tips: Serve Receive Techniques For Beginners (featuring Oscar)

Olympian WANG, Huijing discusses a few basic tips on how to read spin when your opponent is serving. Learn more about WANG, Huijing here  Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, […]

Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth No. 396

Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth No. 396Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Question: Chen Meng’s footwork is so good, so fast. I don’t see a moment in an entire match where her feet aren’t just the right distance apart, on her toes. My question is very basic. To move sideways to a ball, is the […]

Coaching Tip of the Week: Relax Your Arm During Backswing

(By Larry Hodges) Especially when looping, you need a loose arm to maximize power. Many players literally jerk their arm backwards when looping. Instead, relax it into a natural backswing position, and then use the natural elasticity of the muscles to slingshot your arm into your forward swing. Think of your arm as a rubber […]

Butterfly Training Tips: Backhand & Forehand Attack With Zelin Ye (featuring Florance)

Zelin Ye shows us two of his preferred training drills with his favorite practice partner, Florance. Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are […]

Butterfly Training Tips: Forehand Block With Truong Tu

Coach Truong Tu demonstrates how to do a simple forehand block. Learn more about coach Truong Tu here Don’t have anyone to practice this drill with? Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots here Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and […]

Coaching Tip of the Week: Practice Service Spin … on a Rug!

(By Larry Hodges) It’s often difficult to judge how much spin you are putting on the ball when you practice serves. Without this feedback, it’s not easy to improve your serves. So try this – find a large, carpeted room, and practice serving there. Spin the ball as if you were serving and try to […]

Coaching Tip of the Week: Don’t “Guide” Your Loop

(By Larry Hodges) Many players, when learning to loop or when under pressure, try to guide the shot consciously. This is a mistake and leads to a weak and erratic loop. Instead, let the shot go, accelerating smoothly through the shot. Don’t try to “muscle” it – that just leads to spastic shots and a […]

Coaching Tip of the Week: What Do You Do That Threatens Your Opponent?

(By Larry Hodges) If you don’t have something that threatens your opponent, then you can’t threaten the opponent.  So, how do you develop something that threatens an opponent? You can’t do it by just training everything equally each session. You need to spend a huge amount of time developing the things you can do that […]

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