(By Larry Hodges) The easiest and simplest way of beating a player is to “lock him up.” This basically means forcing him to do what he doesn’t want to do. A classic case would be to force an opponent with a weaker backhand to go backhand to backhand with you. Another example would be take […]
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Butterfly Training Tips: How to calm nerves before a match with Rachel Sung
(By Rachel Sung) As players, we often hear our coaches and parents telling us before the match to relax and avoid letting our worries affect our game. Although it seems simple, getting rid of nerves before a crucial match seems nearly impossible. While we must note that feelings of stress and restlessness before a match […]
Butterfly Training Tips: Long Distance Forehand Counterlooping with coach Jinxin Wang
(By Jinxin Wang) Learn more about Coach Jinxin Wang Learn more about our Amicus and Practice Partner Robots 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 Tip of the Week: Play the Middle Against Tall Players, Wide Angles Against Short Players
(By Larry Hodges) A tall player’s forehand and backhand shots are farther apart than a short player’s. So he is usually weaker in the middle area, where he has to decide whether to hit a forehand or backhand. So against a tall player, play aggressively toward his elbow, which is roughly the midpoint between his […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Finding Simple Tactics That Work
(By Larry Hodges) The opening lines to my book, Table Tennis Tactics for Thinkers, is, “Tactics isn’t about finding complex strategies to defeat an opponent. Tactics is about sifting through all the zillions of possible tactics and finding a few simple ones that work.” But how do you find these simple tactics that work? Simple – […]
Butterfly Training Tip: Multi-Ball Training With Random Play with coach Jishan Liang
Jishan Liang is a Head Coach at NC International Table Tennis Inc. Multi-Ball Training With Random Play More video from coach Jishan can be found below: Jishan Liang “Bad Man” – Highlights Jishan Liang Interview 2018 Butterfly Southeastern Open Finals – Liang v Hubli Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Shorten Stroke on Receive
(By Larry Hodges) Returning serves is all about ball control. In a rally, the incoming shot is usually more predictable than a serve, which has a much wider range of variation – topspin, sidespin, backspin, at all speeds, amounts of spin, directions, and depths. To control your return of serve, shorten your stroke. This cuts […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Should You Experiment If You Have a Big Lead?
(By Larry Hodges) With games to 11, few leads are really safe. It only takes a short series of careless shots, and what seemed like a big lead becomes a big loss. However, if you do have a big lead, and the match won’t be over if you win that game, consider experimenting with different […]
Amicus Robot Training With Aditya Sareen – Developing Footwork & Hand Speed
Aditya Sareen demonstrates drills working with Amicus Robot and provides tips to develop Footwork and Hand Speed For more information about Amicus Robot: Please click here 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 Tip of the Week: Play Both Weaker and Stronger Players
(By Larry Hodges) Many players who want to improve make the mistake of trying to play mostly stronger players. The result is the opponent controls play, and all the player can do is react to the stronger player’s shots, or go for wild shots. A player may develop some shots this way, but it’ll be […]
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(by Steve Hopkins) Located in the San Fernando Valley, North of Santa Monica and Malibu in the greater Los… Read More
Bye Timo Series
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(by Steve Hopkins, full series at www.TTBL.de) With Timo Boll entering his last TTBL series before retirement, the… Read More
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Bowmar Sports Tournament Highlights, Amber Lin is in action at the WTT in… Read More
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(by Steve Hopkins) The 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships are set to take place in Doha, Qatar,… Read More
Butterfly Training Tips with Anagha Kasichainula – Flip to Loop Follow up
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Anagha Kasichainula is focusing on an over the table flip,… Read More
New Teams, New Faces – Your Draft Recap Is Here!
May 2, 2025
(by: Major League Table Tennis) The Picks Are In… ✔️ Two new teams. Two roster-defining picks. One draft that shaped the… Read More
Align Your Wrist and Your Forearm
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(Triangle movement) 1x Backhand Topspin from Backhand (close to the table) 1x Forehand Topspin from middle (mid distance)… Read More
Butterfly Training Tips with Jeff Yamada – Falkenburg Modified
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Jeff Yamada is working on the Falkenburg Modified Looping and… Read More
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