The Reunion of Three Former Chinese National team members Courtesy of Zhou Xin Table Tennis Academy One of the 2015 US Open Men’s Singles contenders Hou Yingchao, #10 in the world at one point, came to ZXTTA to practice with his Men’s Doubles partner Niu Zicheng. He also got a rare chance to reunite with his […]
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2015 U.S. Open Photos
Photos from opening day of the 2015 U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Juniors in Action at the 2015 U.S. Open
Today in Las Vegas, the 2015 US Open table tennis championships have begun with the Junior Boys Teams trials, Junior Girls Teams trials and an Under 2000 Tiered Super Round Robin. The 2015 US Open has over 1,000 athletes from over 30 countries participating in over 100 events including para events. Up to the Men’s Singles and Women’s […]
Summer 2015 a Time of Transition for USA Junior and Cadet Star Crystal Wang
Summer 2015 a Time of Transition for USA Junior and Cadet Star Crystal Wang by Barbara Wei 13-year old junior and cadet star Crystal Wang has spent her entire US table tennis career training at the Maryland Table Tennis Center under Coach Jack Huang in Gaithersburg, MD. In the past two years, Crystal has grown […]
Jung Youngsik Wins Men’s Singles Title, Most Successful Player in Incheon
Jung Youngsik Wins Men’s Singles Title, Most Successful Player in Incheon Courtesy of ITTF Winner earlier in the day in the Men’s Doubles event in partnership with colleague Kim Minseok, Jung Youngsik won the Men’s Singles title at the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Korea Open on the late afternoon of Sunday July 5th; […]
ITTF Hopes Week: One Step Higher Each Day, Players and Coaches Increase Knowledge in Shanghai
ITTF Hopes Week: One Step Higher Each Day, Players and Coaches Increase Knowledge in Shanghai Courtesy of ITTF Four days of practice completed before matters commenced on Friday July 3rd, the 16 girls and 16 boys alongside 28 coaches had learned something new every day at the ITTF Hopes Week in the Chinese city of […]
Butterfly is Proud to Sponsor the $36,000 2015 Butterfly LA Open
Butterfly is Proud to Sponsor the $36,000 2015 Butterfly LA Open The 2015 Butterfly LA Open is a 4-star USA Table Tennis sanctioned tournament on September 5th & 6th at the Los Angeles Badminton Club in El Monte. This year, the Butterfly LA Open offers over $36,000 in total prize money and the Open Singles […]
Playing as the Underdog
Playing as the Underdog by Han Xiao Every player I’ve met, including myself, has stories about matches they almost won against superior opponents. They all sound pretty similar. Some are closer matches than others, and you can see certain patterns emerge in people’s stories. Most of the time a number of different factors combined to […]
2015 ITTF World Tour Korea Open
2015 ITTF World Tour Korea Open Congratulations to SHAN Xiaona (GER) for reaching the final! Tomorrow, the German Butterfly player will face Ai FUKUHARA or Miyu MAEDA (both from Japan), after beating Mixed Doubles’ World Champion YANG Haeun as well as defensive player and number 3 seed SEO Hyowon (both from South Korea). Go, Go, […]
Kobe Runner Up Progresses but Winner Suffers More Agonies in Incheon
Kobe Runner Up Progresses but Winner Suffers More Agonies in Incheon Courtesy of ITTF Silver medalist some seven days earlier in Kobe, Masaki Yoshida duly progressed to the semi-final stage of the Under 21 Men’s Singles event at the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Korea Open in Incheon on Thursday July 2nd. The no.2 […]
Harimoto Through to Finals in Zagreb
June 28, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) Tomokazu Harimoto is the highest seed at the WTT Contender Series event in Zagreb this… Read More
Standing Wider Makes it Easier
June 27, 2025
WAIT FUNCTION: Serve short backspin or side backspin to Backhand, Robot plays long backspin push to Backhand, Backhand… Read More
The Plays, Players & Predictions That Will Shape Season 3
June 26, 2025
(by: Major League Table Tennis) Wednesday, June 25 Looking Back at Season 2 | Partner with MLTT | Exclusive Team Merch Looking… Read More
Wait Function – Practice Your Serve & Follow-Up
June 25, 2025
WAIT FUNCTION: Serve short backspin or side backspin to Forehand, Robot plays long backspin push to Forehand, Forehand… Read More
Forehand Counterloop
June 24, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Bob Chen breaks down how to execute the Forehand Counterloop… Read More
Stay Lower
June 23, 2025
Forehand topspin against backspin that comes half long to Forehand – aim to Backhand (imagine 2nd ball bounce… Read More
Mental Training Tip – Finding Your Champion Mindset: Lessons from Hugo Calderano’s Historic Victory
June 23, 2025
(by Dr. Alan Chu, Ph.D., CMPC) When Hugo Calderano stepped onto the court for the 2025 ITTF Men’s… Read More
MLTT Featured Team: Portland Paddlers
June 23, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The Portland Paddlers are navigating the current of the West Division of the… Read More
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