(by Larry Hodges) When you practice your spin serves – and you do, right? – after a few minutes, your arm and wrist are tired and you’re sweating right? No? Then you aren’t putting in full effort and therefore not getting full spin. When I say “tired” and “sweating,” there’s some literary license, but the […]
CAD 1.39
Your Account
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Song Jeho Table Tennis Club
(by Steve Hopkins) The Song Jeho Table Tennis Club (“SJHTTC”) is centrally located in Los Angeles. The club is located in Korea Town near the intersection of S Grand View St. and W 11th St. with easy access to the Santa Monica Freeway and the 110. The club’s namesake is “Jay” Song Jeho, a strong player […]
Jha and Guo Win Open Singles Titles
(by Steve Hopkins, Photo USATT) Kanak Jha only got better as he maneuvered through the draw, eventually closing out the Semifinals with a 4-0 win over Koyo Kanamitsu and then taking the Final 4-0 over Jinbao Ma. This is Kanak’s first US Open win, and it puts a cherry on top of a great 2024 […]
Familiar Names Reach Final Four at US Open
(by Steve Hopkins) Americans have featured prominently at this year’s US Open in Las Vegas. Jha and Jinbao join Kanamitsu and Yu in the Semifinals of Men’s Singles, and on the Women’s side, Amy Wang (NJ) and Yan Guo (TX) will face each other, while a pair of Japanese players will face off in the […]
What Type of Backhand Flip Should You Develop?
(by Larry Hodges) As a player, I’m old-school – my backhand flip against a short ball is light topspin, basically a standard backhand drive against most spins. Against short, heavy underspin, I just open the racket and drive up and forward, and focus on medium speed and spin, depth, and placement. But these days top […]
American Juniors in ITTF Youth Rankings
(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) As 2024 is coming to a close, here’s a quick review of the ITTF Boys’ Singles and Girls’ Singles youth rankings by category. The top players in U19 Boys should be familiar to all table tennis fans as China’s Lin Shidong and France’s Felix Lebrun are first and second among […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Silicon Valley Table Tennis Club
(by Steve Hopkins) The Silicon Valley Table Tennis Club is located in Milpitas, just North of San Jose on the Southern edge of San Francisco Bay. From this spot in Silicon Valley, they have easy access to Oakland (35 miles) and San Francisco (50 miles) finding themselves accessible to one of the largest hot beds […]
WTT Releases 2024 Earnings List
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Its certainly not at the levels of Basketball, Football, or Baseball, but when WTT released their 2024 Prize Money Leaderboard, they showed 6 figure earnings across the top 13 men. As you’d expect, World No. 1 Wang Chuqin led the way with over $261,000 in prize money. Lin Shidong was […]
Off-Speed Blocks
(by Larry Hodges) Why do so many players continue to pound the ball out at an opponent who is a step off the table, ready and waiting for that shot? They are not only ready for a hard-hit ball, but it lowers your own consistency as you continue to hit the ball hard against an […]
Nearly 1500 Players Set to Compete at US Open in Las Vegas
(by Steve Hopkins) The 2024 edition of the US Open Championships will be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center in Las Vegas. Play will begin on December 16th, about a week from today. There are 115 events including the premiere Men’s and Women’s Singles, Men’s & Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles, age-tiered […]
European Under 21 Championships: Final Four
May 10, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Europe’s rising stars are competing this week at the 2025 European U21 Championships… Read More
Butterfly Training Tips with Anagha Kasichainula – Forehand & Backhand Loop Stroke Chemistry
May 10, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Anagha Kasichainula explains the benefits to the Forehand & Backhand… Read More
If You Want More Arc, Try This!
May 9, 2025
Backhand topspin against long backspin to Backhand Fethomania Session 2 / Drill 2 https://youtube.com/shorts/v4ONb9rwGVM All FETHOMANIA drills are… Read More
Butterfly Training Tips with Sanuka Herath – Two Short Returns, Two Follow up Attacks
May 8, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Sanuka Herath is executing a drill using the Amicus Prime.… Read More
Meet the New Faces of MLTT!
May 7, 2025
(by: Major League Table Tennis) Lineups Locked 🔒 MLTT Season 3 rosters are officially locked and every squad… Read More
Coach Feth explains how to shift your weight properly.
May 7, 2025
FETHOMANIA 2: Drill 1 – Forehand topspin against long backspin to Forehand https://youtube.com/shorts/k9WMRRIq_5s All FETHOMANIA drills are performed… Read More
Butterfly Training Tips with Kevin Doyle – Two Backhand Loops, Two Forehand Loops
May 7, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Kevin Doyle is executing Two Forehand Loops, Two Backhand Loops… Read More
Jessie Xu Qualifies to Represent Canada at Two Major International Table Tennis Events in 2025
May 6, 2025
(by Bowmar Sports) From April 25 to 27, 2025, Jessie Xu competed in the national selection tournament for… Read More
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.
