(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 […]
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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 […]
Chuqin, Shidong, Harimoto Finish Year at Top of Rankings
(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) Wang Chuqin has ended 2024 in the same position where he started – atop the ITTF Rankings. Chuqin’s 8300 points is a sizeable lead that will give him a big advantage well into the Spring of 2025. Lin Shidong has finished his incredible year, climbing from outside of the Top […]
Tanish Mamidyala – US Ranking Tournament Highlights
June 17, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Bowmar Sports Tournament Highlights – Tanish Mamidyala is in action at the US… Read More
Get Closer to the Ball
June 16, 2025
Forehand flip against short backspin in Forehand to Forehand or Forehand topspin against backspin that comes half long… Read More
How to Serve to Passive and Aggressive Receivers
June 16, 2025
(By Larry Hodges) Part of how you serve to these types of receivers comes down to your own… Read More
Bob Chen – Self Ping Pong For Fun
June 16, 2025
(by: Bowmar Sports) Bob Chen shows some creative ways to enjoy table tennis by yourself if your partner… Read More
MLTT Featured Team: Texas Smash
June 16, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The Texas Smash are a powerhouse in Major League Table Tennis (MLTT) looking… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Boston Table Tennis Club
June 15, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) The Boston Table Tennis Club is in Medford, just North of Cambridge and Somerville and only… Read More
Duda Wins in Skopje
June 15, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Who’s the top ranked player in Germany? After winning the WTT Contender Skopje… Read More
5,000 Fans Watch Ochsenhausen win TTBL Final
June 15, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL) A sold-out arena with 5,000 fans showed up in Frankfurt to watch Borussia… Read More
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