(By Steve Hopkins) PowerStroke Table Tennis Club is located in Saint Augustine, Florida. The club is just off of I-95 on the Northwest side of the city, about 30 miles South of Jacksonville. The club has six professional tables in their air-conditioned facility. Flooring and lighting are ideal for play of all levels. As they say on their […]
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PongNow: David Zhuang
(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. This edition features David Zhuang, one of the most decorated American table tennis players of a generation. He is an Olympian, a 6-time National Champion, and a Hall of Fame Member. In addition […]
USATT’S THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE: Lily Zhang Gives Butterfly 5-2 Lead
(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis conducted its seventh Challenge Series event this week. The event was another battle of the sexes with Olympian and US Champion Lily Zhang representing Team Butterfly and rising junior Adita Godhwani playing for Team Nittaku. The players traded the first two games. In Game 3 it was Adita who […]
Top Speeds: 90 mph? 60 mph?
(by Steve Hopkins) For a number of years, articles about table tennis in the United States regularly referenced “speeds up to 90 mph” when discussing our sport. Most of us in the sport (who knew that there was some exaggeration involved) did little to correct the misconception. There were some articles that touched upon the […]
BUTTERFLY FAVORITE: The Anticipation of Lin Yun-Ju
(by Steve Hopkins) In 2018, a 17 year old Chinese Taipei player made an amazing jump in the ratings – moving up about 100 spots to break into the Top 30. That feat was perhaps eclipsed in 2019 when Lin Yun-Ju moved from No. 28 to No. 6, scoring tour wins at the T2 Diamond and […]
PongNow: Brian Pace
(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. This edition features Brian Pace, one of the leading juniors of his era, an elite player, and now a forward-thinking innovative coach. Brian was the most accomplished of Butterfly’s Wilson, North Carolina junior […]
USATT’S THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE: Zhou over Nikhil
(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis conducted its sixth Challenge Series event this week. The event matched two US Olympians: Nikhil Kumar (for Team Butterfly) and Xin Zhou (for Team Nittaku). With both players over 2750 in US rating, they seemed to be pretty evenly matched. Nikhil is the younger of the two at just […]
WAB Club Feature: Los Angeles Table Tennis Club
(by Steve Hopkins) The Los Angeles Table Tennis Association (LATTA) is located in El Monte, California, just to the east of Los Angeles. The facility is just off of the 10 with easy access to the greater Los Angeles area. LATTA is a non-profit organization established in 1998. The center is one of the largest table […]
PongNow: Larry Hodges
(by Steve Hopkins) The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. This edition features USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame member, Larry Hodges Larry Hodges is a table tennis player, coach, promoter, writer, classic style specialist, and USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame member. […]
BUTTERFLY FAVORITE: Marcelo Aguirre – Opening With Power
(by Steve Hopkins) This video is a German Bundesliga match last Decmeber. It was uploaded by TTBL and shows Marcelo Aguirre traded big shots with Bastien Steger. Steger is known for hitting big shots, and is especially known for his long, full backhand loop technique. However, in comparison to Aguirre, there’s a noticeable different – […]
My First World Championship Experience In Doha – By Sally Moyland
June 10, 2025
(by Sally Moyland) Wow…so many flags. On every post we drove past there was a Qatari and an… Read More
Most Competitive Matches Are Won or Lost on Two Things
June 9, 2025
(By Larry Hodges) Between players of roughly equal levels, matches are almost always won or lost on one… Read More
Contact the Ball Closer to the Net
June 9, 2025
1 Backhand drop shot from short Backhand to short wide Backhand and 1 Forehand drop shot from short… Read More
MLTT Featured Team: Princeton Revolution
June 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) The Princeton Revolution are hoping to fire a shot that will be heard around the… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Bob Chen Table Tennis
June 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins) Bob Chen Table Tennis was founded in 2017 by Bob Chen. The goal of the center… Read More
All Surprises in Kosovo at WTT Feeder Prishtina
June 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Top seed Simon Gauzy was upset early in the WTT Feeder Series event… Read More
Kanak Jha Among Elite Players in India’s UTT League
June 8, 2025
(by Steve Hopkins, photo UTT) India’s Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) league is in its sixth season. This year… Read More
Drop Shot!
June 6, 2025
Backhand drop shot from short Backhand to short wide Backhand Fethomania Session 4 / Drill 4 https://youtube.com/shorts/OU_utl5rEUs All… Read More
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