USA Awarded 2018 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships
(USATT) May 5, 2015 (Colorado Springs, CO) - USA Table Tennis (USATT) announced today that Las Vegas, Nevada has been selected to host the 2018 World Veteran Table Tennis Championship. The largest table tennis tournament in the world, WVC2018 is expected to host up to 5,000 players (age 40 and over) representing over 70 countries from June 18 - June 24, 2018.
USATT officials were notified of the decision at a meeting of the Swaythling Club International (SCI) in Suzhou, China last Wednesday as part of the ITTF 2015 QOROS World Championships. Las Vegas was selected from a very strong field of competitors which included Suwon (South Korea), Kobe (Japan) and Bordeaux (France).
"All the submissions were very good; the level of presentation... Read More
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USATT's April Athletes of the Month: Kanak Jha & Timothy Wang
(USATT) 2012 Olympian Timothy Wang (Houston, TX) and 14 year old Kanak Jha (Milpitas, CA) have been named the USATT Athletes of the Month for their performance in the Men's Doubles event at the 2015 Qoros World Championships. The doubles team of Wang and Jha reached the round of 32 at the event, which was held in Suzhou, China.
In preliminary round play the American pair beat the team of KHANIN (BLR) / OOSTWOUDER (NED) 3-0, then won by walkover the team of AGONNOUDE / GUIGANFODE (BEN), and then defeated a combined South American team of Mino (ECU) / OLIVARES (CHI) 3-1. In the Round of 64, Team USA defeated the highly ranked Egyptian team of EL BEIALI / LASHIN 4-3 before losing to Mattias and Kristian Karlsson of Sweden 4-0. Both Jha and Wang will represent... Read More
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Ma Long, World Number One, Now Champion of the World
(ITTF) Three times the bronze medallist; in a final full of breath-taking scintillating rallies, Ma Long, the top seed, won the Men's Singles title at the QOROS 2015 World Championships on the evening of Sunday 3rd May.
In a contest that kept the capacity crowd in the Suzhou International Expo Center spellbound, Ma Long beat Fang Bo, the no.13 seed, in an all-Chinese final.A man with a mission to prove he is currently the best player in the world, Ma Long emerged successful in six games (11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-13, 11-4).
Against Fan Zhendong at the semi-final stage, Ma Long had... Read More
More ITTF: Top 10 Points from Qoros World Championships - Watch Video
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2015 US Open Event Profile: 41-Point Handicap Event
(USATT) The 2015 US Open is just two months away, and registration is now available online, so if you haven't already, take this chance to sign up for all the events you would like to participate in!
This year's US Open promises to be the best one yet, with over 1,000 players expected to participate, as well as some exciting new events, including the highly anticipated 41-Point Handicap Event. The event, which has a first place prize of $200, will be held on Friday, July 10 and is open to all USATT rated players.
The 41-Point Handicap Event is a fun, new and exciting event that gives everyone a chance win a "US Open Title", even if they're playing against far more experienced players. In essence, the event attempts to put every player... Read More
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 11 Questions With... Sean O'Neill, USATT Hall of Famer
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2014 USATT COY Yang Yu Publishes Game-Changing Research
(USATT) Coach Yang Yu of the Austin Table Tennis Club and recent ICECP was selected as a 2014 recipient of the Coach of the Year for USA Table Tennis. Coach Yu's award is named after legendary swim coach James E. "Doc" Counsilman who pioneered the use of video recording and other technologies as coaching tools. It recognizes a coach who similarly utilizes sport science and technology in the advancement of their sport. Always looking forward to the next project, Coach Yu hopes to increase the caliber of American table tennis on a wider scale.
The primary research that led to the coaching award was a detailed study of the tools available to players of different rankings. This included an in-depth... Read More
More TT in the U.S.: History of USATT - Volume XV - Chapter 23 - Read Here
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Yinka Olasoji Interview
(USATT) A little poster hanging on the lockers at Westchester Table Tennis Center reads, "The World Plays in Pleasantville." This is so true! Just last month the club hosted Fouad Abdullah, an Iraqi table tennis player. This month the club has two special guests from Nigeria, uncle and niece duo, Yinka Olasoji and Nike Aroyehun. They have been training at the club everyday for the last couple of days and played their first ever USATT tournament this weekend.
Yinka definitely earned the spotlight at Westchester TTC's February Open. Estimated at 2400, Yinka won several events on Saturday and Sunday, including the Under 2500 after beating Kun Yang (2479) 3-1. I had the opportunity to ask Yinka Olasoji, a 33-year-old player from Lagos, Nigeria, a few questions.... Read More
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 Meet the Team: Harvard University Here's another installment of our Meet the Club series. This week, meet the team at one of America's most prestigous schools, Harvard University.
Legend has it that Harvard's table tennis team was the second American team to visit China after the 1971 Ping Pong Diplomacy trip, though the club's true beginnings are unknown... Read More
Bid for the 2016 NCTTA Championships
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Sunday Frame: Asheville Table Tennis Club
(Citizen Times) The empty gym at the Montford Recreation Center is transformed on Monday nights by rows of blue tables and the echoing ping and pong of tiny white balls sailing through the air.
The Asheville Table Tennis Club, which was started in the early '90s, takes over the space three times a week, inviting people of all ages to swing a paddle.
The club has about 45 members - about 10 of whom travel to tournaments - but guests are invited to open play nights for a small fee. Ralph Johnson and Burm Snart, both 76, swear by the sport as a way to keep active in both body and mind.
"Although the two may have joined for the health benefits, it's the company and friendly competition that keep them coming back... Read More
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Playing Against Penholders
(Han Xiao for Butterfly Table Tennis) Last week, we examined some basic strengths and weaknesses of players who play with unorthodox rubber and went over some of the common tactics used against these players. This week, we're going to take a look at penhold players. Most people have some idea of the strengths and weaknesses of penhold players, but a great many players don't have the knowledge of how to play against these players. In addition, modern penhold players have evolved just as much as shakehand players, causing some of the tactics against them to become less effective.
Let's approach this from the point of view of the penhold player. A penhold player's biggest strengths are the range of motion of their wrist and the fact that... Read More
More Tips: Visualize Serves for Feedback (Larry Hodges) - Read More
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Warren Buffet, Bill Gates Try their Hand at Table Tennis
(Omaha World-Herald) A definite crowd-pleaser stole the attention of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders Sunday: Borsheims' commemorative, cushion-cut, fancy yellow 50-carat diamond.
That is, until the crowd's real best friend arrived.
Warren Buffett's traditional stop was shorter this year at the Regency Court shopping center, where shareholders are treated to a free brunch and special shopping privileges at Borsheims Fine Jewelry, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned store. This year Buffett shared a quick albeit animated exchange with table-tennis... Read More
More Fun: Chelsea FC Players Have Some Table Tennis Fun - Watch Video
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