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By Fremont Table Tennis Academy Owner Shashin Shodhan
Atharva with his happy coaches
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2024 US Nationals: 11 players win 7 medals!

The 2024 US Nationals took the Fremont Table Tennis Academy advanced students to Huntsville, Alabama from July 3-7 for a week of excitement and overall great team bonding. All 11 students have been training this past month in the advanced summer camps and came home with 7 medals! It was overall a great experience for students to play with the top players from all parts of the US in the battle for national medals….

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Table Tennis is the best brain sport
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Ping pong players exhibit superior brain structure and function, study finds

Can playing table tennis, better known as “ping pong,” lead to significant improvements in brain structure and function? New research published in the journal Brain Research suggests it can. Researchers discovered that table tennis players exhibit distinct patterns of brain activity and structural changes in the brain, including increased white matter integrity in regions associated with motor skills….

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Month One of Summer Fun Done!

Fremont Table Tennis Academy in Fremont and Tri-Valley Branch of Fremont TTA in San Ramon finished the first month of summer camps. Students went through skills and drills in a fun and exciting environment. San Ramon for the first time had morning, afternoon, and full-day options to serve the Tri-Valley area with more flexible options. Fremont had advanced-only camps for the first time….

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2024 Newark Butterfly June Open tournament

The 2024 Newark Butterfly June Open tournament took place at a great venue, the nearby Siliman Center in Newark. This tournament had likely the strongest field to date of any tournament hosted by Fremont Table Tennis Academy. This was a great warm-up for players who will play the upcoming US Nationals in Alabama from July 3-7…

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2024 Fremont West Coast Teams tournament
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2024 Fremont West Coast Teams tournament

There was high interest in running another team tournament after the November team tournament so arrived the 2024 Fremont West Coast Teams this past weekend at Fremont TTA. Entries reached the maximum 20 teams limit with teams split into 4 divisions. The top two teams in each division met in the finals with each team consisting of 2 players. Did we almost have legends Ma Long and Timo Boll winning Divisions 1 and 2?!….

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