Tip of the Week
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MDTTC April Open, Weekend Coaching, Tim Boggan's History of U.S. Table Tennis, and a Serving Seminar
It's been a BUSY week, finishing with an even busier weekend. Here's a rundown.
HW Global Foundation Talent Development Program - They need your support!
Here is their GoFundMe page, where they are trying to raise $15,000. (They are currently at $9500.) I'm one of their coaches, and I hope some of you can help out! Until May 1, Hans & Wen Hsu, the HW Foundation founders, will match all donations for this Campaign, up $10,000. (All fees from the Serving Seminar I'm running - see segment above - will go to this.)
2019 USATT Hall of Fame Inductees
Here's the USATT announcement, by Sean O'Neill. Congrats to Michael, Zhenshi, Sharon, and Richard!
World Table Tennis Championships
Here's the home page for the event, April 21-28 in Budapest, Hungary. (So it starts next Sunday.) There are already a lot of news articles there.
U.S. National College Table Tennis Championships
Here's the page for the event held this past weekend in Greensboro, NC. Also see NCTTA Segment below. Here's USATT's livestreaming:
New from National Collegiate TTA
Forehand Attack Down the Line . . . A Simple Shot to Win Cheap Points
Here's the video (7:50) from Tom Lodziak.
New from EmRatThich
New from Matt Hetherington
New from Steve Hopkins
USA Hopes Week and Challenge: 15-21 April, 2019, Sacramento, CA
Here's the USATT info page. Five top kids from my club (MDTTC) are going - Stanley Hsu, Mu Du, Ryan Lee, James Zhang, and Michelle Kang.
Would You Like To See Your Balance?
Here's the article from Coach Jon. "Sometimes, just like your bank balance, your table tennis balance might not be as positive as you thought. There have been numerous articles written about this by Larry Hodges and others. In Larry’s Balance Is a Habit, he relates the epiphany he had about balance, and its importance. Eight years later, I’m having the same epiphany."
Table Tennis Fan
Here's the article by Eli Baraty.
Table Tennis Recognition: Learn about the importance and pitfalls of recognition
Here's the article by Samson Dubina.
History of USATT – Volume 22
Here is Chapter Seventeen of Tim Boggan's History of U.S. Table Tennis, subtitled "Voices wanting to be heard." Or you can buy it and previous (and future) volumes at www.timboggantabletennis.com. Volume 22 is 469 pages with 1447 graphics, and covers all the wild things that happened in 1996-97 - and I'm mentioned a lot! Why not buy a copy - or the entire set at a discount? Tim sells them directly, so when you order them, you get it autographed - order your copy now!
8 Questions with Mima Ito!
Here's the ITTF interview.
Inside My Mind | Timo Boll
Here's the ITTF video (64 sec).
Nittaku ITTF Monthly Pongcast - March 2019
Here's the video (18:30).
Table Tennis from the 1920s
Here's the video (63 sec).
Like A Boss! Ma Long x TATA Trickshot Challenge 2019
Here's the video (2:25)!
Pong-Pool Long Distance Serve
Here's the video (13 sec) of Scott Preiss!
World Table Tennis Day with Adam Bobrow
Here's the video (48 sec)!
Giant Z-Pong?
Here's the video (2 min)!
Table Tennis Arcade Game
Here's the video (27 sec)!
Table Tennis Tricks
Here's the latest video (1:28) from the Ping-Pong Kid!
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