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Table Tennis: Steps to Success

By Larry Hodges

This is a scan of the actual pages. Later I hope to create a more user-friendly HTML version.

Originally published by Human Kinetics Publishers in 1993, revised in 2006.

The Whole Book (68MB)

By Chapter

  • Cover
  • Title and Copyright pages
  • Table of Contents
  • Prefaces and the Steps to Success Staircase
  • Table Tennis Today (About the sport, methods of practice, history, the rules)
  • Table Tennis Equipment
  • Warming Up For Success
  • Step 1 - Grip and Racket Control
  • Step 2 - Spin and Racket Angles - It's a Game of Spin
  • Step 3 - Ready Stance and the Forehand and Backhand Drives
  • Step 4 - Beginning Serves - Getting the Initiative
  • Step 5 - Positioning and Footwork - How to Move to the Ball
  • Step 6 - Pushing - Your Basic Backspin Shot
  • Step 7 - Blocking - Close-to-the-Table Defense
  • Step 8 - Looping - Topspin Attacking
  • Step 9 - Flipping - How to Attack Short Balls
  • Step 10 - Chopping - Backspin Defense
  • Step 11 - Lobbing - How to Return Smashes
  • Step 12 - Advanced Serves - Really Getting the Initiative
  • Step 13 - Playing Styles and Rallying Tactics
  • Step 14 - Advanced Serve and Receive Strategy
  • Step 15 - The Physical and Mental Game
  • Playing in Tournaments
  • Rating Your Total Progress
  • Glossary
  • About the Author - circa 2006
  • Back Cover
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