USA Table Tennis Magazine

Table of Contents

FEATURES:
Chicago Ping Pong Festival by Deborah Bukovy........................................................14
Table Tennis on TV by Larry Hodges........................................................................16
Profile and Interview of Richard Lee by Vivian Lee & Larry Hodges......................18
The North American Veteran’s Association by George Brathwaite........................37
Connecticut & Pensacola Grass Roots.....................................................................41
The Best Job by Aly Salam........................................................................................54
Southern California TTA and the USATT Rating System.......................................55
Table Tennis Programs Strengthen San Diego TTA by Pam Ramsey.....................55
Rhode Island League by Haig Raky..........................................................................56
Clubs of the Month
BumperNets by Alan Williams...................................................................................57
Waltham TTC by Bill Murray.....................................................................................57
CPR & Table Tennis by Neil Smyth..........................................................................58
Junior Pages
Why Juniors Play Table Tennis by Roger Abbott.....................................................58
Juniors of the Month: Emily & Whitney Ping by Khoi Than....................................59
Meet the USA Olympians by Larry Hodges.............................................................58

TOURNAMENTS:
$20,000 St. Joseph Valley Open by Larry Hodges...................................................38
10th World Veteran Championships by Tim Boggan...............................................20
North American Olympic Doubles Trials
and North American Championships .......................................................................30
North American Tour
Stop #1: Butterfly Open by Alan Williams & Larry Hodges.....................................34
Stop #2: Eastern Open by Larry Hodges..................................................................36
Collegiate Tournaments
National Collegiate TTA Championships by Dan Wang..........................................42
ACUI Collegiate Championships..............................................................................42
USA Tournaments.....................................................................................................43
International Results: European Championships, China Grand Prix......................45

COACHING:
The Forehand Loop of Khoa Nguyen by Dave Williams..........................................25
The Forehand Serve of Michael Maze by Wei Wang, photos by Diego Schaaf.......26
Gluing: Should You or Shouldn’t You? by Larry Hodges..........................................41

USATT AND OTHER NEWS:
REPORTS: President’s, Executive Director’s, Officials...................................10-12
Short Stuff...................................................................................................................14
A.J. Miller Cartoon....................................................................................................14
Obituary: Jim Leggett...................................................................................................16
Ye Holy Ratings, by Megan Kulenburg....................................................................46
Tournament Schedule.................................................................................................53