FEATURES

Houshang Bozorgzadeh, State Games Male Athlete of the Year

by Paul Lewis

9

The Benefits of Table Tennis

by Derek Kinder

16

A Match Between Dreamers

by Guy McLean

20

My Table Tennis Adventures in China

by Dr. Marius Wechsler

22

The 2002 USATT Hall of Fame Inductions

by Tim Boggan

26

Table Tennis Exhibition at Galyans

by Mimi Bosika

28

Politicians Playing Ping-Pong with Ping-Pong

by Ken Muhr

28

2 Much Fun Golf & Table Tennis

by Kevin H. Johnson

54

Junior of the Month: Laura Xiao

by Chunyen Liu

68

Interview with U.S. #1 Fan Yi Yong

by Larry Hodges

69

TOURNAMENTS

Cover Story: Stiga North American Teams

by Tim Boggan

30

Stiga Pacific Rim Open

by Mark Kobernick

46

USA Tournament Write-ups & Results

47

Men’s World Cup & International Results

52

Huntsman World Senior Games

by Grant Misbach

64

Out Of This World’s Games!

by Scott Preiss

65

COACHING

Robot Mechanics

by Richard McAfee

54

Tip of the Month: Against a Fast Attacker

by Larry Hodges

54

The Backhand to Forehand Transition of Chuan Chih-Yuan

by Wei Wang, Photo Sequence by Diego Schaaf

66

USATT AND OTHER NEWS

President’s Report

by Sheri Pittman

10

Ad Listing

14

Short Stuff

14

Officials’ View and the New Service Rule

18

Cartoons

by Vern Mauk and Marek Zochowski

38,65

Obituary: W.C. Cleveland

by Ralph Presley

55

Ye Holy Ratings

by Felisa Huggins

56

USATT Tournament Schedule

63

ON THE COVER:

Cover Photos

by Csaba Nagy ©2002