Table of Contents

FEATURES

Feature Interview: ITTF President Adham Sharara
on the Future of Gluing

by Kenzo Yamamatsu

22

Can USA Catch China in Table Tennis?

by Scott Preiss

34

USATT Club of the Month: West Jersey TTC

by Robert Hodgson

10

USATT League of the Month: Highland TTC League

by Keith Jones

10

USATT Junior of the Month: Barbara Wei

by Larry Hodges

85

TOURNAMENTS

Feature Story: Killerspin US Open - 18 Pages of Action!

8

ITTF Pro Tours - Singapore, Chile & Brazil

by Larry Hodges

34

USA Tournament Writeups

63,75

USA Tournament Results

64

Golden State Open

by Fran Guidry

74

Stiga Open

by Alan Williams

76

San Diego Teams

by Sungill Kim

78

Eastern Open

by Alan Williams

80

Junior Olympics & Junior Nationals

by Alan Williams

82

COACHING

Tips of the Month

by Carl Danner

28

The Forehand Loop

by Larry Hodges, Photos by Gerry Chua

30

Coaching Between Games

by Larry Hodges

36

USATT AND OTHER NEWS

Ad Listing

9

Short Stuff

9

Cartoon

by Marek Zochowski

10

President’s Report

by Sheri Pittman

16

Senior Corner

by Olga & Stan Kahan

17

Collegiate Reports

by Jack Wu & Willy Leparulo

20

Cartoon

by Cartoonjazz.com

20

They Said It!

by Larry Hodges

22

Letters

28

USATT Board Motions and Votes

32

An Official’s View

by Azmy Ibrahim

35

Obituary: Hikosuke Tamasu

by Tim Boggan

62

Ye Holy Ratings

by NATT

66

USATT Tournament Schedule

73

Table Tennis Demos on Dennis Miller and with the U.S. Surgeon General

84

ON THE COVER:

USA ITTF Pro Tour Women’s Doubles Champions Wang Chen (USA)
& Liu Jia (AUT) by Gerry Chua ©2004