FEATURES

Special Feature: The Secrets of Chinese Table Tennis
and What the Rest of the World Needs to Do to Catch Up

by Larry Hodges & Cheng Yinghua

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Feature Interview: Renata Peluchova

by Alan Williams

10

2004 Hall of Fame Inductee: Norbert Van de Walle

by Tim Boggan

19

Table Tennis Crossword Puzzle

by Larry Hodges

22

USATT League of the Month: San Diego TTL

by Xiaochen Su

12

USATT Club of the Month: Brooklyn TTC

by Tahl Leibovitz

22

USATT Player of the Month: Eric Owens

by Larry Hodges

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TOURNAMENTS

World Table Tennis Championships:

International

by Tim Boggan

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USA

by Doru Gheorghe & Dan Seemiller

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International: European Championships, NA Championships, Spanish Youth Open

32

St. Joseph Valley Open

by Dan Seemiller

55

New Jersey Open

by Alan Williams

56

National Collegiate Championships

by Thomas Lackaff

66

Buckeye Open

by Bill McLaughlin

67

Stiga Cary Cup Open

by Mike Babuin

70

Matthew J. Memorial Open

by Alan Williams

72

USA Tournament Results

54

USA Regional Tournament Writeups & Results

68-69,72,74-75

COACHING

Inside Coaching: Coach Planning and Periodization

by Ben Grigore, Doru Gheorghe & John Allen

28

Basics Corner: The Backhand Push

by Glenn Tepper

29

Tips of the Month

by Carl Danner

29

The Serve

by Larry Hodges

29

The Forehand of Michael Maze

by Wei Wang, photos by Diego Schaaf

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USATT AND OTHER NEWS

Ad Listing, Letters, Cartoon

by Cartoonjazz.com

9

Cartoon

by Marek Zochowski

14

Table Tennis Humor

14

President’s Report

by Sheri Pittman

16

Executive Director’s Report

by Doru Gheorghe

17

Obituary: William C. Holzrichter

27

An Official’s View

by Azmy Ibrahim

30

Senior Corner

by Olga & Stan Kahan

30

Ye Holy Ratings

by NATT

58

USATT Tournament Schedule

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ON THE COVER:  

Cover Photos of Zhang Yining, Wang Liqin and background

by Diego Schaaf ©2005

Cover Design

by Tom Nguyen