FEATURES

Feature Interview with Samson Dubina

by Larry Hodges

10

Arnold Fitness Classic

14

Greenville Exhibition: This Brave Was Brave!

by Scott Preiss

18

2004 Ironman Awards

by Larry Hodges

20

USATT Club of the Century? Net & Paddle TTC

by Steve Isaacson

22

In Memoriam: Jimmy McClure

by Tim Boggan

26

USATT League of the Month: Milpitas Sports Center League

by Bruce Liu & Mark Johnson

29

2004 Hall of Fame Inductee: Lily Yip

by Tim Boggan

36

USATT Coaching Seminar

by Larry Hodges

42

USATT Juniors of the Month: The Awesome Altos!

by Pam Ramsey

74

TOURNAMENTS

International: Safir International, Qatar ITTF Pro Tour

24

Meiklejohn Senior Open - Univ. of PA

by Alan Williams

24

Le Chi/West Covina Open

by Alex Chien & Sungill Kim

65

USA Tournament Writeups & Results

24,69-73

COACHING

Cover Feature: How To Be a Champion

Ten Articles by the Best Coaches and Players in the U.S.,
plus Waldner’s Tips for Future Champions

by Carl Danner, Larry Hodges, Christian Lillieroos, Richard McAfee,
Sean O’Neill, Dan Seemiller, Masaaki Tajima and Jan-Ove Waldner

46-57

Tips of the Month

by Carl Danner

32

Basics Corner: The Backhand Drive

by Glenn Tepper

32

The Short Game of Kong Linghui

by Wei Wang, photos, by Diego Schaaf

76

USATT AND OTHER NEWS

Ad Listing

9

Short Stuff

9,20

Cartoon

by Marek Zochowski

14

President’s Report

by Sheri Pittman

16

Treasurer’s Report

by Tong Lee

16

Executive Director’s Report

by Doru Gheorghe

17

Cartoon

by Cartoonjazz.com

22

Obituaries: Jimmy McClure, Bob Partridge

26

An Official’s View

by Azmy Ibrahim

28

USTTA Foundation Report

by Neil Smyth

28

Senior Corner

by Olga & Stan Kahan

30

College Report

by Thomas Lackaff

31

USATT Board Motions and Votes

31

Ye Holy Ratings

by NATT

58

USATT Tournament Schedule

65

ON THE COVER:  

Cover Photo of Jan-Ove Waldner courtesy Donic Table Tennis ©2005

Cover Design

by Tom Nguyen