FEATURES

USATT Club of the Month: Leisure World TTC

by Lily Yip

10

USATT League of the Month: Genesee Valley

by Mary Beth MacClaren

18

The Great Dick Miles

by Scott Preiss

22

Table Tennis is Not For Geeks

by John Pahl

22

USATT Hall of Fame Induction: Marty Prager

by Tim Boggan

24

TMS International League

by Shashin Shodhan

32

USA Junior & Cadet Teams Photo Gallery

48

First Family of Table Tennis: Adam, Judy, Lily & Barry

by Dave Fullen

66

Training in Romania

by Mimi Bosika

69

Interview with USA Men’s Champion Ilija Lupulesku

by Larry Hodges

70

TOURNAMENTS

Cover Story: 2005 USA Nationals

34

USA Regional Tournament Writeups & Results

30,57

ITTF Pro Tour Results: LIEBHERR Slovenia, LIEBHERR Croatian

31

Volkswagen ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals

by Larry Hodges

31

Killerspin Holiday Open

by Ed Hogshead

72

COACHING

McAfee’s Mechanics: Learning the Drop Shot

by Richard McAfee

27

Basics Corner: Blocking

by Glenn Tepper

28

Tips of the Month

by Carl Danner

28

The First Two Shots

by Guy McLean

29

The Footwork of Hao Shuai

by Wei Wang, photos by Diego Schaaf

76

USATT AND OTHER NEWS

USATT Coaches of the Year, Athletes of the Year, Junior & Cadet Coaches

 9

Short stuff

 9

Cartoons

10,22

President’s and Executive Director’s Report

16

Senior Corner

by Olga & Stan Kahan

20

An Official’s View

by Azmy Ibrahim

20

Obituary: Norman Harold Schless

by Steve Isaacson

27

Ye Holy Ratings

by NATT

58

USATT Tournament Schedule

65

ON THE COVER:  

USA National Men’s Champion Ilija Lupulesku

Photo by Diego Schaaf ©2006

Cover Design by Tom Nguyen