FEATURES

Ping-Pong Diplomacy, College Style

by Volker Schröder & Diego Schaaf

20

Serving Up a Rule Change for Doubles

by Marilyn Sommer Feinstein

26

Interview with Stellan Bengtsson

by Tim Boggan

35

When Good Seniors Get Great: Rich DeWitt, John Wetzler & Richard McAfee

by Larry Hodges

39

Handicap League Levels Playing Field

by Colin Mallows & Daniel Guttman

74

Letter & Playing Photo From Iraq

74

Most Wins and Matches in 2006

by Larry Hodges

85

USATT Club of the Month: North East Alabama TTC

by Michael S. Harris

10

USATT League of the Month: Milpitas Sports Center

by Bruce Liu

20

USATT Juniors of the Month: Maryland Cadets

by Larry Hodges

36

USATT Hall of Fame Inductee: Khoa Nguyen

by Tim Boggan

75

TOURNAMENTS

USA National Championships

by Larry Hodges & Tim Boggan

42

Fall Regional Collegiate Tournaments

by Liang Liu

22

World Junior Championships

by Houshang Bozorgzadeh

78

Viducich Stiga Pacific Rim Open

by Jim Scott

86

SPINvitational & Killerspin Chicago Holiday Open

by Ed Hogshead

88

International

80

USA Regional Tournament Writeups & Results

79,81,84,85,86

COACHING

How To Get the Most Out of Your Tournament Experience

by Richard McAfee

64

Tips of the Month

by Carl Danner

65

Basics Corner: Forehand Pendulum Serve

by Glenn Tepper

65

Think Big - The Importance of Strong Footwork:  The Footwork of Ryu Seung Min

by Wei Wang, photos by Diego Schaaf

90

USATT AND OTHER NEWS

Editor’s Report

by Larry Hodges

9

USATT Election Results

9

They Said It!

by Larry Hodges

10

Cartoon

by Marek Zochowski

10

USATT Coaches of the Year

12

Executive Director’s & President’s Report

by Doru Gheorghe & Sheri Pittman

16

Senior Corner

by Olga & Stan Kahan

18

Meetings at the USA Nationals

by Larry Hodges & Michael Wetzel

22

Letters

24

USA Table Tennis 2008 Olympic Games Athlete Selection Procedures

28

Ye Holy Ratings

by NATT

66

USATT Tournament Schedule

73

USATT Board Motions & Votes

76

ON THE COVER:  David Zhuang and Wang Chen

 Cover photos by Kingston Gee ©2006

Cover Design by Tom Nguyen