Table of Contents

FEATURES
South Bend: Building Juniors by Dan Seemiller 12
A Table Tennis Story by Brad Balmer 14
My Last Year as a Junior by John Leach 19
Meet Justen Yao by Sean O’Neill 20
Club Spotlight: ICC Table Tennis Club 22
Choosing Between Two Sports 26
What It’s Like Being on the Junior Team by Olena Sowers 27
League Spotlight: Unionville High School 35
Nate Wasserman Scholarship Winners 35
An Interview with ITTF President Sharara 39
College Table Tennis: 2007-Future 56
Bring Out The Brooms: Texas Wesleyan University 2007 57
Table Tennis Legends Reunite by Dean Johnson 71
Tim Boggan In His Own Words: Ray Guillen 73

TOURNAMENTS
World Junior Table Tennis Championships by Michael Boot 38
2007 Joola North American Teams Championship by Tim Boggan 42
USA Regional Tournament Write-ups & Results 50-52

COACHING
Selecting a Junior Coach by Richard McAfee 28
Tips of the Month by Carl Danner 30
The Beautiful Backhand by Wei Wang, photos by Diego Schaaf 76

USATT AND OTHER NEWS
Executive Director’s Report 9
In Memoriam: Bob Poteet 10
Editors’ Report 11
Senior Corner by Olga & Stan Kahan 70
USATT National Rankings 58
USATT Ratings 60
USATT Tournament Schedule 65
Official’s View by Azmy Ibrahim 72