Coach Samson Dubina US National Team Coach 4x USATT Coach of the Year
 

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We are now accepting more students for our weekly mini-group classes (2-5 students per class). If you would like to join, just send me a personal e-mail tt@SamsonDubina.com and I'll get you signed up. The cost is $250-$350 per season of classes.

7 weekly events at the Samson Dubina Table Tennis Academy
High Performance Training
Intermediate Group Training
Beginner Junior Group Training
Beginner Adult Group Training
Private lessons
Open Club Play
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Paddle Palace League (1st time is FREE)

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Paddle Palace Ohio League (1st time is free)
Thursday from 6-9pm
Shaw JCC 750 White Pond Dr Akron, Ohio

Anyone can play - all level and all ages welcome
E-mail Coach Samson Dubina to register for this week! tt@samsondubina.com

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Samson Dubina Table Tennis Academy

Monday, Jan 8th Mini-Group and Open Club Play Begins
Thursday, Jan 11th Winter League
Monday, Jan 15th Mini-Group and Open Club Play
Thursday, Jan 18th Winter League (late start time - League is 7-10pm)
Monday, Jan 22nd Mini-Group and Open Club Play
Thursday, Jan 25th Winter League
Monday, Jan 29th Mini-Group and Open Club Play
Wednesday, Jan 31st Winter League (note that it is on a Wed this week)
Monday, Feb 5th Mini-Group and Open Club Play
Thursday, Feb 8th Winter League
Monday, Feb 12th Mini-Group and Open Club Play

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Shaw JCC Mega Camp - Highlights

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As we wrapped up 8 footwork sesions here at the Samson Dubina Table Tennis Academy, the main question from the Mega Camp participants was, "When is the next Mega Camp?"

Day 4 (Shaw JCC Mega Camp)

Article and Video

Today was the best day because the players had a much more in-depth understanding of footwork and how footwork is closely related to every aspect of the game - from receiving serves, to pushing, to looping, to blocking, to smashing, to counterlooping AND they learned about the various types of movements.  With all this knowledge, we were about to piece together the puzzle implementing some drills involving both players attacking and defending during the same point as well as some tactical drills involving probabilites and indicators.  Nearly all of the players took several pages of notes an

Day 3 (Shaw JCC Mega Camp)

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Today, in the interactive lecture, we discussed various types of drills - systematic, semi-systematic, random, multi-location from both sides, open ended, and game situation drills...  detailing the reasons for each drills and at what stages each drill should be implemented.  We also talked about the 10 stages of implementing footwork (see video below).

 

Day 2 (Shaw JCC Mega Camp)

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With a 1.5 hour interactive footwork lecture and 5 hours of training on the table, the players had a full day of footwork. During the 1.5 we discussed the importance of racket positioning, the proper way to balance, as well as the positioning of the legs and feet. The bulk of the lecture was spent discussing the 10 ways of moving….
#1 Simple side movement (shuffle) with beginner and advanced variations
#2 Long-distance crossover
#3 Simple in-and-out
#4 In-and-out jump
#5 Short game 1-step
#6 Short game 2-step
#7 Lateral blocking footwork

Day 1 (Shaw JCC Mega Camp)

Video and Article

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