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

To see this website as it was intended, please update to a modern browser!

-->

All-Stars!

by Samson Dubina on Thu, 2015-02-26 15:42
Ohio gaining momentum......

 
 
 
 
 
 
From all-stars and basement-stars, many players have been enjoying the tournaments and clinics here in Ohio.  Please consider attending our upcoming events!
 
 
March 14th Footwork Clinic
Entry Form:  http://www.samsondubina.com/sites/default/files/RegistrationForms/clinic...

Improve While Sleeping!

by Samson Dubina on Wed, 2015-02-25 04:54
Learn to Balance-Out Your Body

 
 
 
Did you know that you can improve your forehand while sleeping?
 
Most table tennis players are very one-sided.  From the constant body rotation with their forehand loops, most players have very flexible cores when rotating to the right (for right handed players).  However, these same players are not very flexible when rotating to the left.  This is one of the reasons that many elite table tennis athletes have to constantly battle against lower back pain.
 

Working Together

by Samson Dubina on Tue, 2015-02-24 06:29
Learn about parents coaching their kids

 
 
 
Many parents have good intentions when coaching their children, but end up in arguing matches during tournaments.  If you are one of those parents, then I would recommend taking statistics and reading the statistics to your child instead of giving them your input on how they are not meeting your expectations.  There are many ways to keep statistics, I’m just going to mention 1 basic way - keeping tract of your child’s mistakes.  Talley up the following mistakes during the game:
 
Forehand Loop against Topspin  
 

Fitness!

by Samson Dubina on Mon, 2015-02-23 14:56
Written by Scott Badillo

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Two and a half years ago I started playing table tennis, one of the things that was mentioned to me many times is the importance of staying physically fit to a certain degree. Over the course of that time I have played 47 tournaments and would like to share my thoughts on this common topic. This article primarily targets the developing player.
 

Bible Passage of the Week

by Samson Dubina on Sat, 2015-02-21 08:39
Read the story about Mary and Martha

 
 
 
 
Luke 10:38-42
Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”

Beating China

by Samson Dubina on Tue, 2015-02-17 18:28
The future of the US Team

 
 
 
Will the US ever become a world superpower in the table tennis world?  Will the US ever have players ranked in the top 10 in the men’s and women’s world ranking list?  Will the US team ever have a chance to win the World Team Championships?
 
The main obstacle is China.  So in this article, I’m going to use China as the main target.  These points listed below are merely speculation and I don’t have any hard proof of these points.
 
#1 Athletes

Bible Verses of the Week

by Samson Dubina on Thu, 2015-02-12 12:41
Who is your master?

 
 
 
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and money.
 
In the Bible passage, Jesus clearly tells us that we can only have 1 God in our lives.  God doesn’t want a rival with our time, our emotions, our desires, our energy, and our focus. 
We cannot serve God and table tennis
We cannot serve God and our job
We cannot serve God and our stuff
 

Ben Larcombe

by Samson Dubina on Wed, 2015-02-11 21:54
Read a detailed review from Ben Larcombe!

 
 
International Table Tennis Skills - DVD Review
By Coach Ben Larcombe (United Kingdom)
 
I’ve never had a table tennis DVD before. I’ve watched hours and hours of table tennis online but I’ve never had an actual physical copy of a table tennis DVD. That is until now. Samson Dubina, a professional table tennis player and coach from the US, has just released a training DVD called ‘International Table Tennis Skills’ and was kind enough to send me a copy to watch and review.

Tournament Time

by Samson Dubina on Mon, 2015-02-09 22:01
Read the 7 Reasons

 
 
 
 
The March 20-21 Newgy Ohio Open is one of the most anticipated events of the year.  If you have not signed up yet, we hope that you will consider it.  Many of the events are nearly full.  Here are 7 reasons that we want you to consider...
 
 
#1 Reason - Matches
You should come to our tournament because you get the most matches for your money.  You can expect to play 7-10 matches per event! 
 
#2 Reason – Choices

You Need More Spin

by Samson Dubina on Wed, 2015-02-04 08:37
Learn the Necessities of Maximizing Your Spin!

 
 
 
 
Modern table tennis is predominantly characterized by looping – looping backspin balls, looping topspin balls, looping serves, looping over-the-table, looping blocks, and re-looping loops.  The Chinese national team did a study on various loops.  The study showed that the spiniest loop against backspin tested had about 120 rotations per second.  The spiniest loop against topspin tested had about 130 rotations per second.  
 

Pages