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

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The Ironman Has Arrived

Ohio Welcomes the New Athlete

Scott Badillo (the ironman) currently holds the title of the most USATT tournament matches played in 2014.  He has so much desire to perfect his game that he recently moved from Michigan to Akron, Ohio to receve more lesson from coach Samson Dubina.  With a full training and tournament scheduled planned this fall, we are anxious to see some good results from Scott.  Welcome to Ohio!

This Sunday

Here is your invitation....

I would like to invite you to church.  On August 10th and August 17th I'll be teaching about prayer at Heritage Reformed Baptist Church at 9:30am.  
If you live in Northeast Ohio, I would love to see you there.  The address is
3077 Mt. Pleasant St. NW 
North Canton, Ohio 44720
330-454-6637
If you will be coming to Ohio for a tournament or clinic somtime in the future and would like to attend our church, please let me know and you can probably get a ride with me sometime.

Beat Your Friends

Learn 2 new strategies!

 
 
 
Sometimes, beating your regular training partners, fellow club members, and best friends in table tennis can be very difficult because it seems that they know your every move.  They can predict that your forehand flip will go crosscourt, they can predict that backhand serve will go long to the middle, and they can predict that you will block to the corners.  They know your every move because they have played against you hundreds of times.  There are 2 solutions to overcome these problems:
 

Four Exciting Events!

Check out these events and see who will be attending!

 
Our tournaments and clinics are almost completely full!
If you need to withdraw, you will receive 100% refund prior to the deadline.  See whose coming - see player listing below!!!!!
 
 
 
Entry Forms
Entry Forms Here:  http://samsondubina.com/active-events
 
 
 
Player Listings
 

Acceleration

Written by Coach Burair Kothari

 
 
 

The Power of Serving!

Read the article and watch the video!

 

At the club level, long and slow serves are easily attacked with strong loops.  World class players also serve long sometimes, HOWEVER, their long serves are very fast as a surprise and well placed.  Watch this short video demonstrating various serves.  Notice how fast the long serves are.  

 

 

The Prodigal Son

The Bible Passage of the Week is from Luke 15

 
 
Luke 15:11-32
 

Learning from Mistakes

Written By Roger Liu

I was playing an event at the US Open. I already lost my first two matches. I knew regardless if I had won or lost that match I would not have advanced. This was in the under 2250. In this event, I was playing a match where I was down 2-0 and 8-0 in the 3rd game.  I gave up and lost.
 

Fuel for the Fire

Learn to energize your next training session!

 
 
It is 2pm on a Saturday afternoon.  You are just about to leave for the table tennis club and practice hard from 3pm-6pm.  You need some extra energy to fuel your training session.  What should you get?  A triple-thick chocolate milkshake from McDonalds?  Three candy bars from Wal-Mart?  A Java Monster from Speedway?  I would recommend a high-energy fruit smoothie. 
 
Here is my newest mixture that I have recently been enjoyed over the past 1-2 months…
 
1 cup of ice
1 cup of fresh mango (cut up)
½ cup of fresh strawberries

What about Anxiety?

Learn what the Bible says about this difficult topic

Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let you requests be made known to God, and the peace of God which surpasses all comprehension will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
 

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