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

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Devastate the Offensive Chopper

Read the Tactics!

Devastate the Offensive Chopper

How to Beat China

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Blocking Footwork

Check out a clip from one of the weekend clinics

New Website

Check out the Equipment Reviews!

 
 
PongHero is a site dedicated to providing reviews and information about table tennis equipment. Our goal is to provide unbiased reviews and information to help readers make informed decisions when making a purchase.
 
Check it out!
PongHero.com

5-Year-Old

Fiona learning about control, footwork, and placement

Balls

The Common-Sense Way to Adjust

 
 
 
 
Winning tournaments primary consists of playing your best while adjusting your tactics based on your opponent’s strengths, weaknesses, and overall playing style.  The last thing that you want to be doing in tournaments is adjusting to strange equipment.  If you want to play your best in the next tournament, please, please, please, do this one thing for me…
 
Practice for at least 2-3 weeks with the tournament ball!
 

Photos and Results

Check out the update from our May 6-7 tournament!

 
 
 
Dear Tournament Participants,
We would like to send out a huge THANK YOU to the many players who competed in our tournament last weekend as well as our tournament sponsors (listed below) who supported our event.
Tournament Results: http://omnipong.com/T-tourney.asp?t=103&r=498
Tournament Photos:  http://www.cljstudiosphotography.smugmug.com/Table-Tennis/Akron-Newgy-Op...

Before and After

Learn to fully develop your game

 
 
 
Before and After
 
When developing a specific skill in table tennis, it is very important to think about the shot before and the shot after.  Let me explain…
 
Scenario #1

Old Dogs/New Tricks

Is this saying true?

 
 
 
 
 
You can’t teach old dogs new tricks.  Is it true?
 
Well, I have found that teaching adults new skills isn’t too difficult.  The difficulty comes in changing an old habit.  Changing an awkward grip, changing a stroke, or changing a footwork movement takes time and persistence from both the coach and player.  On the flip side, a new serve or a new serve return technique or a new looping variation can be learned fairly quickly for these same players.
 

2015

...Thinking toward the future...

 
 
 
 
 
 
Last week at the local table tennis club, there were about 10 players rated 1800 and 1 player rated 2100 who was a controlled looper.  I asked the 2100-rated player what he could possibly do to improve to the next level…  After a bit of discussion, we agreed that he needed to learn to play more aggressively and develop his power shots. 
 

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