URGENT NEWS FLASH – For absolutely no apparent reason the ITTF will begin allowing one side of your paddle to be any color at all. The other side must remain black. There will soon be numerous pastel and soft color racket coverings available. Your racket can now look menacing on one side, and look like …
I have been drafted. I’m not going into the military, although I am being drafted by a former army officer. Thanks a lot Wendell. I’ll be serving as the designated coach to assign ratings for the 2019 JCC Maccabi Games. I shouldn’t complain. I need to get out more, and I feel confident in my …
So, you’ve got fifty hours a week to train. Oh! You don’t have fifty hours. You have five hours, on a good week. Okay, the truth is you don’t really train at all, but you do like to play. Maybe you think about training, but you have a full time job, a spouse, 1.9 kids, …
As often happens when I am debating what to write each week, several events converge to point me towards a interesting subject. Two of the events happened on league night. I was observing two players that I coach, who just happened to be playing against each other. I am very aware of their strengths and …
There are certain players that I really enjoy watching. I’m particularly drawn to players that I feel I can learn something from. Near the top of that list is Vladimir Samsonov. There’s something to be said for staying near the top of the world rankings for multiple decades. Samsonov is 6’2″ and forty three years …
