After attending many table tennis tournaments, you will learn to properly interpret what is said after matches.  For example,
 
If someone says… “I lost in the fifth”  
He means…  “I lost badly in the fifth.” (If it was close, he would have told you the score)
 
If someone says…  “I just couldn’t win the close games.”
He means…  “I lost 3-0.”
 
If someone says…  “I just couldn’t return his serves.”
He means… “I lost 3-0 and wasn’t close in any of the games.”
 

The Samson Dubina Table Tennis Academy will be having summer training camps in June and August - all ages and all levels welcome! Dates and other info will be announced very soon! Please subscribe below for detailed updates!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advice to Coaches
 
Each year, I write one article directed to coaches.  For my 2018 article, I’m only going to give one piece of advice.  But before I give it, I’m going to build some context. 
 
Most table tennis players believe that there are two types of coaches – type A and type B.  It is true, that 99% of the coaches that I personally have met fall roughly into one of these categories.  Today, I’m going to present type C. 
 
Type A

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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
Paddle Palace Ohio League

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?"

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

 
 
 
 
 
The Dec 27-30 Mega Training Camp now has about 2-3 more openings!!!

Register now to reserve your spot!
Even if you can't come for the full 8 sessions, you can register for any number of individual sessions.  The cost is $45 per session.

Is it better to play multiple sports or focus on ONLY table tennis?
This is up to each family.  Many top table tennis players like Kanak Jha started out playing soccer or other sports.  Around age 11-12 years old, many of them decided to dedicate more time to table tennis.  Professional players usually practice around 25-30 hours/week.
 
 
What about ________   ________  US table tennis superstar who many years ago got burned out from only playing table tennis?