Book Description
You have taken your first step to success in learning table tennis with the purchase of this book. Table Tennis: Steps to Success combines the knowledge and experience of master teacher Larry Hodges with the latest developments in learning how to become a proficient player. Table Tennis: Steps to Success is a unique guide designed to maximize your table tennis progress. It is a breakthrough in sport skill instruction through its development of complete learning progressions—the steps to success. You will climb 15 steps on your way to table tennis success. Each step (chapter) • explains why the concept or skill is important, • identifies the keys to correct technique, • helps you correct common errors, • explains how to practice each skill in realistic ways, • lists specific performance goals for each drill, • gives you a summary checklist for evaluating proper technique, and • lets you proceed at your own pace. Each of the steps you will take is an easy transition from the one before. Your first few steps provide a solid foundation of basic skills and concepts. As you progress you will learn how to choose the proper stroke to match your various table tennis needs—whether for quickness, power, deception, or just fun. As you approach the top of your climb to success you will have gained confidence in your table tennis ability and experienced the satisfaction of becoming an accomplished player.


From the Publisher
"Even a good player who reads this book will become much, much better." Amy Feng U.S. Women's National Table Tennis Champion "The best presentation of table tennis techniques and strategies ever written. At last! A book that really covers the sport." Todd Sweeris U.S. World Team member "Written by one of the most knowledgeable and experienced coaches in the U.S., this book gives away the secrets of China and Sweden." Diana Gee 1988 & 1992 U.S. Olympic Team member "The first real book on table tennis! A must for every table tennis enthusiast. Awesome!" David E. Sakai President, Senoda Inc. North American Senior Champ "Outstanding! The most thorough book ever written on table tennis. Larry's drills on each stroke will make any player better if they follow them." Dan Seemiller Table Tennis Coach Former U.S. Men's Coach


About the Author
Larry Hodges is the national coaching chairman for the United States Table Tennis Association (USTTA) and a past vice president. He is also director and a coach at the National Table Tennis Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As a certified National Coach, Larry has worked with the best players in the country. He managed and coached at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs from 1985 to 1989, and he has been the U.S. Junior Coach at the U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships since 1990. Larry has taught table tennis classes in colleges, recreation centers, clinics, and clubs all over the United States. Larry is the editor of Table Tennis Today, the national magazine for table tennis. He is also the author of the book Instructors Guide to Table Tennis and more than 200 articles on table tennis. Larry has been playing serious table tennis since 1976. He has been ranked among the top 30 players in the United States and has won state championships in North Carolina, Maryland, and Colorado. He is also a former National Collegiate Doubles Champion. When he's not coaching, playing, or writing about table tennis, Larry enjoys reading and writing science fiction, playing tennis and basketball, and tutoring kids in math and English.

ANNOTATION

The first book to give readers a self-paced program for learning the important skills and game strategies in table tennis. Each of the 15 steps featured in this book provides a solid foundation of basic skills and concepts as well as advanced strategies and playing techniques. Excerpted in Table Tennis Today. 141 illustrations.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

You have taken your first step to success in learning table tennis with the purchase of this book. Table Tennis: Steps to Success combines the knowledge and experience of master teacher Larry Hodges with the latest developments in learning how to become a proficient player.

Table Tennis: Steps to Success is a unique guide designed to maximize your table tennis progress. It is a breakthrough in sport skill instruction through its development of complete learning progressions-the steps to success. You will climb 15 steps on your way to table tennis success. Each step (chapter) explains why the concept or skill is important, identifies the keys to correct technique, helps you correct common errors, explains how to practice each skill in realistic ways, lists specific performance goals for each drill, gives you a summary checklist for evaluating proper technique, and lets you proceed at your own pace.

Each of the steps you will take is an easy transition from the one before. Your first few steps provide a solid foundation of basic skills and concepts. As you progress you will learn how to choose the proper stroke to match your various table tennis needs-whether for quickness, power, deception, or just fun. As you approach the top of your climb to success you will have gained confidence in your table tennis ability and experienced the satisfaction of becoming an accomplished player.

About the Author:

Larry Hodges is the national coaching chairman for the United States Table Tennis Association (USTTA) and a past vice president. He is also director and a coach at the National Table Tennis Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As a certified National Coach, Larry has worked with the best players in the country. He managed and coached at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs from 1985 to 1989, and he has been the U.S. Junior Coach at the U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships since 1990. Larry has taught table tennis classes in colleges, recreation centers, clinics, and clubs all over the United States.