Product Description

Whether you’re a competitive tournament player or a serious recreational player, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies will help you improve your game.

Dan Seemiller, 5-time U.S. singles and 11-time doubles champion, shows you all the shots and strategies for top-level play. The book features 29 drills for better shot-making, plus Seemiller’s own grip and shot innovations that will give you an edge over the competition.

Featuring the most effective table tennis techniques and strategies, Winning Table Tennis shows you how to

• choose the right equipment,

• serve and return serves,

• use proper footwork and get into position,

• practice more efficiently,

• prepare for competitions,

• make effective strategy decisions in singles and doubles play, and

• condition your body for optimal performance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69415 in Books
• Published on: 1996-10-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 184 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780880115209
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
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""Danny does an excellent job for all serious tournament players wanting to go to that next level. If you can't make it to one of Danny's private camps, this book is the next best training assistant.""
Sean P. O'Neill
Two-time member, U.S. Olympic Team
National Coaching Chairman, USATT

From the Publisher
"Danny does an excellent job for all serious tournament players wanting to go to that next level. If you can't make it to one of Danny's private camps, this book is the next best training assistant."

Sean P. O'Neill Two-time member, U.S. Olympic Team National Coaching Chairman, USATT

About the Author
Dan Seemiller knows table tennis, drawing from years of professional competition, international-level coaching, and his love of the game.

Seemiller was the #1 player on the U.S. table tennis team from 1973 to 1983. He was U.S. singles champion 5 times and doubles champion 11 times, winning 8 years in a row. In 1977 he and his doubles partner made the quarter finals of the World Championships--the first U.S. team to go that far in international competition. During his playing career, Seemiller reached a world ranking of #19.

Seemiller, who coached the U.S. National Men’s table tennis team in 1988 and 1989, has been teaching table tennis at clinics and camps for more than 20 years. He is the inventor of the American "Seemiller grip," which combines two other popular grips to provide better racquet control.

Past-president of the United States Table Tennis Association (USTTA) from 1990 to 1995, Seemiller was unanimously inducted into the USTTA Hall of Fame in 1995. He now coaches and travels throughout the world, giving clinics on table tennis and producing instructional videos. For more information on Seemiller’s clinics and videos, call 412-884-5864.

Seemiller lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Valerie, and their children, Sara and Daniel, Jr. He enjoys golf, softball, and yard work.

Coauthor Mark Holowchak combines a keen interest in sport performance with a great enthusiasm for table tennis. He has been an avid player since 1973 and has been coaching power lifters at the University of Pittsburgh since 1988.

Holowchak has written numerous articles on fitness, nutrition, strength training, philosophy, and sport psychology for weightlifting and table tennis magazines. He has a master’s degree in philosophy from Wayne State University in Detroit and a master’s degree in history and philosophy of science from the University of Pittsburgh. A member of the USTTA, he is completing his PhD in history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Holowchak lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and enjoys lifting weights, reading, and traveling.

Customer Reviews

A " MUST READ" for all Table Tennis enthusiasts.
I am a Singaporean. You do not find many books on Table Tennis on sale here. So when I went to London, I bought 3 different books. Of the 3,I found the book by Dan Seemiller the most comprhensive and informative.

Before, I had a lot of problems initiating an attack against opponents who utilise heavy underspin pushes and chops. Dan's book helped me master the skill of looping against underspin and thereby allowing me to initiate the attack. I found that a lot of players are not able to counter the spinny arch loop. As a result, I am more confident of my strokes and have moved a couple of rungs above my opponents.

I would like to recommend this book to all who wish to improve and perfect their game of Table Tennis.

Indispensable for TT players who really want to win.
This book is for players who already know how to play TT. It doesn't include the TT rules. Ideal for intermediate-level players who want to progress up to "professional" level. This book describes all the major strokes and footwork. It's the only book that describes the various services both forehand and backhand. (Table Tennis from A to Z by Messinis contains only a cursory and theoritical examination of the services.). But the best part about this book is the one about how to shape up yourself for the tournament. The warm-up/warm-down exercises are great. The chapter on nutrition is excellent. The chapter on strategy is brilliant. Furthermore, the "tone" of this book is quite reader-friendly: it's like hearing the author speaking by your ears. In short, buy this book and I guarantee you'll never regret it.

A must have for any new players.
This is a good book which goes through the basic and advenced strokes of the game including how to be a world champion. The only bad thing is having to read and understand all those confusing directions about where to move your paddle and your hand.