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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Zoran Primorac, Jan-Ove Waldner, Jean-Michel Saive, Deng Yaping, Ilija Lupulesku, Vladimir Samsonov, Bettine Vriesekoop, Chiang Peng-Lung, Kong Linghui, Nicole Struse, Jörgen Persson, Elena Timina, Wang Tao, Segun Toriola, Chen Jing, Yoo Nam-Kyu, Lee Chul-Seung, Qiao Hong, Jörg Roßkopf, Kim Taek-Soo, David Zhuang, Hugo Hoyama, Lü Lin, Ryu Ji-Hae, Kim Moo-Kyo, Park Hae-Jung, Jing Junhong, Emily Noor, Peter Karlsson, Csilla Bátorfi. Excerpt:Bettine Vriesekoop in 1992 Bettine Vriesekoop (born August 13, 1961 in Hazerswoude , Zuid-Holland ) is a former table tennis player from the Netherlands. She was European Champion in 1982 and 1992. Vriesekoop started playing table tennis in 1972. From 1977 until 2002 she played at the top level. She won the European Championship twice and was a Dutch Champion fourteen times in the singles and sixteen times in the doubles. Until 1989 she worked with coach Gerard Bakker. After that she worked successfully with coach Jan Vlieg. She studied Chinese and philosophy. Since June 2006 Vriesekoop has worked as a freelance correspondent for the Dutch daily quality-newspaper NRC Handelsblad in China. Career highlights Summer Olympic Games 1988, Seoul , women's singles, 7th 1988, Seoul , women's doubles, 7th 1992, Barcelona , women's singles, last 16 1992, Barcelona , women's doubles, quarter final 1996, Atlanta , women's singles, 1st round 1996, Atlanta , women's doubles, 1st round World Championships 1979, Pyongyang , women's singles, last 16 1979, Pyongyang , women's doubles, last 16 1979, Pyongyang , mixed doubles, last 16 1981, Novi Sad , women's singles, last 16 1983, Tokyo, women's singles, last 16 1983, Tokyo, women's doubles, last 16 1983, Tokyo, mixed doubles, quarter final 1983, Tokyo, team competition, 8th 1985, Gothenburg , women's singles, l... ... Read more

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Chapters: Werner Schlager, Chen Weixing, Liu Jia, Li Qiangbing, Veronika Heine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Werner Schlager (Wiener Neustadt, September 28, 1972) is a former world champion table tennis player from Austria. Schlager began playing table tennis when he was six years old, learning from his father and brother who were also top Austrian players, making them ideal training partners. After placing top in numerous singles and doubles tournaments, he won the 2003 Singles World Championship held in Paris beating South Korean Joo Se-Hyuk in the finals to clinch the top spot. He is therefore the first Austrian since Richard Bergmann in 1937 to win the World Championship Singles. That year, he was voted Austrian Sportsman of the Year and selected in China as "The most popular foreign sportsman". ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7413118 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Table Tennis Players of Serbia, Olympic Table Tennis Players of Serbia and Montenegro, Biba Golic, Ilija Lupulesku, Aleksandar Karakašević, Slobodan Grujić, Borislava Perić. Excerpt: Biljana "Biba" Goli ( "" ) (born November 9, 1977, Senta, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian table tennis player. She has become one of the game's top players and is known around the world for her intense play and beautiful looks. Biba Golic began playing tabletennis at age 9, becoming a member of the Serbian National Cadet team at age 12. She continued playing in the Serbia senior national system for 10 years. Biba became the Balkan Champion in Mixed Doubles, a 2-time Yugoslavian Singles Champion and the Mediterranean Doubles Champion. In 2002 she joined the Bundes League in Germany, where she played for one year. Biba is Killerspin Krew (Athletes sponsored by Killerspin) member. Biba attended Texas Wesleyan University for 18 months, on an athletic scholarship. At Texas Wesleyan, Biba became the National Collegiate Champion in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team tabletennis, and was also named the teams Most Valuable Player. She transferred to the Illinois Institute of Technology, and was the No. 2 ranked NCAA women's player. Since becoming one of the anchors of the "Killerspin Krew," Biba has used her talents to play competitively, as well as to serve as a spokesperson and heighten the popularity and awareness of the sport. Often called the "Anna Kournikova of table tennis," Biba was named as one of the "Sexiest Women in Sports" by ESPN in 2005. She has regularly participated in special events, where she performs spectacular exhibition matches, and has made numerous appearances on television news and profile shows, and most recently in Hollywood f... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17511480 ... Read more

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This study covers the latent demand outlook for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment across the states, union territories and cities of India. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 5,000 cities in India. For each city in question, the percent share the city is of it’s state or union territory and of India as a whole is reported. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city vis-à-vis others. This statistical approach can prove very useful to distribution and/or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each state or union territory and city, latent demand estimates are created for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. ... Read more

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Chapters: Ryu Seung-Min, Joo Se-Hyuk, Hyun Jung-Hwa, Yoo Nam-Kyu, Lee Chul-Seung, Oh Sang-Eun, Yang Young-Ja, Kim Taek-Soo, Hong Cha-Ok, Ryu Ji-Hae, Seok Eun-Mi, Kim Moo-Kyo, Park Hae-Jung, Kim Kyung-Ah, Ahn Jae-Hyung, Dang Ye-Seo, Kang Hee-Chan, Kim Ki-Taik, Lee Eun-Sil, Park Mi-Young, Yoon Jae-Young. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ryu Seung-Min (born August 5, 1982) is a Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition. His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from Chinese national team. Along the way, he defeated 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner with 4-1. Ryu is ranked eighth in the world as of 5 December 2007. Ryu Seung-Min plays penhold style. Unlike players like Ma Lin and Wang Hao, Ryu does not use the underside of his blade. Ryu relies on his outstanding footwork, explosive forehand loops and drives to win points. He also currently uses Xiom table tennis paddles and rubbers. He uses his signature model "Ryu Seung Min Special" penhold and has been using ProZRSM ever since his victory at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3012641 ... Read more

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Chapters: Natalia Partyka, Zhang Xiaoling, Vincent Boury, Christophe Durand, Thu Kamkasomphou, Neslihan Kavas, Borislava Peri?, Andreas Vevera. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Natalia Partyka (born June 27, 1989) is a Polish table tennis player. Born without a right hand and forearm, she participates in competitions for able-bodied athletes as well as in competitions for athletes with disabilities. Partyka won her first international table tennis medal in 1999, at the disabled World Championships. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. In 2004, she won a gold medal in the singles event and a silver in the team event at the Athens Paralympics. She also won two gold medals that year at the European Championships for Cadets, organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The latter competition was intended for able-bodied competitors. In 2006, Partyka won three gold medals at the European Paralympic Championships, one gold and two silver at the International Paralympic Committee's Table Tennis World Championships for Disabled, and a silver in the team event at the ITTF European Junior Championship. She won two silver medals and one bronze at the 2007 edition of the latter competition. Also in 2007, Partyka won three gold medals at the European Paralympic Championships, and a bronze at the ITTF World Junior Teams Championships. She competed in both the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing - one of only two athletes to do so, the other being Natalie du Toit in swimming. They were her third Paralympic Games, and her first Olympics. Competing in class 10 at the Beijing Paralympics, she won gold by defeating China's Fan Lei by three sets to nil. In 2008, she won a gold medal in the singles ev...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18602169 ... Read more

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Chapters: Table Tennis Players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Table Tennis Players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Li Jiawei, Zhang Xueling, Yang Zi, Peter Jackson, Segun Toriola, Simon Gerada. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:item Li Jiawei item Medal record This is a Chinese name ; the family name is Li (Chinese : ; pinyin : L ). Li Jiawei (Chinese : ; pinyin : L Ji w i; born 9 August 1981) is a China born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten athletes in her sport. Spotted by Singapore talent scouts in Beijing in 1995, she moved to Singapore and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis in 1996. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme .As a singles player, Li was ranked sixth in the world as of August 2008. Her highest ranking was in December 2005, when she was third. Li is also a key player for women's team and doubles, and mixed doubles events. She finished in fourth place in singles at both the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . On 15 August, the Singapore women's team composed of Li and her teammates Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu defeated South Korea 3 2 in the semifinals. However in the finals on 17 August, the team lost to China and obtained a silver medal , marking the first time that Singapore had won an Olympic medal since the nation's independence in 1965. The medal came 48 years after Tan Howe Liang won t... ... Read more

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Training methods in sport usually focus on improving either technical or tactical aspects of performance, ignoring the fact that successful performance requires the athlete to simultaneously decide what movement to perform and how it should be executed. Young elite table tennis players were trained, in a first phase, to improve their forehand and backhand movements and, in a second phase, to make a tactical switch between forehand and backhand movements. Half of the players took part in behavioral training focusing on how to perform the required movements, whereas half received additional video feedback about their technical and tactical performance (decision training). The results indicate that improvements of how decisions (techniques) and what decisions (tactics) can occur as a consequence of combining technical and tactical training. These results were stable in delayed Post-test analyses of competitive matches. It was concluded that a combination of both technical and tactical training is beneficial to elite table tennis performers, particularly during early seasonal training programs. ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary.Chapters: Balls of Fury, Ping Pong, Ping Pong Playa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Balls of Fury is a 2007 American sports comedy film starring Dan Fogler and Christopher Walken. It was directed by Ben Garant and was released on August 29, 2007. The film begins at the table tennis finals of the 1988 Olympics. Twelve-year old Randy Daytona is the American contender. He is anxious, and his anxiety increases when his father says that he bet on him despite his original promise not to. His opponent is Karl Wolfschtagg from the German Democratic Republic. During the intense first point, Daytona runs back too far and hits his head on the table. This loss, combined with the fact his father, who bet on his son to win, was killed by Triad agents of the criminal Feng, causes Daytona to leave competitive ping pong in disgrace. Nineteen years later, Daytona is working at the Peppermill Casino in Reno, Nevada, doing table tennis routines. After getting kicked out (for scaring someone that unexpectedly caused a heart attack), Daytona meets FBI agent Ernie Rodriguez who requests his assistance in taking down Feng. Daytona eventually agrees as Rodriguez informs Daytona that he needs to win some championships in order to be noticed by Feng's scouts. After losing at a local tournament to get to state, Daytona is brought to a Chinatown noodle shop to be apprenticed under a blind man named Wong, who was Feng's former mentor. Wong, even constantly calling Daytona a "Gwai-lo" (Cantonese slang for Caucasian, meaning "white ghost"), recognizes Daytona's talent. With his niece Maggie aiding Daytona, Wong chides him in his training until China Town locals vandalize Master Wong's house for him going against their edict of teaching white people ...http://booksllc.net/?id=8360654 ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Li Jiawei, Wang Nan, Zoran Primorac, Jan-Ove Waldner, Jean-Michel Saive, Ilija Lupulesku, Wang Liqin, Vladimir Samsonov, Chiang Peng-Lung, Kong Linghui, Ryu Seung-Min, Nicole Struse, Jasna Fazlić, Jörgen Persson, Peter Jackson, Li Ju, Segun Toriola, Chen Jing, Lee Chul-Seung, Jörg Roßkopf, Kim Taek-Soo, David Zhuang, Simon Gerada, Hugo Hoyama, Lay Jian Fang, Yan Sen, Ryu Ji-Hae, Miao Miao, Kim Moo-Kyo, Jing Junhong, Peter Karlsson, Jean-Philippe Gatien, Pablo Tabachnik, Song Ah Sim, Krisztina Tóth, Csilla Bátorfi, Oksana Fadeyeva. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Li at the ITTP Pro Tour Liebherr Austrian Open in Wels, Austria, on 28 October 2007 This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li (Chinese: ; pinyin: L).Li Jiawei (Chinese: ; pinyin: L Jiwi; born 9 August 1981) is a China born Singaporean table tennis player who is ranked among the top ten athletes in her sport. Spotted by Singapore talent scouts in Beijing in 1995, she moved to Singapore and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis in 1996. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. As a singles player, Li was ranked sixth in the world as of August 2008. Her highest ranking was in December 2005, when she was third. Li is also a key player for women's team and doubles, and mixed doubles events. She finished in fourth place in singles at both the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 15 August, the Singapore women's team composed of Li and her teammates Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu defeated South Korea 32 in the semifinals. However in the finals on 17 August, the team lost to China and obtained a silver medal, marking the first time that Singapore had won an Olympic medal since the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1754380 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ai Fukuhara, Kaii Yoshida, Nobuhiko Hasegawa, Wei Qingguang, Naomi Yotsumoto, Jun Mizutani, Kasumi Ishikawa, Sayaka Hirano, Kenta Matsudaira, Haruna Fukuoka. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ai Fukuhara Fukuhara Ai) (born November 1, 1988 in Sendai, Miyagi) is a Japanese table tennis player sponsored by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Fukuhara began playing at the age of 3 and became a professional at age 10. The following year, she became the youngest player ever to become a member of the Japanese national team. At age 13, in 2002, she reached the quarterfinals of the Japan table tennis championship. In the following year, she finished fifth in the world championship in Paris. In 2004, she took part in the world team championships and helped Team Japan finish third. She also speaks Mandarin fluently as she had resided in China during her early career. She attended Aomori Yamada Junior High School and graduated from Aomori Yamada High School in 2007. Both schools are located in the city of Aomori in Aomori Prefecture. As of May 1, 2008, she was ranked #13 in the ITTF rankings (the highest ranked Japanese player). As of the same date, she is also ranked #3 of players under 21, a position she has held since December 2006. She was chosen as the national flag bearer for Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Fukuhara participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at the age of 15, reaching the round of 16 in her first Olympic Games. Result Her first name, Ai, means "love" and she is often referred to as "Ai-chan" () in Japan. Her youth and talent has made her a popular sports star in Japan. She carried the Olympic flame when it traveled to Tokyo in 2004. She carried the torch once again for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1676756 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Men's singles Table Tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 with the finals taking place on August 23. 77 athletes from 44 countries are taking part in the men's single event. The tournament is a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists. The top 16 seeds in the tournament received a bye to the third round. Seeds 17 through 32 received a bye to the second round, seeds 33 to 51 received a bye to the first round while seeds 52 to 77 contested in the preliminary round. roman ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18561681 ... Read more

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This study covers the latent demand outlook for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment across the regions of Greater China, including provinces, autonomous regions (Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang - Tibet), municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Tianjin), special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and Taiwan (all hereafter referred to as “regions”). Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 1,100 cities in Greater China. For each major city in question, the percent share the city is of the region and of Greater China is reported. Each major city is defined as an area of “economic population”, as opposed to the demographic population within a legal geographic boundary. For many cities, the economic population is much larger that the population within the city limits; this is especially true for the cities of the Western regions. For the coastal regions, cities which are close to other major cities or which represent, by themselves, a high percent of the regional population, actual city-level population is closer to the economic population (e.g. in Beijing). Based on this “economic” definition of population, comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city’s marketing and distribution value vis-à-vis others. This exercise is quite useful for persons setting up distribution centers or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each region and city of influence, latent demand estimates are created for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. ... Read more

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Chapters: Venugopal Chandrasekhar, Meena Parande, Sharath Kamal, Mir Khasim Ali, Kamlesh Mehta, Poulomi Ghatak, Neha Aggarwal, Monalisa Baruah Mehta, Mouma Das, Shailaja Salokhe, Chetan Baboor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Venugopal Chandrasekhar is a former National table tennis champion from Tamil Nadu. He earned the Arjuna Award in 1982 as well as a lifetime achievement award. Among his major achievements are winning the Nationals, making the semi-final of the Commonwealth championships in 1982, and helping India progress to category I from II in the 1983 Tokyo World Championships. He has won a real life battle that would dwarf the ones on the sporting arena. The world crumbled for the flamboyant table-tennis star, when a knee operation in the mid-80s at a renowned city hospital went wrong. He was already the national champ and was making his mark on the international TT scene when he had to go in for knee surgery in a world class super-specialty hospital. Chandra was twenty-five and at his prime when he went for a relatively minor surgery to mend a cartilage tear in Sep. 1984. He should have been up and about in three or four days. But destiny had plotted something tragically different for him. Things went horribly wrong on the operation table and Chandra suffered brain damage that cost him his vision as well as control over his limbs. He had spent 36 days in a near coma state. Eighty one days in the hospital as part of 'rehab'. The treatment abroad was funded mainly from responses to a public appeal by Chandra for funds. Members of the public, other sportsmen from India and abroad, politicians, and actors responded generously. The treatment abroad improved Chandra's condition a bit. The lawsuit was filed in 1985 and it was three years...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20689175 ... Read more