Table Tennis: Steps to Success
By Larry Hodges
This is a scan of the actual pages. Later I hope to create a more user-friendly HTML version.
Originally published by Human Kinetics Publishers in 1993, revised in 2006.
The Whole Book (68MB)
By Chapter
- Cover
- Title and Copyright pages
- Table of Contents
- Prefaces and the Steps to Success Staircase
- Table Tennis Today (About the sport, methods of practice, history, the rules)
- Table Tennis Equipment
- Warming Up For Success
- Step 1 - Grip and Racket Control
- Step 2 - Spin and Racket Angles - It's a Game of Spin
- Step 3 - Ready Stance and the Forehand and Backhand Drives
- Step 4 - Beginning Serves - Getting the Initiative
- Step 5 - Positioning and Footwork - How to Move to the Ball
- Step 6 - Pushing - Your Basic Backspin Shot
- Step 7 - Blocking - Close-to-the-Table Defense
- Step 8 - Looping - Topspin Attacking
- Step 9 - Flipping - How to Attack Short Balls
- Step 10 - Chopping - Backspin Defense
- Step 11 - Lobbing - How to Return Smashes
- Step 12 - Advanced Serves - Really Getting the Initiative
- Step 13 - Playing Styles and Rallying Tactics
- Step 14 - Advanced Serve and Receive Strategy
- Step 15 - The Physical and Mental Game
- Playing in Tournaments
- Rating Your Total Progress
- Glossary
- About the Author - circa 2006
- Back Cover