JOOLA USA

Peter Li Joins the JOOLA USA Team!

Peter, 15, is a member of both the USA Cadet (under 16) and Junior (Under 18) National Teams. Rated 2367, he's won numerous national and state titles, and has been #1 ranked in his age group several times. JOOLA USA is excited he has joined our Team!

Peter uses a JOOLA Linus blade with JOOLA Energy rubber on both sides. For more info on Peter, see feature interview. (Scroll down page.)

Short Game:  Easy Does It Against Short Balls

By Carl Danner

Many players get it backwards when trying to attack in the short game: They try to hit the ball too hard, and forget about positioning.  By contrast, the right focus (for those little flips, angled pushes and the like) is on footwork rather than an attempted winner.

Washington Post Article and Video
On Feb. 26, 2008, The Washington Post did a feature article and 2.5 minute online video of the junior training program at Club JOOLA Rockville. Don't miss the video – that's Peter Li (member of both the USA Junior and Cadet Teams and newly sponsored JOOLA player – see interview) doing many of the footwork drills.

Staying Balanced to Improve Your Footwork
By Larry Hodges, USATT Certified National Coach and member of U.S. Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Try an experiment. Stand up, and lean well over to your left, so your weight is centered over your left foot. Now try moving quickly to your right. Now try this again, but this time start with your weight centered over both feet. Notice how much quicker you can move?

Name: Peter Li

Equipment
Racket:  JOOLA Linus SWE
Forehand sponge:  JOOLA Energy
Backhand sponge: JOOLA Energy
Shoes: JOOLA Rush

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Equipment Review
Mambo H
By Tom Nguyen, Equipment Junkie
Mambo H is a medium firm sponge. It has a high-friction topsheet, which makes it great for spinning and looping, especially with speed glue. Because of the medium firmness of the sponge, it's pretty good for hitting as well. It has a medium trajectory off the sponge, which makes it good for strong looping as well as hitting. Used by John Leach, Amaresh Sahu and Richard Lee. It comes in 1.8mm, 2.0mm and Max.