JOOLA USA

Hi, I got one more new coach who used to train the famous gold medalist in China. I learned a lot of tricks and real skills from him. On March 2 I will be participating in Berkerley competition. I hope I can win and get some trophies.

Hi joolausa,

This weekend is the NorthRidge tournament.I am going to try my best!I am very excited about this tournament.Every day i am practing for it.I am practing very hard for this tournament.Well I need to go practice. Wish me luck! sincerly Ethan Chua

Just came back from hong kong. I was there for like two weeks o get training.

    This nationals was probably the best tournament that I've ever played, even if I didn't get into a team or get a title. Sure I would be a little jealous if someone kept on boasting at me that they got into the junior or cadet team, but if they played terrible, meaning not trying hard, and still got in, I'd be mad, because there are other girls out there dying to getin the spot that was taken. Anyways, I had 6 events, but my main ones were the cadet trials, the junior qualification match, and U-1900.

    U-1900 was not such a disaster that I thought it would be. I played decent yet somehow, I did not manage to get to the semi-finals, forget about the finals. I played well during this event.

    The cadet trial was the highlight of my tournament. I came into the court, timid, shy, and scared. I thought that I didn't have even the slightest chance to make it into the team. My first match was against Isabella Chen, the girl who creamed me at U.S. Open. I took a deep breath, thought through it, and went into the court. Later on, I was down was 15-14 in the 5th game. I accidently let my hand jab at the ball when I pushed and instantly I knew it was terrible. She smashed it hard, very hard, and in. I knew it was over, but I certainly have done better than before against her.I would have made it into the team if only I had got one or two more points. Yet that was still a very good game. After that, I went to Isabella and gave her a hug to make sure that we were still friends because I had "friends" that left me when I beat them.  Next up, Tammy Gu, another that beat me up pretty bad at the last nationals or U.S. Open. O.K., I thought, just play hard and smart. When I played her, she would usually get the ball back, almost always. I tried very hard and beat her 3-0 but the game score was very close. I took a short break and had to play Elissa Lin next. I have never played her before, yet she was similar to me, smooth rubber on the forehand and short pips on the backhand. She was hard to play with, yet I still managed to beat her. Believe it was NOT easy. Only two more matches to go, then the teams are decided. Erica Wu. I played her several times; I both won and lost against her. The outcome was unpredictable. I played my hardest and won against her 3-0. I was very lucky due to all the nets and edges that I got. I wish that the last point of the match could be replayed, whether I lose or win, because it was too unfair beacause I got an edge. My last match was coming up after I took a seat on the gray plastic chair. Syvan Guo. She was extremely hard to play against, adding up the two minor falls that I received while playing on the slippery cement floor (not that I'm blaming it or anything, just....inconvenient). I lost to her 3-0 that disapointed me. I was hoping for at least one game . Overall, I played very well in the trials, yet I still did not get into the team, and I congratualte everybody that got into the cadet team.

    My junior qualification match was against Anne Deug, the girl that beat Lily, almost beat Ariel, and placed in the cadet team. I felt weak but still I fought. I fought hard and reached until the 5th game, but lost to her 18-16. That was stil a great match. I shook her hand, one of the last hands that I was going to shake in the tournament.

 

 

 

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  Hello all. The last month has been pretty exciting for me. I played in three major events across the U.S.: the World Junior Championships at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, the U.S. Nationals, and the U.S. Olympic Trials. Given the amount of play I have had over the last few weeks, I thought I would give you the rundown on how everything went.

  I played in the WorldJunior Championships (WJC) alongside many of my longtime National teammates (Judy Hugh, Joey Cochran, Steven Chan, and Atha Fong, etc.) as well as our country's up-and-coming Juniors like Justen Yao, A.J. Brewer, and Lily Zhang. This was my last tournament as a Junior and playing the World Championships in my home country was the best way I could have possibly asked to graduate from Juniors. Competition-wise, it was an extremely difficult tournament; after all, most of the kids playing there are planning (or at least hoping) to turn Table Tennis into a profession.  I played in the teams event first along with Joey, Steven, and Justen, all of whom were great to play with. Next we played the doubles and singles events. I played with Justen in Boy's Doubles where we lost a close 5-game match to two players from Herzegovina and with Stephanie Shih in Mixed where we lost to Darius Knight (England) and his partner from Poland. I played well in the singles event, but still didn't manage to come out of my group. Overall I felt pretty satisfied with my performance, which is always a nice feeling to have after playing an international event.

  After I finished my portion of the tournament there were still a couple of days left to finish out the main draw. I spent a lot of the day watching the later matches, but I probably spent almost as much time eating in the cafeteria. Dennis Davis provided us with what was by far the best tournament food I have ever had during a Table Tennis event, international or otherwise. The team spent the evenings playing cards, watching movies, and hanging out in the lobby where we could get free Wi-Fi. University Street's walking district was right next to the hotel, so I also spent a lot of time drinking chai in Starbucks since waking up early was no longer an issue. All in all it was a great tournament: It was a good introduction to the international Junior scene for our Cadets and a fitting ending for our "veteran" players. At least it was for me.

  Next I headed straight to Las Vegas for the Nationals. I was only eligible for three singles events (not including hardbat which, by the way, Trevor won: Congrats, man!) all of which started during the first two days, so it was a pretty short tournament. My best match by far was against Sean Lonergan in the Men's singles where I lost a close six-gamer. I lost to Han in the quarter-finals of the U-22 Men's and had a bit of a disappointing loss in the quarters of U-2400 against Lu Guo Hui after being up 2-0. He played really well though and took me in the fifth, and I consoled myself by spending a pocket-full of tokens at the Hilton's arcade with Adam Hugh.

   I just got back from the third tournament: the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Only the top 10 qualify automatically into the final group of twelve, where everyone plays against each other. The other two slots were reserved for the two highest finishers in a single-elimination qualification tournament. There were about 30 players, and I was ranked seventh.  My first two matches were against two players I think are both difficult and extremely dangerous: Justen Yao and Samson Dubina. I played very well, at least I think so, and took both matches (with way too much luck in the last game against Samson) at 4-1 and 4-2 respectively. I played against Tahl Leibovitz for the qualification slot and lost at deuce in the seventh game after having several of the greatest points of my life. About an hour or so after the match I found out that Ilija Lupulesku might not show up, and was told that a third qualifier might be able to take his spot. There was a coin toss between me and De Tran, the other semifinalist in the qualifying tournament, and I won the toss. I felt pretty lucky, even though I looked at the quarter to see when it was produced since I have been told that imbalance between the two sides of the older ones causes the percentages to slightly favor tails. I doubt there is much truth to that, but the toss did come up tails so I am happy either way.

    I ended up finishing tenth in the trials, and am really pleased with how I played. There was a spectacular crowd, especially for an American tournament (about 2000 people the whole time), and the venue was the best I have ever played at in this country. I got to compete against the top players in the country, and had some great matches in the process. Hopefully, I learned some things about my game (and theirs) that will help me improve in the future. The chance to gain exposure to so many good players in such a short time was unexpected and I am very grateful to have had it. If World Junior Championships was the perfect ending to my Junior competitions, Olympic Trials was the perfect beginning to my time as an adult player.

Congrats to Han for making #2 in the trials, and good luck in the next stage of the trials in Canada. Thanks to Richard and JOOLA USA for putting on an amazing tournament, and also to all the people at Drexel University for providing us with an outstanding venue and showing us so much hospitality during our stay. Thanks to my buddies and family for supporting me during my play, especially Trev for coaching me during all those matches. He's a regular Chen Zhibin. Also, thanks to whoever reads this for finishing such an arduous write-up.

God Bless and Happy New Year.

hi everyone, i just recently play in the 2008 olympic trials.. i had a very close lose that i should've won. i was up 2-0 and 3-2 against shashin.. and i lost.. o well.. the place was amazing and player got free snacks n drinks haha.. we went ot drexel's cafiteria for a free lunch.. it was a buffet.. yay.. but then i had to leave becuase midterms were coming up and i already missed 4 quizzesand friday was a review day, so yea...now i might jsut take a break.... for a looooonnng time.. or maybe not.. ok later

hi everyone. Am back again. My friends Harry and Sheri have been missing in action for quite a while now. Not sure where they are. Maybe they feel I don't need TT coaching from them anymore. I don't miss them though :) I enjoyed the World Junior TT Championships at Stanford. Besides watching some good matches, I went around getting some of the players to autograph my book. US Nationals wasa lot of fun. I got to play with so many players with rackets/rubbers that I have never played against before. Hard bat, long pips, medium pips, combination of hard bat, long pips etc.  How does one get experience in playing these players?. I did well with some and lost to some. Overall I played very well and got a rating jump  of 360 points. Now I am 1162 rated.  Hurrah! I took a break from Table Tennis after the nationals but now I am ready to get started again. Waiting for my TT camps to start so I can practice and improve my game more. Watch out for me at the next Nationals :)

Hey, it's me again. Lots of fun TT in December 2007. My first ever World Junior Table Tennis Championship and my first ever U.S Nationals event.  It was wonderful to see so many international juniors at the WJTTC. I participated in the Opening ceremony and that was COOL.  Got to see and play with so many different players at the US Nationals with all kinds of paddles and rubbers. Watchingthe finals of Men's and Women's events was exciting, too. I was not expecting Mark Hazinkski to lose. I did quite well overall. Getting the award from US Hall of Fame was really cooool!!! I hope to keep improving and doing better in the next US Nationals.

I have played the killerspin holiday open and me and my partner won the under 4000 teams event, on other events i did worse, on under 2100 i advenced from group but lost next game, on under 2200 i didnt advence