“You Can Only Be A Good Coach If You Are A Good Person.” A couple of years ago in 2014, I was very fortunate to interview the world-famous tennis coach, Günter Bresnik during the Tennis Classics in Budapest. I would like to share some of his great insights on coaching in this blog post. Tennis …
I was honored to interview Tamara Boros (Tami) who was the World’s number 2 table tennis player in 2002. She also won bronze medal at the World Championship in Paris in 2003. She shared with me how grateful she is for her coach, Neven Cegnar who was her coach for 20 years. She could not …
I had a chance to interview the current Hungarian Women’s Table Tennis National Coach, Peter Teglas. He gave his insight about what talent means. So, what makes the best players stand out from the rest? They can compete much better in high pressure of tournaments. I think the best players excel in the most stressful …
I had a chance to visit Statisztika Petofi Sport Club Budapest (called Laszlo Ormai Table Tennis Club now) my home club where I learnt everything about table tennis. Statisztika is the most successful female table tennis club in the world by winning European Champion Clubs twenty-five times and winning Hungarian Champion Teams for forty times! I …
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I was really excited to visit the Bay Area for several days last week. I attended a wedding where my dear friend and former doubles partner (we finished third place at the US Open in 2009) and Olympian, Jackie Lee, just got married to Jonathan Nielson. Jonathan and Jackie have an amazing story. They met …
