Author : Ian Marshall
Comments : Ian Marshall is a Table Tennis Coach of distinction, and the former school teacher changed his career to pursue his Table Tennis interest, and became a writer of great repute with the ITTF. Rozeanu was born in 1921 and this book is published to commemorate the 100 years since her birth and the story of almost certainly the greatest female player the game has ever produced, Rozeanu achieved her successes despite her difficulties with the restrictive Rumanian regime, and the discriminatory treatment she received because of her Jewish heritage. A fascinating read, Was this really happening only 70 years ago?
Author : William Rees
Comments : A very entertaining tale of the Authors’ belated return to the game he so enjoyed many years ago. However this time the author lives and plays in the South of France. A most amusing book describing the trials, tribulations, struggles, and limited successes of his game. What a shame the book only ran to 71 pages! I greatly enjoyed it. I hope there is more to come.
Author : Charles Cranel
Comments : The laminated cover photo has been used at least 3 times by 3 different authors. The author of this one suggests the rules of International competition say the ball ‘should be a high bouncing hollw celluloid ball’ ??? I would advocate that anyone buying a book on ‘How To Play’ should choose a book by a suitably qualified player or coach. I would certainly not recommend this book to any pupil of mine..
Author : Graham Frankel
Comments : Graham Frankel, who did a good job on his ‘Ping’ of 2020, reaches out with his first fictional account of a young lady he has called Kate Beavis. The book describes Kate’s development and the family issues and also the growth of the fictional Shawton TTC. I agree with the front cover description of ‘an inspiring Table Tennis Story’.The intriguing story is well written and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The book does som e futuristic estimates of how our game will progress into standardisation of racquets, no coaching between games, professional players, amongst others. I wonder?? I remember the sadly missed Maurice Goldstein telling me in about 1980 ‘We should never have allowed the bloody sponge in the first place’. Things don’t always change for the better.
Author : Jack Wilson
Comments : A simple guide for beginners. Nothing really wrong with the book, but there are better beginner books at similar prices. No photos or even sketches.
Author : Danny Seemiller
Comments : The 5times US Champion sets out the Scrapbook of his exciting career. Lots of action photographs, lots of interesting stories, homilies and tales of his travels and tribulations in his global adventures. A worthy addition to my collection.
Author : Ram Krishan Saran
Comments :A short book on the basic principles of the game. No action or demonstration photographs, but there are a few sketches of posture and positions etc. Well, the title says it’s basic. What do you expect?