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Greetings If you cannot read this newsletter, please visit our Robo-Pong web site. You are receiving this because of your interest in the game of ping pong/table tennis. Newgy Industries is the world's leading manufacturer of table tennis robots: our Robo-Pong line of robots is for recreational and expert players alike.
In the last newsletter we announced our Robo-Pong Ping Pong Ball contest to all Robo-Pong newsletter readers (only). The Grand Prize Winner of 3 GROSS of 40mm high quality 2-star orange Robo Balls compliments of Robo-Pong & Newgy Industries is: Danmin Wu--Glendale, AZ The other nine winners of 4 DOZEN balls each are: Linda Zietz--Enfield, CT Jef Savage--Mercersburg, PA Gary Erdman--Oshkosh, WI Taylor Cicotte--Kennewick, WA Janet Bovee--Hale, MI Josh Zolecki--Channahon, IL Michael Bartl--Milwaukee, WI Brian Seymour--Vonore, TN Jeremy Bunag--Paxton, IL Congratulations to our winners, and many thanks to all our newsletter readers who entered the contest. This is our second contest of 2005, and a new one is coming up soon. So stay tuned to your next Robo- Pong newsletters.
If you haven't visited the www.robo- pong.com site for a while, here is a review of what a ping pong robot is-and what it is not. One thing we failed to mention that a Robo-Pong is not: it's not an actual table tennis coach, per se. But it does a LOT of what many table tennis coaches now do with players of all levels, and that's called multi-ball training. One of the big reasons the Chinese have become so successful and dominant in the rapidly growing game of international table tennis can be attributed to their emphasis on multi-ball training. And now this type of training is being used across the globe. In simplest terms, multi-ball training is a drill in which the coach feeds a large number of balls in rapid succession to a student. Then the student can work on various parts of his or her short game, service returns, speed, power, and overall control and placement-as the coach varies the "feeds" spins, frequency, placement-typically using at least 100 or more balls per drill (that he or she grabs from a nearby container). Multi-ball training is a strenuous workout, and at least for beginners, is done only for a couple minutes at a time. The whole point is improving hand-to-eye coordination, reaction speed, and hitting/placement skills using a LOT of ping pong balls-in contrast to volleying with a single ball. For higher level players, it is often used for an hour or more and strengthens an athlete's aerobic and anaerobic conditioning in addition to teaching them to deal calmly with stress. A good coach can easily design multi-ball drills that will strengthen just about any part of the game that needs to be worked on. But the greatest benefit of multi-ball is repetition. Strokes, footwork, and other body movements must be repeated thousands and thousands of times until they become "automatic". Chinese coaches, in particular, are renowned for testing their athletes with grueling multi-ball drills. This USTTA article describes world- class athletes sucking wind in less than three minutes as they participate in multi-ball training sessions: http://www.usatt.org/magazine/03sept- oct/junior_of_month-adam.shtml Also, here is a really good article that provides a lot more advice on multi-ball training: http://www.masatenisi.org/english/multiball.htm Our Robo-Caddy is the perfect accessory to hold balls for the coach when serving multi-ball. It's adjustable in height and holds approximately 200 balls. In addition it's useful for holding balls for serve practice and for positioning your robot behind your table.
While multi-ball training is great for any level of player, it can be tough to find a coach or partner willing to spend the time firing balls at you (and doing it with the regularity, pace, and spin you want). Multi- ball training is essentially what our robots reproduce mechanically. Instead of a coach hitting balls from a container to a student, our robot does the same basic thing but without the need for the coach to be the delivery vehicle. Robo-Pong Robots do a great job of multi-ball training without having a partner. You can vary the ball speed, location/oscillation, frequency and even spin with the Robo-Pong 2040-and do it all yourself with the flip of switch at the control box on the edge of the table. The Robo-Pong net, in turn, catches the balls and feeds them back up the machine so that you can go as long as you want. And yes, if you're wondering, a lot of Robo-Pong's are sold in China, Asia and across the globe as fantastic multi-ball training aids--so that top table tennis coaches can focus even more on the fine points and coach a lot more players--and also so that players of any skill level can improve their games and have fun at the same time. Many top U.S. coaches like Yiyong Fan, Richard McAfee, Barney Reed, and Marty Prager use Robo-Pong in their coaching sessions and endorse its use by their students as an aid in learning new skills quickly.
Now you can take advantage of these new Robo- Pong specials: Robo-Pong 2040 and FREE Robo-Tote: $695 ($50 value). Robo-Pong 1040 with 24 extra balls and FREE Pong- Pal: $359 ($34 value). Robo-Pong 540 with FREE Bucket Extender: $229 ($25 value). Offers good through 4/30/05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||