2017 Hopes – Swathi Giri (USA)

(Courtesy of ITTF)
2017 Hopes – Swathi Giri (USA)
Swathi Giri is USA’s most accomplished Hopes girl player in 2017. During the first three days of the World Hopes Week & Challenge, Swathi demonstrated her adaptability by tackling all training camp challenges..
Her hard work paid off when on the third day of the training camp she experienced a full session of multi-ball training with expert coach LI Xiaodong..
Swathi Giri
I started playing table tennis 🏓 when I was … 7 years old
I discovered table tennis ….in a summer camp with my club and liked it so much that I gave up tennis
When I´m not playing table tennis 🏓, my hobby is chess
What keeps me playing is … positive feedback from coaches about my improvement… that makes me want to play more
My favourite training time is … in the afternoon
My biggest strength is … my backhand
My goal in Table Tennis 🏓 is … to make it to the Olympics
My hero is … Zhang Yining
What motivates me most is … win or loose I want to learn something from my strokes and movements
I balance Table Tennis and School 📚by …. making a chart for when I have time to do my homework, projects, studying and practice

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