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PongNow: Interview with Richard McAfee

PongNow: Interview with Richard McAfee

(by Steve Hopkins)

The PongNow interview series discusses table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport.

In this edition we have USATT Hall of Fame Member Richard McAfee.  Richard had an impressive career as a player before becoming one of the best known coaches in the United States.

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In this edition, Richard McAfee discusses his early playing career, his stints as coach of a number of training programs, his time as head coach at Anderson College, and his experience managing table tennis at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.

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