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Ping pong club
Issue date: 10/2/08 Section: Opinion
I am a proud member of the Prodigy Ping-Pong Club ("Ping pong tournament opens today," Sept. 25). The students and I play to have fun.
We also play to win. No one is a pushover.
Still, I have never seen the members slam their paddles on a table after losing a point or a game. I have never heard anyone use profanity. After every match, both the winner and the loser shake hands.
Two years ago, one of the players who had just scored a point in a close game asked his opponent if he would like to take it over. He thought that one of the players who was playing on the table next to their table had interfered slightly. They took the point over. As a result, the first player lost that point, which ultimately cost him the game.
Last year, I wrote an article on sportsmanship that appeared in the Hillsdale Daily News. The article included four examples of champions in sportsmanship. The Prodigy Ping-Pong Club was one of them.
"Saga" Steve Casai
Customer Service Representative
Knorr Family Dining Room
We also play to win. No one is a pushover.
Still, I have never seen the members slam their paddles on a table after losing a point or a game. I have never heard anyone use profanity. After every match, both the winner and the loser shake hands.
Two years ago, one of the players who had just scored a point in a close game asked his opponent if he would like to take it over. He thought that one of the players who was playing on the table next to their table had interfered slightly. They took the point over. As a result, the first player lost that point, which ultimately cost him the game.
Last year, I wrote an article on sportsmanship that appeared in the Hillsdale Daily News. The article included four examples of champions in sportsmanship. The Prodigy Ping-Pong Club was one of them.
"Saga" Steve Casai
Customer Service Representative
Knorr Family Dining Room
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