The Lion King Club in Taipei

I was fortunate to spend a few weeks in Taipei recently. There are many table tennis clubs there that offer coaching. I found one such club that is located by just a 5 minute walk from the Taipei Arena, called The Lion King. It's on the fourth floor of a business building. After my first coaching lesson, I looked no further for another club. The 2 coaches that I had, Jack Lin and Nemo, were Class B certified coaches. I'm not really sure what that meant, but I was very impressed with both of them. Their English level was good enough for me to understand. It costs about $30.00 per hour, and was worth every penny. I never experienced such attentiveness to everything that I didn't do correctly. They immediately provided feedback from everything from where I was contacting the ball on my paddle, to noticing that my forearm was too tense on some shots. Both of these coaches could replicate just about any serve you asked of them, as well as their placement. They then coached on the different ways to return them. They also improved my serves and their placements. Their feeling for the ball and ability to anticipate where I was directing my shots was amazing. Both of them can play at a very high level. I would guess at somewhere around 2300 or higher. I have been playing since the late 70's, and played and practiced with some very high rated players, but Jack Lin's forehand loop was the fastest I have ever tried to block. Both of these coaches were very humble and pleasant to work with. I also had the opportunity to watch the other coaches there, as they trained all ages and levels of players. I asked about Class A level coaches, and was told that there are fewer of them, and can usually be found at the National training academy. 

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