Hui Yuan Liu, the founder and head coach of New York Table Tennis Club (NYTTC).

Coach Liu was a professor at the Henan Province Sports Institute. He obtained the Master Degree in ping pong theory and training at the Chinese Sports University as well. He was a professional player with the Chinese Liberation Army team and received the honor and title of Sports Master in Ping Pong.

After he arrived in the U.S. he was the Champion of Man’s Single of over 40.

Coach Liu, from 1983 to 1986, was one of the head coaches for the Henan Provincial Table Tennis Women's team. Among the players received training from him, are the world-famous ping pong heroic woman Deng Yaping, as well as Li Qi, Huang Zhimin, Dong Li and so on.

He came to the U.S. in 1994 and in 1995, he established the New York Table Tennis Club, known as NYTTC. He currently is the head coach in the Club. He honorably received the award of the Best Coach in the United States in the year of 2006.

Among the numerous students benefiting from his club and him, Coach Liu trained a couple of young players that were competed into the USA National Cadet and Youth Teams. Many of his students are now playing as their top players in various universities and colleges, such as Columbia University, Cornell University, State University of Pennsylvania, as well as Princeton University.

Coach Liu has trained so many players who love this sport in all age’s group and in all circles. His patience, his professional training skills and theories make him one of the best coaches in the U.S., and have made great contribution to the rapid development and popularization of table tennis as a sport in the United States.

Yu Shao, coach of New York Table Tennis Club (NYTTC).

Shao Yu was a member of former Chinese Shanghai Table Tennis Team, and a member of Chinese National College Team. He is a twice U.S. National Man’s Team member and represented the United States in various world level tournaments.

Shao remains to be among the top 25 players in the U.S. He is also a multiple champions in the U.S. for men’s over 30 group.

He is featured in his solid ground in skills as he started as a young kid. The professional career makes him a coach with advanced skills, great experience. He is also known as good tempered, patient, a good friend of the young players.

Liu Juan, coach of New York Table Tennis Club (NYTTC).

Liu Juan was a former Chinese National Women Team player. She received the title of National Sports Master in Table Tennis. She started ping pang when she was 6 years old and represented China to participate many world level tournaments. The Chinese Collegial Women’s team where she played for received a few times team championship with her participation.

She plays pen hold paddle and is the most sophisticated No. 1 woman player in China, as well as in the world, to hit the balls using the back side of the racket to block and smash the balls. This skill normally is considered man’s style.

Her skills in playing and training are among the top level of this sport. She is excellent in both variety and in depth to train and to coach lower level students. She is extremely well received by all level players in the Club.

Yang Liu, coach of New York Table Tennis Club (NYTTC).

Yang was the first place in u2400 group in the 2008 U.S. Open. He was also the second place in the u2400 group in 2009 U.S. Nationals.  

He was a member of the U.S. National Cadet Team in 2002. 

Yang Liu plays with an all around skills and advanced tech. His features in coaching are to apply different strategies towards different students, young and old, man or woman to their best levels.