Kim Taek-Soo
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Kim Taek-Soo (born May 25, 1970) is a male former table tennis
player from South Korea
. He is best known for his powerful forehand, amazingly quick footwork and perhaps the best traditional penhold backhand in the history of table tennis. Taek Soo played the penhold style and used a single side of the racket as opposed to the newer style of reverse backhand looping that has become a big part of the Chinese penhold arena.
As of 2010 Kim Taek-Soo has been announced as the new national coach of the Korean National Team for table tennis. It is unknown when he will take over from the current head-coach Yoo Nam-Kyu
.
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player from South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. He is best known for his powerful forehand, amazingly quick footwork and perhaps the best traditional penhold backhand in the history of table tennis. Taek Soo played the penhold style and used a single side of the racket as opposed to the newer style of reverse backhand looping that has become a big part of the Chinese penhold arena.
As of 2010 Kim Taek-Soo has been announced as the new national coach of the Korean National Team for table tennis. It is unknown when he will take over from the current head-coach Yoo Nam-Kyu
Yoo Nam-Kyu
Yoo Nam-Kyu is a male former table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics....
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