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After being related to table tennis from different roles such as a player, technician and leader for more than 50 years, I have the great honor as well as the responsibility to write this prologue for teacher Oscar Roitman's book. Before referring to the book itself I want to make some considerations about its author.

As few sportsmen Oscar Roitman is the appropriate synthesis of effort, intelligence and professionalism to the service of this sport. I had the opportunity to give him many tasks of responsibility, especially when I was the president of the Argentinian Table Tennis Federation. He fulfilled all the expectations regarding his job in relation to the institution as well as in other issues audited by the National Entity of Sport High Performance by the Sport Ministry of the Nation among others. Undoubtedly the author of this book has a lot to do with the development of table tennis in Argentina, leading the process related to the discovery of the Argentinean representatives in the Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires and with the improvement of the Argentinean team players.

Oscar devotes the first pages to describe his initial step as a beginner table tennis player until he reached his best level in the national team or when he took part in international competitions such as the World Senior Championship held in 1993. In those pages the author shows nostalgia, excitement, pride and thankfulness to the sport that had marked his whole life.

The next pages, with different contents and experiences, are attractive from the human point of view and enlightening from the professional view. He presents his many and rich experiences as a table tennis technician and coach in our country as well as in other countries such as the USA or Spain.

The following chapters explain the author's knowledge, information and experiences obtained in those different roles.

Thus, the author goes from the very first steps of learning how to play table tennis until high sport performance, developing all the levels related to training, tactics and strategies as well as everything related to the appropriate elements. The author shows his pedagogical way of training and his authentic devotion to ethic principles and values about the sport and in relation to the effort leading to sport success.

It is worth to mention that the book exceeds the sport and it pays attention to the importance of the parents' role and their influence on the athletes' development.

In summary, teacher Oscar Roitman's book is an excellent vehicle to describe his relationship with table tennis as well as to show the great input he gives to the professional aspect of it, showing great passion and encouraging others to share it.

Nestor J. Tenca

ITTF Executive Vice president (2017….)

Lawyer

President of Argentinian table tennis Federation (1998-2002, 2006/2016). -

President of South American table tennis Confederacy (2011-2017). -

Member of the Olympic Argentinian Committee (2001-………). -