OUR TABLE TENNIS COACHING

About Fremont Table Tennis Academy Students

Fremont Table Tennis Academy (FTTA) is one of the first full-time table-tennis clubs in the US. Students receiving coaching achieve excellent results making FTTA one of the top performing clubs in the nation. Our students often win first place locally and often average one medal won participating student in the premier US tournaments, the US Open and US Nationals. FTTA is designated as a USA Table Tennis National Center of Excellence as one of the top clubs in the nation. Personal attention is giving to each student in the table-tennis classes, whether a fresh beginner with no prior experience or seasoned tournament player. Group and private table-tennis lessons are available daily. Shashin Shodhan leads the coaching at FTTA.

About Fremont Table Tennis Academy Founder and Head Coach Shashin Shodhan

FTTA Head Coach Shashin Shodhan is one of the top US players and coaches. He has been around the sport of table-tennis his whole life with over 30 years of experience. In 2000, he represented the US at the 2000 North American Olympic Trials where he was one of the top performers in both singles and doubles. In preparation for the Olympic Trials, he took a total of 3 years off his studies at UC Berkeley, including 1.5 years off directly before the trials. He trained at Olympic and World Champions Sweden and China for extended periods over 10 times. His travels also took him to Germany where he practiced with a first division German Bundesliga club for 3 months. At the world’s top clubs and countries, he has played with some of the world’s best players under some of the world’s best coaches. He has also won 15 US national titles in various age and rating events. 

Shashin leads the group and private lessons at FTTA. He has the highest level of certification possible with USA Table Tennis, National Coach, and with the International Table Tennis Federation, Level 3 Coach. He has taught table-tennis at Stanford University for 8 years and his students are among the fastest improving and top performing players in the nation.

He also leads the table-tennis lessons at the Tri-Valley, San Jose, and Newark branches.

Shashin is a graduate of Mission San Jose High School in Fremont and UC Berkeley and has lived in the Fremont area since age 6.

Fun Facts of Shashin Shodhan

Some interesting tidbits are that he has played with or learned from 10 World Champions. He has won games against a World #1, World #2, and a World #3. In 1997, he was a member of the US team at Stanford celebrating the 25th anniversary of historic Ping-Pong Diplomacy. This mainstream event restored diplomatic relations between the US and China in the early 1970s. His international experience has taken him to two World Tours, the 1999 Swedish Open and 2007 China Open. He beat 4-time Pan Am Games gold medalist Thiago Monteiro of Brazil at the Swedish Open. At the China Open, he narrowly lost to World top 100 Wu Chih-Chi of Chinese Taipei, a former doubles partner of World Doubles Champion Chuan Chih-Yuan.

Pictures of Shashin Shodhan With the Legends in the Sport

 

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH JAN-OVE WALDNER

    Shashin Shodhan has been to the home club of Jan-Ove Waldner, arguably the greatest player in the history of table-tennis, in Sweden many times.

     

    Pictured with Sweden’s Jan-Ove Waldner who has Olympic gold and silver and 6 World Championship golds and is arguably the GOAT. Shashin has been to his home club, Angby, in Stockholm, Sweden many times and been in the same training group and has played with his World Champion teammates. Shashin was roughly 50-50 in practice games with Waldner’s Angby elite league teammates and practice partners in Stockholm, Sweden when he was training full-time.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH JOO SE HYUK

    PAST AND PRESENT

    Pictured with Korea’s Joo Se Hyuk with the past picture being when Shashin was on the US junior national team and Joo on the Korean junior national team. The past picture was at an international junior tournament in Taiwan which Joo won. Joo would go on to become a World Championship Men’s Singles and Olympic silver medalist.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH QUADRI ARUNA

     

    Pictured with Africa #1 Quadri Aruna who became the first African to be an Olympic men’s singles quarterfinalist in 2016. Shashin played against him at the 2017 LA Open where he played even with him (17-16 in points) in the second half of the match.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH MIKAEL APPELGREN

     

    Pictured with Sweden’s Mikael Appelgren who is a 3-time World Team Champion and 3-time European Men’s Singles Champion. This was during Shashin’s first ever trip abroad for training at age 14. During later trips, Shashin has practiced with him and was in his training group in Stockhom, Sweden.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH JIANG JIALIANG

     

    Jiang Jialiang of China was 1985 and 1987 World Men’s Singles Champion. Shashin did an exhibition with him when he came to Northern California. Shashin has been to China 5 times for practice where Jiang was one of the most famous people in the 1980s. One of Shashin’s table-tennis highlights in China was being able to watch the closed Chinese National Team practice with all the World and Olympic Champions present. One of his playing highlights in China includes beating nearly all the top players in one of the biggest city teams in Chengdu, including players being considered for the Chinese 2nd National Team.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH VLADIMIR SAMSONOV

    PAST AND PRESENT

    Pictured with Belarus’ Vladimir Samsonov who is a 3-time World Cup Champion and 3-time European Men’s Singles Champion. The past picture was after a Bundesliga match where the team Shashin was practicing with played against Samsonov’s legendary Dusseldorf team.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH ANDRZEJ GRUBBA

     

    Pictured with Poland’s Andrzej Grubba in Grenzau, Germany where the Bundesliga team Shashin was practicing with played against Grubba’s Grenzau team. Grubba was a World Cup Champion and 3-time World Championship Medalist.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH JORGEN PERSSON

    Shashin Shodhan has been to former World Champion Jorgen Persson's home club many times and had the same coaches as him.

    PAST AND PRESENT

    Pictured with Sweden’s Jorgen Persson who is a 5-time World Champion. Shashin has been to one of his home clubs in Sweden many times and had the same coaches as him.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH JEAN-MICHEL SAIVE

     

    Pictured with Jean-Michel Saive at a tournament in Chicago where Shashin hit with Saive. Saive has been a household name in Belgium for a long time. He has been World #1, European Men’s Singles Champion, and World Championship Men’s Singles and Team Silver Medalist, and Belgium’s Olympic flagbearer twice.

  • SHASHIN SHODHAN WITH JORG ROSSKOPF

    PAST AND PRESENT

    Shashin took this past picture of Jorg Rosskopf moments after winning his second Olympic medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Shashin was doing stats and scorekeeping. Rosskopf is now the German National Team Coach of former World #1s Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov, two of the best players ever from Europe.