FOR PRIVATE COACHING, CONTACT COACH GARY at 410-812-7410 or use the Contact form below.
Visit Gary’s website at: www.tabletennisbygary.com
Gary Fraiman – HIGH PERFORMANCE Coach with more than 45 years experience.
Hometown: Clearwater, Florida
Coach Gary: High Performance Player & Coach:
- Belarus Junior & Men’s National Team Member.
- Head Provincial Coach, Minsk Province (Soviet Union).
- Head coach of the Sport School for Table Tennis, Derzinsk, Belarus.
- Arrived in the US in 1977 – conducted countless coaching clinics, training camps and private lessons as well as running tournaments.
- Coached and played in Baltimore, Maryland for 30 years.
- Relocated from Baltimore to Clearwater, Florida in 2007.
- High Performance Coach at Sunrise Table Tennis Club, Clearwater, Florida.
- National coach of USA Para Team.
- Personal coach of USA Para Team members Jenson Van Emburgh, Tara Profitt and Valerie Ann Rolph.
- Coaching for all levels and ages
- STTC coach for over 11 years and coach to over 300 players
Awards:
- 2016 USATT Paralympic Coach of the Year
- 2018 USATT Paralympic Coach of the Year
- 2019 USATT Paralympic Development Coach of the Year
- Safe Sport Certified
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- International Table Tennis Federal Level 1 Coach (ITTF)
- United States Association of Table Tennis (USATT) Regional Coach
- Safe Sport Certified
Some of the players Coach Gary has coached:
- Dave Sakai: many times senior USA champion
- Brian Masters: Pan American games Gold Medalist
- Peter Li: Finalist, US Closed National Men’s Singles Championships
- Tong Tong Gong: rated 2300, member of US Cadet National Team
- Jack Gelman: rated 2290
- Vladimir Poradich: rated 2268
- Jeff Smart: former member of US National Collegiate Team
- Jenson Van Emburgh: bronze medal winner at Tokyo 2021 Paralympics
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