Article: Olympic table tennis not exactly pingpong Certified instructor offers training in the real thing at New Berlin center

A $600 robot spits out balls onto six blue, refurbished table tennis tournament tables where Donald Winze has started the area's first Olympic Center for training table tennis players.

The center, in the gym at the Hickory Grove Community Center, Sunny Slope Road and Cleveland Ave., is sponsored by the city's Parks and Recreation Department.

Winze, 55, of New Berlin, a nationally certified Olympic coach and table tennis umpire, has won numerous area tournaments. He will operate the center Saturday nights from 6 to 9:30 p.m. "Where else could somebody come on a Saturday and get coaching and training for table tennis for $4?" he asked.

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