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Tony Ettinger draws on more than 30 years of financial services experience to serve as senior managing director of KCK-US. Outside of work, Tony Ettinger pursues active hobbies such as table tennis.

In a table tennis match, players compete in a series of games. While international rules allow for any odd number of games, most official singles competitions challenge competitors to win the best of seven games, and teams play to the best of five. In a team match, these matches typically break down to four singles matches and one doubles match.

Games consist of volleys that start with a serve. Serves alternate every two points, and players score points by making a hit that lands on the opposite side of the table which the opponent cannot return. A point also goes to the opponent of any player who hits the ball twice before it passes over the net, or who makes contact with the ball with a body part, clothing, or side of the racket.

A player or team wins a match by scoring 11 points, though the competitor or competitors must be leading by two points to win. If the match extends beyond 10 minutes and neither party has scored 18 points or more, the umpire may stop the game and implement the expedite system. Serves then alternate, starting with the most recent server until the receiver has made 13 allowed returns, at which point that player receives a point.

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Tony Ettinger draws on more than 30 years of financial services experience to serve as senior managing director of KCK-US. Outside of work, Tony Ettinger pursues active hobbies such as table tennis. In a table tennis match, players compete in a series of games.

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Tony Ettinger - Technology-Driven Financial Services Success

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A respected financial executive, Tony Ettinger guides investments in the global, financial services industry for KCK-U.S., Inc. in New York as a Senior Manag...

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Tony Ettinger leads KCK's investing in Financial Services as a Senior Managing Director. In his free time, Tony Ettinger enjoys playing platform tennis.

Developed in 1928 in Scarsdale, New York, platform tennis has become popular as the only racquet sport played outdoors in cold weather. Matches take place on a raised aluminum deck that contains a playing area that is one-third as large as a standard tennis court. A net 34 inches high stretches across the center of the court, while a 12-foot high frame wrapped in chicken wire contains it.

Players hold solid composite paddles that include 87 drilled holes that are three-eighths of an inch wide. The platform tennis paddle weighs 13.5 ounces, whereas a standard tennis racquet would weigh no more than 11.5 ounces. The ball, made of solid rubber with a soft cover, is slightly smaller than an average tennis ball, at 2.5 ounces.

Most games take place in a doubles format and are scored similarly to tennis, though there are a few key differences. For one, once a ball lands in the court, competitors may then play it off of the wire screen before returning. Additionally, while servers have only one chance to hit the ball over the net, serves that touch the net before falling into the opposing service court can remain in play.

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Table Tennis Nation - Transforming the Game of Table Tennis

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Table Tennis Nation - Transforming the Game of Table Tennis

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A graduate of Tufts University with a Master's of Arts in Economics, Tony Ettinger went on to earn a Master's of Business Administration from Dartmouth University’s Amos Tuck School of Business. He leverages his training to serve as Senior Managing Director of Financial Services Investments at KCK LTD in New York City. Outside of his work, he maintains an interest in table tennis as a Co-Founder of Table Tennis Nation.

Table Tennis Nation got its start when Marty Reisman, a famous New York City table tennis player, met Tony Ettinger and discussed his frustration with the new sponge-based paddles, which had changed the game by allowing unreadable spins. Ettinger encouraged Reisman to redesign the standard sandpaper paddle with 11 plies of soft wood with graphite. Thus was born Table Tennis Nation, which created a new paddle that truly reflects a player’s ability.

In addition to manufacturing paddles, Table Tennis Nation has revolutionized the game with its three-on-three matches called Brawls. Bars and clubs sign up to host these competitive, fun-filled social events, and Table Tennis Nation provides the paddles and organizes the brackets.

To learn more about Table Tennis Nation, visit TableTennisNation.com.

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Based in New York, Tony Ettinger capitalizes on his more than three decades of startup financial experience in his role as senior managing director of KCK-U.S,Inc....