The story has been written on two continents.
Four features across Indian and American press — The Times of India, The Telegraph, India-West and The Milpitas Beat — plus three coaching articles written for JOOLA, and two Telegraph Best Sportsperson awards.
- Press features
- Four
- JOOLA articles
- Three
- Countries
- India & USA
- Awards
- Telegraph, 2001 & 2003
City boy Subham churning out champions in USA
The Kolkata edition on a local player turned American talent developer — and the students he has taken to national championships.
Kolkata table tennis player Subham Kundu wins gold at U.S. Open 2021
On the U-3800 doubles title in Las Vegas — won with his own twelve-year-old mentee, Vishal Sivakumar.
Multiball training is fundamental to early success in table tennis
Subham’s own methodology piece: why high-volume repetition builds correct muscle memory faster in young athletes, and how to time it across a season.
8 areas of benefit for physical training in table tennis
On the physical base beneath the technique — strength, speed, endurance and coordination, and what each of them buys a player on the seventh match of a tournament day.
The many advantages gained from a strong table tennis serve
The one shot a player controls completely: spin variation, placement, disguise, and the third-ball plan that should sit behind every serve.
Table tennis player Subham Kundu making a name for himself in US, mentoring next generation
The full arc — the Kolkata club, the Telegraph awards, the Railways years, and the young players he mentors at ICC.
Table tennis coach in Milpitas leads young players to win championship medals
The local paper on the ICC programme in Milpitas, Keshav Sridhar’s US Open doubles gold, and what the sport teaches beyond the table.
Before any of it was online.
Cuttings kept from the Kolkata and Bhopal papers — the school championships, the Bengal squad listings and the Eastern Railway title.
What he has said, in print.
Lines from the coverage, and from Subham himself, on how he works.
Multiball gives a player a high volume of technical repetition.JOOLA — on coaching methodology
In table tennis, you can’t win all the matches. This teaches life lessons also.The Milpitas Beat
Talent gives you the opportunity. The right training, discipline and pathway turn that opportunity into success.Subham Kundu
- Recognition
- The Telegraph School Awards for Excellence — Paes-en-Sport Award for The Best Sportsperson. Certificate of Merit, Kolkata, 25 August 2001. Certificate of Honour, Calcutta, 6 September 2003.