“After the Ohio Senior Olympics, Dad and his friends started training in earnest. They traveled to other ping-pong clubs, testing themselves against different players. Doc hired a coach, a kid in his 20s who is trying to make the actual U.S. Table Tennis team. My dad started being more conscientious about what he ate: fewer late-night potato chips, more vegetables.”

The Fountain of Youth Has a Net | September 2019 | Southwest: The Magazine

Writing by Laura Arenschield

Photography by Mary Beth Koeth

Art Direction by Desiree Espada

Creative Direction by Kevin de Miranda

Wardrobe and props provided by Broadview Heights Spotlights Theatre