Massimo Costantini, the monkish Italian choosing to coach Indians over running a cocktail bar at his Italian port home-town | Sport-others News
His thick-rimmed glasses have become his trademark look. He’s fair-skinned, short-statured, and has thinning, curly hair, usually grey or white. We’re not talking about the legendary American director Woody Allen, though you’d be forgiven for mistaking Indian table tennis national coach Massimo Costantini for the director of ‘Match Point’ and other great blockbusters. In a way, Costantini, who hails from a small Italian port city Senigallia, is director-esque too. But rather than stand behind a camera, he prefers to stand behind a table, with a TT paddle in hand. Right now, he’s directing his Season 3 of Indian table tennis, the most crucial season that could change the future of the sport in the country. And he’s doing it with calmness but firmness, friendliness but staunch professionalism. India’s Table Tennis coach Massimo Costantini The globe-trotting 66-year-old has enjoyed a fascinating coaching career which has seen him guide his home country Italy besides UAE, and even the USA. He’s won the ITTF Coach of the Year award and is inducted into the California Table Tennis Hall …