Instructer's Guide - Scheduling Practices

SCHEDULING PRACTICES

It is assumed here that the students you are teaching are all beginners, meaning that they have not been involved in organized table tennis. For this level, the drills and practice sessions should be kept simple. Yet variation is the spice of life, especially for young kids. They should be given different drills to try whenever possible. This doesn’t mean that they can’t ever do the same drill twice. Far from it! But the same drills shouldn’t be scheduled every day. New ones should be thrown in whenever possible.

Another way to make a practice session more interesting is to mix in various games, such as those learned in the chapter Games Kids Can Play. Don’t spend all of every session playing these games. Otherwise, the kids will not improve and they will come to expect nothing but games. Getting them to practice later on will be difficult.

Following is a list of drills the kids can do. Note that most of them require footwork, and the kids should be shown how to move their feet! Most drills should be done in five to ten minutes, although you can have them go on much longer if you can make a game out of it. Pick out the ones you think will be most helpful and start your session!

Immediately after the Drill Library is an outline of a three-week table tennis class targeted for fifth and sixth graders. For other ages and classes of other lengths, you should vary the schedule somewhat.

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