Fundamentals of Modern Table Tennis
                at the Green Lake Table Tennis Club
   		   with Thomas Veatch & Mark Wood

Class #1 Plan

------------------------------ Goals --------------------------------
       Schedule familiarity
       Room prep/shutdown responsibilities known
       Correct PH and SH grips known incl BH,FH,& neutral SH
       Balance/bounce ball-control drills known and capable.
       Side footwork, weight-shift drills known and capable.
       Basic FH counter stroke form correct in air & with multiball
	     with elbow stable, hand to salute position, weight shift,
	     body rotation.

-------------- Detailed Schedule and Task Descriptions --------------

4:00-4:10 Roll call, Welcome, Announcements, Plan for the Day
4:10-4:15 Room preparation:
     1 to Sweep floor
     6 to put up Tables & nets
     2 to put up Barriers
     1 to put out practice balls; baskets; pickup-nets

4:15-4:25 Warmup, stretch, jog.
3 min	Jogging 3 half-gym laps
	Leaping 1 lap
	Sideways running 1 lap each direction.

	Stretches:
.5m	  Arm swings
1min      Elbow over head
1min      Interlocking fingers 
1min	  Sit on floor reach for toes
1min      Sitting, one leg straight, other knee up, 
	    cross elbow behind knee
	    to rotate/stretch spine.
1min	  Calf stretches (lean against wall)
1min	  Standing, one leg straight, one leg bent, stretch to each side

4:25-4:40 talk (intro, grip)
5 minutes: 
  Introduction to Table Tennis:
   1800's parlor game, cork balls and cigar-box paddles
   1901: celluloid (from cotton) balls
   1903: pimpled rubber racket covering (enabled chopping)
   1920's 1st World Championships
	  Hungarians developed hardbat away-from-table chop and pick-hit 
   1930's-40's expedite rule (a 1hr point in 1936 World's), 
	       lower net to 6" to help offense, no finger-spin.
   1952 Hiroi Satoh, sponge World Champion with FH loop.
   1960's: China takes over from Japan
   1970's anti & long-pips => different-color rule
   1988 first Olympics
   ~2000: big ball, 11 points, no hiding.

10 minutes: 
Grip:
PH 1.5 joints forefinger, 0.7 joints thumb, middle/ring/pinky support each other
SH forefinger on edge, thumb around handle attachment.
   Squeeze forefinger and thumb.  Rub rubber off in a month.
   FH, BH, and neutral grips.
Seemiller, V grip.

4:40-4:43 3 minutes Stance
  Stance: FH open, BH square.  Bent knees.  Free arm: elbow in, ||, lead.
	Weight-shift & rotate during stroke.
	weight shift away from table 1-2, 1-2
	(free foot floats)

4:43-5:03 20 minutes FH Counter Air
FH Counter:
   3 minutes Air stroke demonstration.
   12 minutes
   Hold them through it, set fingers, feet, elbow,
	stroke 45 up forward
	endpoint is in salute position, AoA 3 o'clock, 
        windup not past square, 
	stroke outside forward then up with weight-shift and body rotation
	elbow 100 degrees

   Everyone comes to table and show they can do it 2x right then stop.

   5 minutes:
   Mirror coaches then mirror each other or two rows to watch the
    players in the front row who mirror the coach 10x then stop.

5:03-5:25 bounce/balance/toss practice during coach-multiball FH counter 
3 minutes: Bounce ball down with hand.
Balance ball on FH surface: (2min) stand, (3min)walk, (3min)run around table.
Bounce ball on paddle with help until success (5 min)

Serve toss from palm & catch.  Short (2 min).  High (3 min)

FH AoA4 bounce high with perfect gentle multiball feed.
   Prove it with the coaches (during bounce/balance/bounce drills)

5:25-5:30 water break
   
5:30-5:39 side-step footwork.
  3 minutes side hops (1-foot down only)
  3 minutes side shuffle (middle foot down replacing other)
  3 minutes continous side shuffle

5:40-5:50 FH stroke practice to counter-driving on table.
   Practice it with each other via toss hit catch repeat (5 minutes)
   Coaches watch for success.
   Toss/hit/catch/repeat with partners, with coaches checking.
   Coaches enter with multiball until countering multiples
   and ready for partner counterdriving
   (Free players can do bounce on wall drills).

5:50-5:55 warm-down
   2 min. 3 laps jogging
   1 min. Wall sit 30 seconds
   2 min. stretch legs again.

5:55-6:00 Goodbye.
   Encourage early/on-time next time for room prep.
   Encourage practice with wall bounce at home
       Return with counts of repetitions without missing (at least 25)
	    FH bounce up
	    BH bounce up
	    FH/BH alternating bounce up
	    Wall bounce FH (find a place noone minds!)
	    Wall bounce BH
    	    FH/BH alternating Wall bounce
	    Floor bounce FH
    	    FH/BH alternating Floor bounce

        FH stroke memorization: 
 	    watch yourself in the mirror until you like it,
	    do it with your eyes closed a couple of times.
	    repeat until you see it looks good when you open your eyes again.

        Bring questions next time.