Fundamentals of Modern Table Tennis at the Green Lake Table Tennis Club with Thomas Veatch & Mark Wood Class #2 Plan ------------------------------ Goals -------------------------------- Schedule repetition, prep/shutdown orderly Students can demonstrate PH and SH grips incl BH,FH,& neutral SH Improvement in Balance/bounce ball-control performance (longer period) Repeating Side footwork, weight-shift drills with turn 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 hand out ITTF FH & BH pages 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 4:25-4:35 talk 10 minutes on Table Tennis homework questions: When was TT invented? 1800's parlor game, cork balls and cigar-box paddles When did balls go from solid to hollow? 1901: celluloid (from cotton) balls When did they invent pimpled rubber? 1903: pimpled rubber racket covering (enabled chopping) When was the first world Championships? (1927?) 1920's 1st World Championships Who were the first world Champions? Hungarians developed hardbat away-from-table chop and pick-hit When/how long was the longest single point? 1930's-40's expedite rule (a 1hr point in 1936 World's), When/why did they change the net height from what to what? 6.5 to 6" lower net to 6" to help offense, no finger-spin. When did sponge come in? Hungarian invented but Satoh used it: 1952 Hiroi Satoh, sponge World Champion with FH loop. When did China take over? 1960's: China takes over from Japan When/why did the two-color rule come in? 1970's anti & long-pips => different-color rule When was the first Olympics? Who were the champions? 1988 first Olympics ~2000: big ball, 11 points, no hiding. 4:35-4:38 3 minutes: Grip reprise: **Get students to show grips again PH & SH FH, BH, and neutral grips. **Squeeze forefinger and thumb. Rub rubber off in a month. 4:38-4:39 1 minutes weight-shift with turn in good 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) 4:39-4:54 15 minutes bounce/balance/toss practice: Repeat everything. Philosophy of practice: SLOW -> CONSISTENT -> automatically faster. Control your own pace If easy use FH 1-2 form and bounce with ribcage 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) 4:54-5:02 8 minutes FH Counter Air FH Counter: 3 minutes Air stroke demonstration (correct is better than soon) 1 Raise 2 Relax Yazel's Form 5 minutes all copy each other in two rows facing each other, air stroke, VERY SLOWLY, correct them, even 100 reps 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 5:02-5:07 5 minutes water break 5:07-5:10 3 minutes Teach multiball feeding, 3 players: feeder, hitter, pickup person. Side of table, basket, drop kick gently 5:10-5:19 9 minutes multiball FH practice (3 minutes each) 5:19-5:24 5 minutes footwork: 1 minute weight-shift, 1 minute side hop wide 1 minute side shuffle (middle foot down replacing other) 1 minute continous side shuffle 1 minute crossing side run 3x then return 5:24-5:39 BH Introduction: 3 minutes AIR DEMO ribcage corner down punch with shoulder 1 Raise 2 Relax good stance, square full extension out PH BH, Thumb adjust, up on toes 12 minutes STUDENT CORRECTION one-by-one 5:39-5:50 9 minutes multiball BH practice, 3 minutes each. 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 mirror practice with FH air stroke. 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. Encourage practice with wall bounce at home: Coach will keep records. 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