Fundamentals of Modern Table Tennis at the Green Lake Table Tennis Club with Thomas Veatch & Mark Wood Class #3 Plan ------------------------------ Goals -------------------------------- Schedule repetition continuing, prep/shutdown orderly Rebound ratio known, anti-spin, short pips, long pips, hardbat, pips-in Grip reviewed with last week's beginners FH technique approved and capable of easy rallying BH air stroke correct in air and with multiball Multiball skills checked FH topspin serve practiceable Footwork drills adding stroke, getting more realistic Establish paperwork trail for home bouncing, mirrors & jumprope -------------- Detailed Schedule and Task Descriptions -------------- 4:00-4:10 Roll call, Welcome, Announcements, Plan for the Day hand out ITTF serves pages Roscoe will order equipment, get discount with him at 6pm. Get report on mirror work [ ] and bouncing practice [where] Jump Rope: Buy & practice & report next time. 4:10-4:15 Room preparation: 4:15-4:25 Warmup, stretch, jog. 3 min Jogging 2.5 half-gym laps Leaping 1/2 lap Sideways running 1/2 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 2 minutes on Table Tennis remaining questions. 8 minutes talk on equipment & style Rubbers We use smooth for modern spin-attack game. Try everything. Pips for close to table: Chinese close-table fast attack Anti and long pips for immobile old players to reverse attacks Smooth for spin. Why Slow? All-Around blade speed, not OFF or OFF+. Bounce on your head to measure speed. Butterfly vs the World: Sriver on Primorac or Grubba Cost. Glue, regluing. Cleaning solvents vs water. 4:35-4:37 2 minutes: Grip review for last time's new people. **REMEMBER TO Squeeze forefinger and thumb 4:37-4:45 8 minutes bounce up/down/wall practice: Pick your own. Interrupt and coach on how easy it should be. 20% up to 80% Teach small bounce vs wall: FH 1-2 form and bounce from ribcage. Teach chop vs wall. 4:45-4:51 8 minutes BH Counter explanation & quick air practice 2 minutes FH reminders 1up2relax, weightshift for whip, turn waist/ribcage 1 minutes PH BH demonstration for everyone: thumb turn, scooping punch. 3 minutes SH BH Air stroke demonstration Shoulder down, elbow up, punch with shoulder Power Zone Free arm pullback, stiffen to help punch whippingly. 2 minutes all copy each other in two rows facing each other, air stroke, VERY SLOWLY, correct them, even 100 reps 4:51-5:00 8 minutes Footwork. 1 minutes weight-shift with turn in good stance, toes in. Philosophy of practice: SLOW -> CONSISTENT -> automatically faster. Control your own pace 30 secs: Lead-hop left, lead-hop right 1 minute: Continue but ending square on BH side, open on FH side. 3 minutes: stop, add FH and BH strokes and extra recovery hop Firm torso, quick feet, rotate center of gravity, whip paddle. 2 minutes: Reduced 4-step (1 to FH stroke, 2 in FH 3 recover 4 BH) 5:00-5:05 5 minutes water break, playing is ok. 5:05-5:17 12 minutes multiball BH 5:17-5:19 2 minutes FH service demonstration 5:19-5:27 8 minutes FH service practice: serve-catch, serve-catch. 5:27-5:36 9 minute rally BH 5:36-5:50 14 minutes FH multiball & rally (3 min each multi-ball, 2 min rally each) 5:50-5:55 warm-down 2 min. 3 laps jogging 1 min. Ball pickup, remove barriers for 2-3 tables. 1 min. Wall sit 30 seconds 2 min. stretch legs again. 5:55-6:00 Goodbye. Thanks for being on time today, room prep. Encourage bounce practice Encourage mirror work Encourage jump rope, buy one, do 100/day Put away the sign. Roscoe's Paddle Palace order. Clap hands to end it. Post-class get in line for Tom or Mark or Yazel.