From the first day at an ITTF Training Course, you will learn that when teaching kids, table tennis must be fun for them (they need to enjoy it!), active (sometimes they have short attention spans), and educational (they need to be learning and improving). For my very young students who are under 6 years old, it is mostly fun and active. For the older students, it because more educational with more emphasis on strokes, footwork, etc…
Many of the world’s top coaches are asking the questions…
How can we get both players engaged during a drill?
How can we transition from offense to defense and defense to offense during drills?
How can we get more effective practice during a three-hour session?
When doing a private lesson, I usually have my student begin with a slight footwork drill for warm-up, consistency, and confidence. After a couple minutes, I’ll usually have him start with serve or serve return for the remainder of the drill. Many of my students are “bummed” when we start the drill with the serve because it “messes up” the drill. Before reading the rest of this article, I want you to watch a very short video of me doing a drill without the serve then doing the drill combining it with a tournament serve.
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