Advice on Coaching Beginners

This manual from ITTF might help. Another option is to get a beginners DVD - maybe some are available in Japanese have the kids follow the video.

Edited by jrscatman - 04/18/2015 at 11:49am

HMmm speaking of TOPS, do this in this order.

Thanks everyone. This is exactly the type of advice I was after. I'll go through the manual tomorrow at school. It's quite late at the moment :)

Correct Grip. Bouncing the ball on the racket as many times as possible on forehand, and then backhand, and then alternate both sides. Forehand counterhit. You can have them throw the ball across the net to get a better sense of the motion. If you can afford a robot, it might be helpful if you cannot provide good multiball. Pay attention to have a backswing, correct contact and followthrough for each shot. If you can get a good coach or someone you can find to teach yourself, you can pass that information on to the students. Here is Ai Fukuhara's training video in japanese.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnvXAQ5p920

Edited by kenneyy88 - 04/19/2015 at 4:30am

If you only have shortime and a medium group of school kids without TT experience before, you'd better teach them excitement on TT rather than technics. Yet, correct grip, right stance, timing, placement,..are all good drills. However, do they want to be a good player or just have knowledge and experience of TT?

Usually it is very difficult for beginners to play exercises among themselves. So multiball training is very helpful for them at the beginning.
If they have learned the basic strokes, they can start with playing exercises.

Since the end of January we have recorded excerpts of training during our club training. We are also amateur players and we have recorded al lot of multiball drills. Maybe the videos can help you a little bit:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVnpFnciKxAPpNPbnQa_vwQ

If you have only less tables and a lot of players, you can also do multiballtraining with 5 or 6 players at the same time. Here is one example:
- 1 or 2 players collect the balls
- 3 players play some topsin alternately. After playing the topspins the should run around the table or run through an agility ladder.
- 1 player can block the topspin

For a lot of videos and links for beginners and developing players:

Go to North Little Rock Table Tennis Group at Senior Center on Facebook Page

You can even see a 58 shot topspin rally by male and female over 60 years of age.

The most important I think in the beginning is to make the practices as funny as possible, much variation and try to do a lot of counting. Also try not to do it to advanced in the beginning and instead keep it as simple as possible.