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Olympics T
Table Tennis Coaching Guide
Planning a Table T
Tennis Training & Competition Season

Training Topics for B
Beginners
Lesson 1

Ge
eneral introduction to equ
uipment, prop racket grips, and basic strokes
per
c

Lesson 2

Ba and racket grip drills –- introduce for
all
t
rehand (or forehand count
ter), and prac
ctice
fo
orehand with tossed balls and rallying o feeding dri
a
or
ills

Lesson 3

Co
ontinue ball and racket gri drills –- intr
a
ip
roduce backhand (or backh
hand counter stroke –-
r)
pr
ractice backha with toss balls and rally with for
and
sed
rehand and b
backhand

Lesson 4

Introduce forehand and bac
ckhand push s
stroke, and p
practice with b
balls tossed o hit by
or
oaches –- intro
oduce proper footwork tec
chnique through demonst
tration and drills
co

Lesson 5

Em
mphasis on pr
roper footwo including hitting and m
ork
moving, feeding drills, and rally
ga
ames

Lesson 6

Introduce basic forehand an backhand service and r
c
nd
return

Lesson 7

Te
each rules of competition and preparat
tion for matc h play

Lesson 8

Match play

Training Topics for Interm
s
mediate Athletes
Lesson 1

Re
eview all strokes

Lesson 2

Em
mphasis on pr
roper footwo and move
ork
ement including hitting and moving, fee
eding
dr
rills, and rally games

Lesson 3

Se
erve and return technique

Lesson 4

Introduction of advanced te
f
echniques (fo
orehand/back
khand block, f
forehand/bac
ckhand
hand/backhan chop) –- Te
nd
each proper technique for hitting again a lob
nst
loop, and foreh
hot
sh

Lesson 5

Em
mphasis on st
troke technique and prepa
aration for match play

Lesson 6

Sin
ngles strateg practice dr and point situations (d
gy,
rills
t
doubles strat
tegy and prac
ctice may
als be introdu
so
uced)

Lesson 7

Re
eview and pra
actice

Lesson 8

Match play aga
ainst teammates, other Sp
pecial Olympics teams, or n Special O
non
Olympics
mparable abil
lity
athletes of com

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ympics Table Tennis Coaching Guide –- July 2014
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Hand Ball Drill
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