Table Tennis England The Winning Edge Issue 7 | Page 3

LATEST NEWS 3 NEWS UPDATE Growing the club Claire Brockwell, our Clubs and Leagues Officer, is keen to reinforce the vital role clubs play and is offering an open invite to clubs to attend a Club and Volunteer Conference. "In order to further develop our Club and Volunteer network, we have announced dates in London and Worcester for September and intend to visit the East and North West during the 2017-18 season. “Clubs are at the heart of our sport and without them there wouldn’t be so many fantastic opportunities to play. Coaches within clubs play a huge role not only in player development, but also in providing a great table tennis experience that keeps people playing.” Claire has been busy developing case studies through Sport England’s Club Matters resource, a great source of information and advice for club organisers. Becoming the analyst It is a requirement for the Table Tennis England Coach Licence that coaches complete CPD at least once every two years. However, coaches should always be seeking to develop and improve their knowledge, due to the constantly evolving coaching environment. With that evolution in mind, we’ve set up a video analysis CPD, for which you need to choose two coaching topics, watch the embedded videos and answer the questions provided. This is a fantastic opportunity to think about how different players’ techniques and styles can be. a) What did you notice about the types of exercises that were used for the young players? i.e. a long-distance runner may carry out much more endurance based running as it is more relevant to the sport The Coaching Department is now on Twitter. Follow @TTE_CoachEd i 92720 Edited, designed and produced by Coachwise Creative. Published August 2017. Editor: Ian Slattery. Email: [email protected] Tel: [phone] Photography © Table Tennis England unless otherwise stated.