Warm up and stretching techniques for table tennis players

[Kim4U]

Zheng Chaoying, during the ITTF World Cadet Challenge, gave a lecture to the young players about various warm up and stretching techniques they have to practice to maintain their healthy body throughout their career.
- in Shanghai, China, October 2016.


In Part 1 he talks about:

- introduction to the 3 steps of warming up - pre warm up, general warm up & specific warm up (0:00-2:00)

- pre warm up techniques (2:00-4:11)

- general warm up techniques (4:11-7:31)

- specific table tennis warm up techniques (7:31-10:25)

- neural Activation & speed training techniques (10:25-12:13)

- more complex warm up techniques & small muscle activation exercises (12:13-16:49)

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In Part 2 he talks about:

- various stretching exercises with a tennis or golf ball that table tennis players should do after a match (0:00-5:37)

- explanation of different types of speed training exercises - response speed, gesture speed and the speed of the entire body (5:37-7:00)

- about neural response, body coordination & explosive power and how it affects a players speed (7:00-15:34)

- specific exercises aimed to increase a table tennis players speed (15:34-22:03)

- agility training exercises using the rope ladder (22:03- 25:13)