Physical Preparation for Table Tennis Players

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Aiden Oakley is a Strength and Conditioning Coach currently working at The ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence with the Table Tennis program in Doha , Qatar from 2016.

He is a UKSCA Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach, NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. As a pedagogue, he likes to say: "the teacher has not taught until the student has learned".


During this lecture he talks about how essential physical preparation for young Table Tennis players is, focusing on 10-12 year olds.


In Part 1:

- The Aspire Pathway, the youth physical development model & peak high velocity (0:00-3:11)

- Developing fundamental movement skills and sport specific skills & the dangers of muscle overuse without adequate physical development (3:11-7:50)

- Detailed explanation of different warm up exercises, the importance of flexibility and mobility & how it helps with injury prevention (7:50-13:44)

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In Part 2:

- Physical development, the importance of whole body, multi-joint movements & what a good movement should look like (0:00-4:16)

- How to incorporate physical development exercises into your warm up & how to adapt training regimes to individual players (4:16-7:49)

- Monitoring the training intensity of your players & engaging them with different types of work outs (7:49-14:01)