Batskills
12-29-2007, 02:16 PM
Batskills games were devised in order to provide enjoyment and to hold youngsters' interest in competition with other sports. Batskills have constructed a series of on-the-table targets, eight in all, based on other sports: Children are clearly motivated by the games, and their control in serving or in playing basic strokes improve the more they concentrated on hitting the precise targets.
Each of the targets has been designed to encourage accuracy with a variety of strokes, and the variety of different targets available allows a large number of players to be meaningfully occupied whilst developing skills in a coaching or teaching situation."
The Rally Net needs a special mention. By raising the Rally Net (which is a second, height adjustable net placed above the table tennis net) to its highest position, the player can learn to keep the ball low by hitting it between the two nets. If the Rally Net is dropped lower still, the player is forced to keep the ball even lower. By placing the Rally Net in its lowest position, the player then learns to be able to hit higher over it, as with a high topspin loop or roll.
A skills circuit can also be devised using as many games as you have tables in which the players play all eight games. A scoring system is devised for each target, (see the teaching cards) and the winning team being the one that achieved the highest aggregate number of points after completing the circuit. A teacher could occupy 50+ children at a time within the circuit! ( based on eight tables)
Batskills have worked closely with the Youth Sport Trust to ensure that the games can be used by people of all abilities, and some of the targets can be used alongside Polybat equipment. Each relatively inexpensive game is approved by the ETTA and the French Federation, FFTT and comes with a coaching card, suggesting teaching points and differentiated skills practice ideas.
Batskills can provide a workshop session. It would be well worth taking them up on this! www.batskills.com (http://www.batskills.com)
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Each of the targets has been designed to encourage accuracy with a variety of strokes, and the variety of different targets available allows a large number of players to be meaningfully occupied whilst developing skills in a coaching or teaching situation."
The Rally Net needs a special mention. By raising the Rally Net (which is a second, height adjustable net placed above the table tennis net) to its highest position, the player can learn to keep the ball low by hitting it between the two nets. If the Rally Net is dropped lower still, the player is forced to keep the ball even lower. By placing the Rally Net in its lowest position, the player then learns to be able to hit higher over it, as with a high topspin loop or roll.
A skills circuit can also be devised using as many games as you have tables in which the players play all eight games. A scoring system is devised for each target, (see the teaching cards) and the winning team being the one that achieved the highest aggregate number of points after completing the circuit. A teacher could occupy 50+ children at a time within the circuit! ( based on eight tables)
Batskills have worked closely with the Youth Sport Trust to ensure that the games can be used by people of all abilities, and some of the targets can be used alongside Polybat equipment. Each relatively inexpensive game is approved by the ETTA and the French Federation, FFTT and comes with a coaching card, suggesting teaching points and differentiated skills practice ideas.
Batskills can provide a workshop session. It would be well worth taking them up on this! www.batskills.com (http://www.batskills.com)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e215/basil2000/untitled.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e215/basil2000/3.jpg