Courses for schools
Whether you wish to up-skill teachers or engage your students, Table Tennis England run a number of suitable courses.
Table Tennis England offers a range of courses for schools which are available to staff members and students.
Our courses are designed to support schools in developing table tennis, whether it be a pupil’s first step into coaching or officiating, or up-skilling teachers in how to engage students through table tennis.
Some of our courses are temporarily closed until further notice, however if your school is still interested in having a course delivered please fill out the form below to register your interest and we will be in touch when they open back up. Thank you for your understanding.
Current Courses
Table Tennis Leadership Award
This course is currently closed, but if you would like to join a future course, then please register your interest by completing the form at the foot of this page and we will be in touch when bookings reopen.
The Table Tennis Leadership Award could be the first step on the coaching, officiating or tournament organising administration ladder for young people assisting at table tennis clubs, after school clubs, youth centres or school holiday schemes.
Some participants will have taken a Sports Leaders Award (formerly CSLA) and should have developed good communication, leadership, organisational and motivational skills across a range of sporting activities. This course will help them to apply those skills in a Table Tennis context.
The Table Tennis Leadership Award course covers: Leadership Skills (recap), Health and Safety, Equipment, Learning to Play, Table Tennis Laws and Scoring, Organising Table Tennis Activities (fun games, competition formats, school festivals, skills awards), Volunteering (developing your skills), Selling points of Table Tennis, Where next – local playing and volunteering opportunities.
Young Officials Award
This course is currently closed, but if you would like to join a future course, then please register your interest by completing the form at the foot of this page and we will be in touch when bookings reopen.
The Table Tennis England Young Officials Award has been produced in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust, it’s main aim is to encourage more young people into umpiring and officiating in Table Tennis.
The four hour course covers:
- how to organise and deliver a wide variety of competition formats, which can be used in schools and clubs such as; Butterfly Skills Circuit, top table, ladder and group/knockout competitions.
- an introduction to basic umpiring skills.
Junior Umpire Award
Click the button below to find out more about our Junior Umpire Award.
Teachers Award
This course is currently closed, but if you would like to join a future course, then please register your interest by completing the form at the foot of this page and we will be in touch when bookings reopen.
The Teachers Award is suitable for qualified or student teachers, it is mainly a practical course and provides an introduction to table tennis with ideas of how to engage students through coaching fun activities and games
The learning programme is intended to be flexible to suit the needs of the target audience. For example, teachers working at key stages 3 & 4 may be more interested in how to develop the basic strokes, whereas those working at key stage 2 may want to focus on learning through fun games.
If you are interested in running any of the courses listed on this page then let us know by completing the form below.
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