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Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all safe and well.

Tuesday Challenge May 12th – Stephen Gertsen – Sports Psychology, Confidence/ Concentration

• Thanks to Stephen Gertsen who joined us on Tuesday night.
• I hope you found it worthwhile.
• We were delighted with the response.
• Hoping to have another session on Skype with Stephen next month on a different subject.
• Looking forward to that.

Tuesday Challenge May 19th – WOS Senior League Review 7pm LIVE on Skype

• We have decided this week to have a review with the senior league squad players.
• We will look back on highlights and lowlights of last season.
• Hopefully as many players as possible can attend.
• I will send a Skype link out before 7pm on Tuesday.
• When on Skype we need everyone to put there mic on mute when we start the challenge and would like to encourage you to comment through chat option.
• See this link on how modify your settings.

EKTTC Virtual Rally

• We were delighted with the response to our request for video clips for our club virtual rally.
• A big thanks to those who participated.
• Chris has produced a great club video which I’m sure you will all enjoy.
• Video clip of EKTTC virtual rally

Finally

• Long fast serves – watch and learn take notes for future practice.

Take care

Peter

Just a reminder of tonight’s call.

Tuesday Challenge May 12th – Stephen Gertsen 7pm LIVE on Skype

• We are delighted that Stephen Gertsen has agreed to join us tonight.
• He will talk on specific areas of Sport Psychology – Concertration/Focus in relation to TT.
• This will be followed by a Q&A session.
• Anyone who has attended Stephen’s club night sessions will know how varied and interesting they can be and this will be no different.
• Whether you are a coach, senior player or beginner there will be something of interest for you in this talk.
• We are looking forward to it.
• I will send a Skype link out before 7pm tonight.
• Please support if you can.
• When on Skype we need everyone to put there mic on mute when we start the challenge and would like to encourage you to comment through chat option.
• See this link on how modify your settings.

Thanks for your support

Peter

Hi again everyone,

Tuesday Challenge May 5th – Butterfly Skills – 7pm LIVE on Skype

• Many thanks to Thomas and his mum Pauline for completing the challenge on Tuesday night.
• I think both really enjoyed the challenge as much as we enjoyed watching it.
• We also appreciate the effort made by the family to make this a successful challenge.

Tuesday Challenge May 12th – Stephen Gertsen – 7pm LIVE on Skype

• We are delighted that Stephen Gertsen has agreed to join us on Tuesday night.
• He will talk on specific areas of Sport Psychology – Concentration/Focus in relation to TT.
• This will be followed by a Q&A session.
• Anyone who has attended Stephen’s club night sessions will know how varied and interesting they can be and this will be no different.
• Whether you are a coach, senior player or beginner there will be something of interest for you in this talk.
• Looking forward to it.
• I will send a Skype link out before 7pm on Tuesday.
• Please support it if you can.
• When on Skype we need everyone to put there mic on mute when we start the challenge and would like to encourage you to comment through chat option.
• See this link on how modify your settings.

EKTTC Virtual Rally

• We were delighted with the response to our request for video clips for our club virtual rally.
• A big thanks to those who participated.
• Chris is putting together the final touches to the video and will send it out as soon as it’s good to go.
• Will it receive a future Oscar nomination next time – nae pressure Chris 😀

Summer Break – Our Hypothetical Question to you – RESULT!

• As a club we would normally stop during the summer for a break between mid – June and August.
• However given the circumstance and obviously depending on when we will be given the go ahead to return.
• Would you given the option prefer to :-
  • A – Return as soon as possible and continue through summer months?
  • B – Return and restart in August?

Answer – The consensus from those who responded was A – Return as soon as possible.

Finally – Japanese Wonderkid Tomokazu Harimoto

• Clip 1
• Clip 2
• Clip 3

Who’s EKTTC’s wonderkid ? 😉

Thanks for your support

Peter

Hi Everyone,

We hope you continue to stay safe and well!

Tuesday Challenge April 27th – EKTTC Quiz

• Many thanks to those who participated in the Quiz night last week.
• All 6 teams enjoyed and had fun on the night – I think 🙂
• Well done to team Albatross, our worthy winners in a challenging quiz.
• It was great to see everyone online and good to know all were safe and well.

Tuesday Challenge May 5th – Butterfly Skills 7pm LIVE on Skype

• This week Thomas Gray and his mum Pauline have accepted the challenge.
• Thomas will coach his mum through the Butterfly Skills Bronze Improver Level.
• We look forward to them completing a successful challenge.
• I will sent a Skype link out before 7pm on Tuesday.
• Please support.
• When on Skype we need everyone to put there mic on mute when we start the challenge and would like to encourage you to comment through chat option.
• See this link on how modify your settings.

EKTTC Virtual Rally

• We are looking to create a club virtual rally on video and we need your help !!!
• Chris has put together a small clip as an example of what you could do to support you can view it as a pinned post on our Facebook page.
• All you need to do is record a video clip (on any device) and send it to my email.
• Chris has agreed to do the rest once he has all the clips.
• Thanks to those who have contributed so far.
• If we could have your clips by Friday 8th May that would be great.

Summer Break – Hypothetical Question

• As a club we would normally stop during the summer for a break between mid – June and August.
• However given the circumstance and obviously depending on when we will be given the go ahead to return.
• Would you given the option prefer to:
  • A – Return as soon as possible and continue through summer months?
  • B – Return and restart in August?

Finally

• Alan Cooke on Exercise Routine

and lastly, to all the Star Wars fans out there – May the Fourth be with you 😉

Thanks for your support

Peter

Hi Everyone

Thanks to everyone who joined Bill live on Skype on Tuesday night.

A great session from Bill which covered many aspects of TT but mainly the history of the TT bat.

EKTTC Quiz LIVE on SKYPE Tuesday 28th April at 7pm

• Next Tuesday night Chris will be our Quiz host for our club members.
• We are looking for teams for the quiz.
• If you could reply to this email with your team name by Friday night, that would be appreciated.
• We will send you a Skype link again on Tuesday night before 7pm.
• We would like as many people as possible to join us in this club event.
• We will send you more details on quiz nearer the time.
• Please try and support this event and stay connected with the club.

Take care 🙂

Hi Everyone,

National Lottery Awards for All

• This week EKTTC received a great award of £4290 from National Lottery Awards for All.
• The award is specifically aimed at setting up Pop In and Play and the benefit we believe it will bring to our community.
• Many thanks to Brendan for his terrific work on another successful application.

EKTTC Challenge LIVE on SKYPE – Tuesday 14th April 7pm

• Many thanks to Robbie Mackenzie and his dad Scott for entering into the spirit of the EKTTC challenge last Tuesday night.
• Both completed the challenge and provided us with a very engrossing and entertaining session live on Skype.
• Unfortunately I failed to send out the Skype link to everyone on our distribution list – apologies for that 😦

EKTTC Challenge LIVE on SKYPE – Tuesday 21st April 7pm

• On Tuesday this week at 7pm we hope to have Bill Cummings doing some drills on his TT Robot from his garage – Live on Skype.
• Bill will provide a step by step guide on how to get the best from F/H and B/H strokes with an element of fun along the way.
• I will sent a Skype link out before 7pm on Tuesday – promise this time 🙂
• We would like as many people as possible to join us in this club event.
• Big thanks to Bill for accepting the challenge.
• When on Skype we need everyone to put there mic on mute when we start the challenge and would like to encourage you to comment through chat option.
• See this link on how modify your settings.

Why not try these out?

• Pingskills on Use of your wrist
• Pingskills on Receiving Position

Finally Headies – Don’t try this at home

• See link here

Thanks for your support

Peter

It gives us great pleasure to announce that we have been successful in our application for National Lottery Community Fund Awards for All funding in support of our Pop In & Play project in East Kilbride. Some great news in these troubled times!

Our plan is to create a Table Tennis Pop In and Play venue in an empty unit in the East Kilbride Shopping Centre. The venue will be fully equipped with tables, bats & balls and supervised by local volunteers. The funding will be used to help set up the venue as well as supervise and support volunteers for the startup period.

The venue, previously occupied by Trespass, will be accessible by all to literally “pop in and play” as you go about your business in the centre.

For those who want to play more or develop themselves further, there will be signposting to local clubs and facilities and where there is demand, we also aim to provide classes and specific sessions for groups building on our existing support to organisations such as Sporting Memories and Community Sports Clubs initiatives.

We have received interest from a number of volunteers already but we always need more! If you are interested, please email the club or contact Brendan on 07305 891426 for an informal discussion.

We aim to get the venue up and running

With great thanks to our partners @TableTennisScot, @SLLeisCulture & @EKEastKilbride for all their support.

Very special thanks to the @TNLComFundScot for the funding!

 

Hi Everyone,

We hope you all continue to be safe and well.

EKTTC Challenge LIVE on SKYPE Tuesday 7pm

• Robbie Mackenzie and his dad Scott have accepted a club challenge to complete Butterfly Skills Bronze Improver level.
• Robbie will coach Scott on what skills are required to complete the tasks and hopefully have a bit of fun at same time.
• You can watch it LIVE on Skype on Tuesday at 7pm.
• We will send you a Skype link on Tuesday night before 7pm.
• We would like as many people as possible to join us in this club event. Big thanks to Robbie and Scott for accepting the challenge.
• When on Skype we need everyone to put there mic on mute when we start the challenge and would like to encourage you to comment through chat function.
• See link here on how modify your settings.

Longest Rally Ever

• Watch and see if any of these rallies inspire you.

Footwork drills

• Footwork you could practice at home.

TT Off the table skills – Bat and ball required – Enjoy the practice

• Using a piece of plywood placed on the floor and with a curtain nearby.
• Drop the ball onto plywood and play a F/H or B/H topspin shot into curtain.

Quiz

• Would you be up for an online EKTTC Quiz if so watch this space.
• Any thoughts, comments, ideas or feedback welcome.

Thanks for your support

Peter

Hi Everyone,

We hope you are all safe and well.

EKTTC Challenge LIVE on SKYPE Tuesday 7pm

• Robbie Mackenzie and his dad Scott have accepted a club challenge to complete Butterfly Skills Bronze Improver level.
• Robbie will coach Scott on what skills are required to complete the tasks and hopefully have a bit of fun at same time.
• You can watch it “LIVE” on Skype on Tuesday at 7pm.
• We will send everyone on our email distribution list a Skype link on Tuesday night before 7pm.
• We would like as many people as possible to join us in this club event.
• Big thanks to Robbie and Scott for accepting the challenge.
• Hopefully this will encourage other club members to accept our club challenges on or off the table and have a bit of fun at same time.
• Any volunteers?

Euan Challenges You!!!

• Euan McLaughlin has set you a great challenge on our twitter page
• See the challenge here!
• Can you meet Euan’s challenge?
• Give it a go and let is know how you get on.
• Big thanks to Euan.

Take care and thanks for your support

Peter

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all safe and well.

World Table Tennis Day – Today 6th April 2020

• Have a look at what is the link here for more information of what is planned for today.
• Enjoy.

Ben Larcombe Blog

• The Expert Table Tennis Blog
• Worth a read – Cameron likes this serve so beware 🙂

Ben Larcombe Podcast

• Worth a listen: link here

Tom Lodziak

• Have a go!!!! Link here

Club Fees

• Could everyone stop payment on club fees and we will let you know when to resume payment please?

Thanks for your support,

Peter