Coaches Corner
Table Tennis is a high skill complex sport. At ZYP! Sports, we believe it is very important to receive the correct information and instruction.
A great place to observe our sport and some of the critical skills needed to play effectively is to watch high quality video tapes performed by expert coaches. An Australian website, www.pingskills.com, hosted by Olympic table tennis coach Alois Rosario and his partner Jeff Plumb, is a great place to start. Their portions of their well presented videos appear on www.youtube.com. You may click on the links below to view.
We have a group of dedicated coaches and officials that can answer your question concerning:
• Rules
• Strokes
• Skill Development
• Footwork
• Strategy and Tactics
• Coaching Children
• Equipment
Our coaches and officials are dedicated and want to help. The advice is free, reliable and good! Please try us by emailing your question to coach@zypsports.com.
Equipment? Interested in buying the right equipment? There are many recreational racquets and tables in the marketplace that are of such poor quality that if purchased will harm your learning capacity and development. In general, if you take the sport seriously and want to improve, then you must buy the correct equipment. Not sure where to get good equipment?
ZYP! Sports currently only sells a limited supply of quality equipment, designed to assist youth, children and adults interested in developing their games to the tournament level. Please click here to visit our shopping section. We have hands on experience with all the equipment we sell. All products have been tested and approved by our coaches and is the best that is available for the price.
Please consider our product line. We will contribute up to 5% of the gross sale proceeds to Youth Table Tennis Organization www.aytto.org. Your purchase will support the development of our sport through quality inner-city programs and events.
Interested in table tennis products not listed on this site? Visit Joolla USA or Robbins Specialties
http://robbinstabletennis.com/
Both companies are run by a knowlegable table tennis players. Each have a diverse product line and are competitively priced.
Places to Play:
USA Table Tennis has a list of affiliated clubs http://www.usatt.org/admin/ClubsList.aspx. These clubs typically have higher level players and coaches. We also have formed an a special relationship with a club in Manhattan - see below:
Places to Learn
ZYP Sports has formed a special relationship with Fat Cat Table Tennis Club where any one interested in table tennis lessons can come play and learn from us in a fun, social environment. Fat Cat Club is located at http://pingpong.meetup.com/65/?gj=sj2 . Please call Fat Cat Club 212-675-6056 for hourly coaching rates.
ZYP! Sports' coaches will travel to other locations for Private Lessons or Group/AfterSchool pages for additional information.