TENNIS. FOR ALL. FOR LIFE.

ITTF-Europe Continental Development Program 2018 First Quarter Report Fall 08 ETTU DC I U-13 (Otocec, Slovenia) TABLE TENNIS. FOR ALL. FOR LIFE. Page 1

Table of Contents SUMMARY... 3 CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER DEBRIEF... 3 HIGHLIGHTS... 3 KEY FIGURES... 4 CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT... 5 EDUCATION... 5 HIGH PERFORMANCE... 7 SPECIFIC PROJECTS... - OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY COURSES... - SCHEDULE... 10 Page 2

SUMMARY CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER DEBRIEF Our wish is to harmonize all our projects under the ETTU development programs as much as possible with current requirements that determine all our efforts in bringing future value and quality of our young players to the level of best Asian players (mostly from China and Japan). This is why, last year, we launched two of our new projects, namely ETTU NA's Assistance Program and the U-17 Program. They were well-accepted and they were based on our hopes and the fact that, after a long time, our young players (junior category players) won 6 medals on the previous two WJC (Cape Town / Riva del Garda) and were equally matched in terms of quality with the best Asian players. However, the fact is that the total number of our selected players is significantly lower than the number of players available to our Asian competitors. Therefore, we have decided to direct all of our development programs in the ETTU towards, not only identifying and selecting young players or supporting their development activities, but to significantly improving the number and quality of our educational programs. The reason for this is a well-known fact that all of our young players, who are amongst the best in Europe, are mainly coached by very young (still not well-known) coaches, who are very motivated, but they still lack expert knowledge and experience. Therefore, we have decided to additionally expand our educational programs, which we are implementing in cooperation with all members of the ETTU. In addition, it is our pleasure to point out that all our Development programs in 2018 include a total of 26 programs in several development areas (Eurotalents TI&S, Development Camps U-13, Development Camps U-17, Hopes Selection Camp, Education Program Woman Coaches Seminar, Annual Coaching Conference, World Cadet Challenge, ETTU NA's Assistance Program). Regarding the realization of all our programs, our wish is to achieve even better results in the near future and within the framework of an equal annual planned budget. ETTU Development Manager Neven Cegnar, prof. Page 3

KEY FIGURES Participation in ITTF-Europe Development Program Activities Coaches Officials Athletes Administrators Women PTT 1 course 2 courses Males Females M F M F M F M F M F 28 2 - - 49 22 3 - - - - - 30-71 3 - - Total amount of beneficiaries 104 Gender Type of activity Females 24% Males 76% Admin.; 3% Athlete; 68% Coaching 29% Agreement of Understanding implementation progress Activity Conducted Agreement Progress Eurotalents Dvt Camps 1 8 12,5% Hopes Selection 0 1 0% Coaching Conference 0 1 20% NA assistance program 3 12 25% Women course 1 1 100% PTT course 0 1 0% Page 4

CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION Dates: 26-28.01.2018. Expert: Maciej Pietkiewicz (POL) Budget: 1500 Funding: Development program Coach Education Officials Education Athlete Development Para Table Tennis Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females - - - - 20 4 - - At the start of 2018 we've had 2 ETTU NA's Assistance Program activities. Cadet Training Camp in Norway (January 26th 28th) with in total 24 players (20 boys and 4 girls) and 5 coaches. The whole program held in 7 sessions (17 hours) with basical tt practice, physical practice and motorical test. The whole program was conducted by two experts: Maciej Pietkiewicz (POL) and Karl Erik Rasmussen (NOR). Page 5

CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION Dates: 11. 17.02.2018. Expert: Neven Cegnar (ETTU) Budget: 1841 Funding: Development program Coach Education Officials Education Athlete Development Para Table Tennis Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females 28 2 - - - - - - The Island of Madeira (Portugal) was the next ETTU NA's Assistance Program activity. Madeira Island is one of the hot spots where Table Tennis is developed in Portugal, with a number of almost 500 players. Representing a group of almost 30 clubs, all around the Island, young players and some at the profissional level take the name of Madeira abroad Europe and all World. A group of 30 coaches (28 male, 2 female) daily work in several sport halls with young players, mainly connected to local schools to promote the sport of Table Tennis and find new talents for topo level. Following the star Marcos Freitas, Madeira Table Tennis Association coordenate events, competitions and scholarships for the integraded growing of the motivated coaches. In this dimension and focusing on the future, there are some events that were happening in Madeira Island in the past years. An opportunity to import knowledge with coaches like Neven Cegnar is vital for our survivance and developing process. The profissional coach Neven Cegnar shared his experience with a group of coaches from Madeira Island for a period of 15 hours total. Mainly focusing on the way of deteting and developing young talents the former coach of Tamara Boros kept the attention of the enthusiastic formers of talents in Madeira. The knowledge and objective way of exposure the ideas promoted some dynamic connection between the group. Page 6

HIGH PERFORMANCE Slovenia Otočec ETTU Development Camp U13 Dates: 18. -25.3.2018. Expert: Name (Country) Budget: 6959 Funding: Development program Coach Education Officials Education Athlete Development Para Table Tennis Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females - - - - 12 5 - - STTA were invited and entrusted with the task of holding a first ETTU Development Camp U-13 for the selected players in 2016 / 2017 by the European Table Tennis Union. Due to the fact that most participants are 12-13 years old, and at the beginning of their playing careers, their basics and fundamentals are relatively weak, this training camp was very important for them. Therefore, on requests of the ETTU, the objectives of the camp were to: help young players to improve fundamental knowledge of the sport of table tennis, grasp the proper strokes of individual skills (forehand attack, backhand attack, footwork, serve, return of serve, serve and attack and tournament mindset), acquire and establish training methods of fundamentals and core skills (mainly on shot quality and consistency), experience the competition system, enhance tournament capabilities, raise coaching skills through discussions with trainers. At this camp participated 17 players from 10 different countries. CRO: Hana Arapovic, Petek Borna, Zlatkov Luka CZE: Belik Simon, Zederova Linda LTU: Sisanovas Ignas NED: Camara Gabrielius SVK: Goldir Jakub POR: Maciel Luis, Kong Rafael, Monteiro Silas BEL: Van Hauwert Julie BLR: Varabyova Veronika GRE: Papadimitriou Malammatenia HUN: Kizakisz Nikolasz, Szantosi David The main targets of this training camp were divided in 2 parts. In the first part the target was basic strokes, basic footwork, stability and active and passive game. In the second part the main target was how to use tactic in the game. Coaches should prepare together with players some tactical variations and then use it in the game. Exercises were 10 minutes long. I asked the players for high Intensity during the training and we didn t have a break during the training sessions. Page 7

We had 9 training sessions; one day we played tournament and we had free the other half of the day After the morning table tennis training we had two 45 minutes long physical sessions with our fitness coach Mate Lejo. Joze Urh prepared one evening session where he talked to the coaches and players about Tactic in Table Tennis. He prepared a PowerPoint presentation and we used the conference hall in the hall. Yefremov Alex also prepared one evening session and talked about Video analysing in Table Tennis. Neven Cegnar ETTU Development Manager had a meeting with all coaches and players and presented them through the details of the ETTU Development Program, but also spoke to them about the main guidelines in the individual development of young players in Europe. Page 8

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SCHEDULE Dates Association Course Expert 26-28 January Norway Cadet Training Camp Maciej Pietkiewicz 11-17 Februar y Portugal Cadet Training Camp / Coaching Seminar Follow news from Table Tennis Development in Europe and throughout the world on: Neven Cegnar 18-25 March Slovenia Development Camp U-13 Joze Urh 02-09 April Luxembourg Hopes Selection Camp Li Xiaodong 06-08 May Sweden Women Coaches Seminar Peter Sartz / Li Fen 11-13 May Finland Coaching Seminar Ferenc Karsai 27-03 May / Poland Development Camp U-13 Lucjan Blaszczyk June 10-17 June Germany Development Camp U-17 Joze Urh 11-16 June Macedonia Cadet Training Camp / Coaching Karkovic Neven Seminar 02-08 July Kosovo Cadet Training Camp / Coaching Joze Urh Seminar 06-12 July Cyprus Cadet Training Camp / Coaching Batorfi Zoltan Seminar 04-11 August Hungary Eurotalents Pre-Selection Camp Ferenc Karsai 06-18 August China Development Camp U-17 Neven Cegnar 27-03 Aug/Sep Luxembourg Development Camp U-13 Yining Zhang 01-06 October Israel Cadet Training Camp / Coaching Neven Cegnar Seminar 07-14 October Slovenia Eurotalents Selection Camp Joze Urh 22-31 October Japan World Cadet Challenge Neven Cegnar 22-24 October France Annual Coaching Conference Liu Y.J. / Andersson M. 27-04 Oct/Nov Luxembourg Development Camp U-17 Li Xiaodong 02-09 December Romania Development Camp U-13 Viorel Filimon Facebook.com/ ETTUofficial Facebook.com/ITTFHPD Twitter.com/ETTU_TTennis Instagram.com/ettu_official Page 10