Table Tennis
Spinneroos, opens in a new tab. For primary school children to bounce into table tennis with a smile and a group of new friends. Each child will go through 8 weeks of table tennis, receive a personalised equipment pack, and develop hand-eye coordination as well as social skills.
Girls Only Spinneroos, opens in a new tab. To ensure girls have a great first experience with table tennis, the girls only program emphasises creating an emotionally safe environment and level playing field in which girls can push themselves physically and mentally to develop their skill and self-confidence.
Vision Impaired Table Tennis, opens in a new tab (also known as Swish) is like playing table tennis, but instead of hitting a ball over the net, the ball is hit under the net and must travel along the surface of the table. The net is at a certain height so that those players with various degrees of sight do not have an advantage over blind players. The ball has bells in it to make it audible, is about the size of a tennis ball, and made of plastic with holes in it. The bat is rectangular with a handle.
Sporting Schools
Sporting Schools. Introducing students to table tennis.
- Spinneroos. The comprehensive 8-week lesson plans include detailed activity cards, skill progressions and modifications, game sense tips, and reflection questions to support student development.
- Inclusive Spinneroos. An adapted version of the Spinneroos program, catering for students with intellectual disabilities and autism.
- Play Table Tennis at home. Any table is a table tennis table! Table Tennis Australia (TTA) have created a Classroom and Home Guide that is specially designed for parents and teachers to introduce children to fun exercises that can be practiced at home.
With the support of Deaf Sports Australia, Table Tennis Australia can also facilitate an Active Deaf Kids program.
