The table tennis initiative “Ran to the Platte” recorded rapidly in Horn in the past school year. On the day, the students start the new table tennis season. This is to be trained even more focused in order to create the goal – the qualification for the school Olympics table tennis – with the school team. Everyone is in the starting blocks and look forward to the coming weeks.
Horn / Austria. Since the start of the project In the previous school year, 20 units took place in the MS Horn gym. Under the guidance of coaches of the Union Horn work die Students targeted an the improvement of your Striking technique. This also accompanied by their Coordination and dem Reaction. Another positive side effect is that the movement is also noticeable in other ways. “We see that the Enthusiasm grows and the children are more attentive in the subsequent lessons ”, reports director Martina Ausselthat was fully behind the project right from the start. “For us as a school, it is important to integrate movement in everyday life and table tennis is ideal for this.”
A one as well Sport coordinator Reinhard Vyhnalek draws a positive balance. For him, the integration of the club coaches makes the difference. “The expertise of the Union Horn enables high -quality training. In this learning that Students and students Not just the basics, but become also regularly faced with challenges, die them both on the plate and also help in the class“.
It is made possible to “Ran to the plate” by supporting the Federal Ministry of Housing, Art, Culture, Media and Sport (BMWKMS). The Austrian table tennis Association (ÖTTV) coordinates the school project across Austria and relies on the professional competence that lies in the hands of the local table tennis associations.
Next development step
So far, the focus was on an offer that all active open stand. The next phasethat begins with today, sees one Targeted differentiation im Training before. “To achieve the sporting goal,” explains Franz Reiss, “the units are adapted to prepare particularly interested and talented players for the school of Olympics,” said the coach. Thus back of technology training, tactical training as well as the mental component in the game in the foreground.
“We want to and will take the next step, because only those who know playing under pressure also exist on a different level,” emphasizes Vyhnalek, the importance of comparison competitions and similar situations. In the future, these will be increasingly sought or implemented in training.
Nuar would also like to develop further. “I play table tennis as a complement to my training as a footballer,” says the ten -year -old proudly. This helps him to improve his reaction, he continues. Certainly, these extra units contribute to making it a more complete athlete on the square and on the record. What applies to him certainly also applies to many others.
Movement is and remains the key to a healthy future
“With these additional units we still want to low -threshold Create movement offersone Screen times to Reduce and activity sustainable too increase“, The headmistress emphasizes for her most important aspect of the initiative.” All qualities that are taken out of the training with the youngsters are proven to benefit from young people. ” And that certainly does not only apply to lessons.
This makes the common route together until March 2026: adapted training content and targeted talent promotion. No appointment for the state school championships is yet known, in which the ambitious goal of qualifying for the school of Olympics table tennis can be realized. But the preparation for this has just started.
With “Ran to the Platte” it is impressive that sports beats and at the same time reminds that the long -term and sustainable enthusiasm for movement and not the winning of medals are primarily primary.
