1. Is there an age limit of basic criteria to start table tennis.
- There is no particular age limit or basic criteria to commence the sport . A person can play this sport at any point of time in his/her life.
2. What type of rackets are good to begin with
- there are more than 1k plus rackets in the market but if you want a no brainer then go for gki or if you want a more stable blade with good speed and spin then go with xiom Muv 07 or Muv 09.
3. How much time does it take to perfect basic training.
- With quality training a beginner player can perfect his/her skills in one year.
4. Is there any checkpoints or any way to monitor a players performance.
- You can ask the coach to send training videos on a quarterly basis to see the progress visually.
5. How to know if the academy and the training is good or not ?
- The best way to understand the level of an academy is by checking last 5 years performance history either through website or by asking the coach to send his/her profile. it’s also advisable to take quarterly feedback from the coach about the players progress. One can check academies players performance on websites like - https://tsttamumbai.org (Mumbai region) http://mstta.org(maharashtra)and https://ttfi.org (india)
6. Under what circumstances a player doesn’t improve his/her game.
- Table tennis is a high skilled game and some kids may find it difficult to improve their level of play due to lack of motors skills and hand eye coordination or due to any particular physical or mental disability. Apart from these reasons there is no other specific reason of non performance.