Youth training starts again!

To all junior members and parents of junior members of TTV Amstelveen,

Start of training sessions
The holidays are over and as of Thursday 1 September we will start training again for the youth. 
As in previous years, training will be on Mondays and Thursdays, except for school holidays. In September we train in at least two groups, the starters and the advanced group.
The starters group will train on Mondays and Thursdays from 17:45 to 18:45 and the advanced group from 18:45 to 19:45 on the same days. On five Mondays (19 September, 10 and 24 October and 7 and 14 November) the advanced group will train until 19:30 because of the senior competition.
The permanent guild of trainers consists of: Marijke, Martin, Edwin for Mondays and Ben and Guus for Thursdays. On Thursdays, Sergei (when his work permits) fills in.
At the end of this mail, you will find the schedules of the groups.

Assistant trainers
Due to the increase in the number of junior members, we are still looking for “assistant trainers” who are willing to help structurally during the youth trainings.
If you can help every other week, for example, or if you want to be added to the list of trainers as a substitute, this would be very helpful to us. We are thinking of senior members and parents of youth members. To sign up as an “assistant coach” or for more information ask Guus Korper.

For the coaching sessions, the following rules apply

• Wear your club clothes as much as possible, if you do not have club clothes yet, these are for sale at the club, ask one of the trainers.
  From now on it is mandatory to wear sportswear during training, so do not come in a beautiful dress, long trousers, and outdoor shoes or with caps on your head. We are a sports club, so sportswear and/or a tracksuit and (indoor) sports shoes without rutted soles is the minimum outfit.
  In table tennis, white shorts or a white shirt are not allowed. Please pay attention to this.
• Be on time (at least 10 minutes before training starts), if you need to change clothes, be in the room at least 5 minutes before training starts.
• Behave in a sportive way and have respect for your coaches and fellow players, especially listen carefully to what the trainers say and explain. Do not run around screaming and shouting but behave in a disciplined way, that’s what you do at school as well.
  Only in this way can you improve and have more fun in table tennis. When you do not behave during the training, the trainers can take measures.
• If you cannot be present during one or more sessions, please let us know by sending an app to one of the coaches. This way we are well informed beforehand.
  (We ask the parents of the youth players to communicate these rules as much as possible with their children and to check their children on the implementation of these rules)

Equipment
The first 3 months that you play (or have played) you can use the club equipment. After 3 months it is time to buy your own bat. Do not buy bats from a toy or sport shop.
The trainers can give you good advice on a good bat that will last you for years. In the average sports shop they absolutely cannot. We make sure that we have good bats in stock at the club for a fair price.

If you have any questions or remarks, please let us know at jeugd@ttvamstelveen.nl.

Kind regards on behalf of the coaches and the board

Guus Korper

Schedule start autumn coaching 2022 (1 September 2022):