The PSPB Table Tennis Academy is responsible for the delivery of the Player Development programme with the following objectives:

  • Establish an academy squad of between 15-20 athletes initially aged 8 years and above
  • Establish/provide a team of coaches (International + Indian)
  • Deploy a International Head Coach to lead the programme (in conjunction with Table Tennis Federation of India)
  • Establish and deploy a pool of appropriate sparring partners for sessions.
  • Focus on teaching the basic skills of table tennis in addition to technical and tactical development, ensure and evidence appropriate physical, psychological and lifestyle management training and education provision/opportunities are available.
  • Establish an appropriate athlete monitoring system (maintaining ITTF Standards).