Do you guys pay the coach for multiball drills in the club?

[DaN3]

Not everyone has a friend who would throw balls for multiball drills. In the club I go to, I thought it was a free thing that a coach would just throw balls for multiball training. Once I asked him how the multiball thing works there, and he said that I should pay an extra $14 a month so he would do a multiball throwing only for 30 minutes. Is this normal?
I was feeling like what if he takes the money and will do a multiball throwing less than 30 minutes, like only 10 minutes?

 

[God-scrubplayer]

most club don't allow players to feed multiball to each other.

 

[Lazer]

Not everyone has a friend who would throw balls for multiball drills. In the club I go to, I thought it was a free thing that a coach would just throw balls for multiball training. Once I asked him how the multiball thing works there, and he said that I should pay an extra $14 a month so he would do a multiball throwing only for 30 minutes. Is this normal?
I was feeling like what if he takes the money and will do a multiball throwing less than 30 minutes, like only 10 minutes?

Yes they do. All personal training is extra in my area. I would guess it’s the same in most places.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[haggisv]

It's perfectly normal to charge for it. Most coaches have a skill that's been honed over many years, and it costs them time (and probably balls too and some are often stepped on), so it's perfectly reasonable to charge for it.

If you don't want to pay for, buy a batch of balls yourself, and train to do multiball with a friend, where you just takes turns. A useful skill to develop, and helps both of you.

 

[Aizen]

Yes, I pay for the coaching (with multiball ofc). Also I heard same for many clubs. I think It’s normal for recreational players.

Of course there are exceptions, when I was young I was going to government’s sport centre which doesn’t accept everyone, only limited people, in there we did multiball trainings as well. Coaches are funded by state.

Other examples are again city, region teams which is funded also, skilled competative players get coaching for free as also with multiball.

 

[blahness]

It's perfectly normal to charge for it. Most coaches have a skill that's been honed over many years, and it costs them time (and probably balls too and some are often stepped on), so it's perfectly reasonable to charge for it.

If you don't want to pay for, buy a batch of balls yourself, and train to do multiball with a friend, where you just takes turns. A useful skill to develop, and helps both of you.

Multiball with a ball picker is the way to go. I improved heaps after incorporating it. You dont even need to feed it. Just practice whatever you want starting from a realistic serve. You can work on your weaknesses for one round of multiball, and your friend on the next round to allow you to rest. Very fair too.

For time starved amateurs, this is the way. I did not know how much time I wasted just chasing and picking up balls before knowing this. It is simply the most time efficient way to practice TT.

 

[latej]

Hey, sorry for hijacking, please tell me, @Tony's Table Tennis and/or anybody, the approx. ball frequency profis or semi-pro use for multiball. I just want to know, just running 3-falkenberg in 80/min, breathing heavily, so be gentle... ;-)

 

[Persistence TT]

Hey, sorry for hijacking, please tell me, @Tony's Table Tennis and/or anybody, the approx. ball frequency profis or semi-pro use for multiball. I just want to know, just running 3-falkenberg in 80/min, breathing heavily, so be gentle... ;-)

It depends on the player's level and your goal. There is no standard training really, a general rule of thumb for beginners multiball is the feeder should let the ball drop on his side of the table once his previous ball landed on the trainee's side. This is a basic rhythm for children

 

[piligrim]

Of course coaches do it for free. They very like to do it

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Hey, sorry for hijacking, please tell me, @Tony's Table Tennis and/or anybody, the approx. ball frequency profis or semi-pro use for multiball. I just want to know, just running 3-falkenberg in 80/min, breathing heavily, so be gentle... ;-)

are you referring to how fast they feed?

here is an idea

ball frequency is one thing.
then there is the overall length of training, ie, in this recording, the multiball season was around 1 hour.
you would get a feeder and 2 hitting players, so the players alternate, so you can say a good 20mins of hitting per season minimum.

ball or hit count per hit is all different, some teams use 40 hits (per routine), some use 100+ balls for semi balls
pros easily can go 200-300 balls
rest 10-20 seconds and go again

 

[lightspin]

In the northeast of the USA, the coaches won't do anything unless they get paid. If you asked pretty much any coach to feed you multiball for free, you would be laughed out of the club. Some people coach 8 hours a day and it is their only job. They are too exhausted to do things for free.

My advice to you is learn how to do it, then find someone or teach someone who can feed you multiball and then you two can train together.

 

[Yuomay]

In France we do multiball as part of our group training but it’s not the trainers that feed

 

[Zezima]

would you guys want payment from your own club if you do a training session like a coach or do multiball session with club players that are way weaker than you? Or is it expected to do it for free for your own club?

 

[Yuomay]

Everybody feeds everybody.

But you chose your training partner and naturally it’s sorted by level.

 

[KiwiPong]

In the northeast of the USA, the coaches won't do anything unless they get paid. If you asked pretty much any coach to feed you multiball for free, you would be laughed out of the club. Some people coach 8 hours a day and it is their only job. They are too exhausted to do things for free.

My advice to you is learn how to do it, then find someone or teach someone who can feed you multiball and then you two can train together.

Totally coaches deserve to get paid for it. Imagine how would you feel if someone ask you to do your professional job for free.

 

[John_]

Ummm, no? You pay the coach a monthly subscription to train you? So it's normal to expect from him to do his job?