Hi, I am looking for some advice or system that can improve the training intensity of my club. To give you some context, I have played table tennis since I was 9, up to the age of 18. During that time, I always played in my local club, which is a really small one. The club never had a professional coach so everything I know was from my experience as a player. I stopped playing for 5 years and came back about 6 months ago. Since then I have taken a more active role in the club’s younger team and have been trying to improve their quality of training.
Each session, I have a training scheme with the exercises that each pair must complete. However, I feel there is lacking commitment from my players since if I am not over them, they end up doing other stuff.
Do you have any suggestions to ensure that they complete the exercises? How should I measure the amount of time dedicated to each exercise? For instance, should I time the exercises? Or should I use number of repetitions (like Do X for Y times but it only counts if stays on the table for W)?
How do you deal with an odd number of players in each session? How do you decide who trains with who? Should I exchange partners in the middle of the training?
Hope you can help me.