Table tennis training in Japan for 12 year old girl

[chandrasubhash]

Hi
Any recommendations for good club (school or professional) for a 12 year old girl to train for 6-8 months. She's been training for past 4 years and about 2300 level in USA.
Any pointers appreciated.
Thanks
C

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Does she speak Japanese ? Chinese ?
Usually Japanese people don't speak English at all

I am not familiar with the subject but I have heard that most top professional TT players are graduates from AOMORI YAMADA HIGH SCHOOL. Its a school in Aomori prefecture in the north of Japan. They have a Junior High School as well

http://www.aomoriyamada-jhs.jp/

There would be a lot of top and/or good private coaches here, but they could be quite expensive. It depends what your budget is, and what she needs ? group lessons, private lessons ? how many times a week ? a day...

 

[ttpshot]

Is she coming here to live/study or to train?
Can she choose where she's going to locate? I can introduce strong school teams and/or junior clubs but it'll depend on where she'll be.

 

[ttpshot]

Does she speak Japanese ? Chinese ?
Usually Japanese people don't speak English at all

I am not familiar with the subject but I have heard that most top professional TT players are graduates from AOMORI YAMADA HIGH SCHOOL. Its a school in Aomori prefecture in the north of Japan. They have a Junior High School as well

http://www.aomoriyamada-jhs.jp/

There would be a lot of top and/or good private coaches here, but they could be quite expensive. It depends what your budget is, and what she needs ? group lessons, private lessons ? how many times a week ? a day...

Aomori Yamada disbanded school teams a few years ago, concentrating instead to Baseball and Soccer.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

ah ok sorry I didn't know that...

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

to give an idea,
the TT school from Seiya Kishikawa (ex-JNT member and WTTC doubles medalist) in Ariake [Tokyo]
https://seiyatts-ariake.com/course/ has classes for juniors
the price is the second line in blue, and for 20 group lessons a week ( 5 times a week) it's 16,000 yens per month

I think the price is in line with other schools, but here is the catch:

the school is rather new ( 1 year old) and is not easily accessible (its much easier by car than by common transportation), thus at the moment they are very short of students. I know even a friend (adult) who struck a monthly group deal, but in practice he is the only one going at his time slot, so he's paying group fee for personal lessons with top coaches, sometimes Hidetoshi Oya himself (google him). Actually i do hire Oya as well, but pay the full fee (like 3x or 4x more) as I don't have time to go to Ariake, and I ask him to kindly go near where I live

I don't know how long the situation will perdure, nor how it is for junior classes, but it is probably not so crowded so your kid can receive relatively more attention.

The other very nice things about this TT school is that it is located in a big sports complex, you can also have access to showers (lacking in most TT schools !), and probably also access to gym, swimming pool, maybe an extra fee is needed, you would have to ask them.

There are many other TT schools in Tokyo, for example Yoyo Takkyu
https://www.yoyo-takkyu.com/
who has among its staff some recently retired ex-professional female players like Yuka Ishigaki (chopper), Hiroko Fujii (chopper ?), Misako Wakamiya (attack).

 

[yogi_bear]

Why Japan? It is much more expensive to train there than in China or Taiwan. I think you need to ask Tony for a good recommendation.

 

[Gangarth]

http://www.kansai-academy.com/

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Why Japan? It is much more expensive to train there than in China or Taiwan. I think you need to ask Tony for a good recommendation.

because Japan is a great country to live in. No crime, no pollution, no chaos, extraordinary food, and people

 

[yogi_bear]

I do not disagree with that since i love the country and culture but if you want to maximize your money (unless you are rich), it has to be China or Taiwan.

QUOTE=Takkyu_wa_inochi;281188]because Japan is a great country to live in. No crime, no pollution, no chaos, extraordinary food, and people[/QUOTE]

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

OP asked specifically about Japan, he must probably already be pretty much aware of this. Anyway yes, Japan is more expensive than China or Taiwan although its much much less true than 10 or 20 years ago for sure, especially if you go out of Tokyo.

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few parts of China are more expensive than Japan

 

[Gangarth]

Here is another one: https://www.shitennoji.ed.jp/stnnj/
Best girls school team the last years.

 

[mickd]

Here is another one: https://www.shitennoji.ed.jp/stnnj/
Best girls school team the last years.

Was that for junior high school too? If she's 12, she'll be in junior high school and the website didn't list a table tennis club for junior high.

Also, I got the impression he was looking for a club, not an actual school. You'll have to enter the school and attend all their regular classes too if you choose that route.

 

[ttpshot]

They do have junior high school. They usualy train in same venue. Odo, Sugasawa and Nakamori all go there so 2300 level would most likely struggle there.

 

[laistrogian]

OP asked specifically about Japan, he must probably already be pretty much aware of this. Anyway yes, Japan is more expensive than China or Taiwan although its much much less true than 10 or 20 years ago for sure, especially if you go out of Tokyo.

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few parts of China are more expensive than Japan

I’m pretty sure if you go to the best schools or simply get the best coach, and living in the big 3 cities in china, it won’t come off far from the cost in japan

 

[gettrained]

Anybody heard of a table tennis school close to Tokyo owned by the Kaneyoshi family?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Anybody heard of a table tennis school close to Tokyo owned by the Kaneyoshi family?

are you refering to maybe Haneyoshi?

Haneyoshi Table Tennis Club

Google Search

I know Yuka Kaneyoshi, don't know any other Kaneyoshi

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Japan is indeed not cheap, language barrier (with English) is probably a bigger issue than say Taiwan,
The quality is mostly good and levels are high.
There are many strong players that are far from the national setup, but if there were in Taiwan, they could get into the national setup (meaning there are many strong players)
The system is similar to that of Taiwan, where there are "strong" table tennis schools, and the good players will be among the few strong schools.
Different is, this includes university school team too (while Taiwan, doesn't have a university tt training group)

China is also getting more and more expensive, and is a 50-50 in terms of quality for your dollar spent.
You may end up training with 2nd or 3rd string players who are there to cater for you, and probably won't have a chance to train with the main group, unless you are extremely good, and/or you have connections.
You might even end up training with other foreigners who paid to be there to train with Chinese.

Taiwan is starting to become more and more famous, but isn't so user friendly in terms of information finding as there isn't a website or public info like those chinese websites - who have turned "Training" into a commercial business. Taiwan's training centers is mostly private, and with my relation to many of the head coaches, I have been co-coordinating players to train within various training centers over the past few years.

For Taiwan, you are welcome to PM and I can assist.

 

[gettrained]

Yuka has a sister, Mika, she is actually coaching the Bundesliga team of Yuka now which is a bit wild.
Anyway, in an article it says that both are from a table tennis family that owns a table tennis school close to Tokyo.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Yuka has a sister, Mika, she is actually coaching the Bundesliga team of Yuka now which is a bit wild.
Anyway, in an article it says that both are from a table tennis family that owns a table tennis school close to Tokyo.

no Muka is not coaching in the team.
Yuka bought her sister with for her matches and helping her.

I will ask Yuka about that school