What about Table tennis in your country ?

[violoniste18]

it seems to me very interesting to meet here a lot of diversity thanks to english language, and I would like to know about table tennis in most countries in the world !

I'm gonna start with France :

about 110.000 players in competition, with a total of 180.000 in clubs

a lot of clubs, for example about ten in my town ( 70.000 residents ), a big club and the others smaller

a big teams championship, a lot of tournaments, individual competitions by age categories

a professional coach in most clubs

cost is between 100 euros and 250 euros a year, according to town's size

and you in your country ?

 

[Suga D]

Great topic. I've been askin' this everytime i meet someone from another country. Nice idea, violoniste18.
Will be great to hear/read.

The level of your top league in France is really high, with many good players taking part. I think that is great for european tabletennis.
I like seeing tabletennis grow.

In germany we still have around 580,000 Club members, but it used to be way more. End of the eighties of last century it was nearly a million registered players.
Many clubs are struggling to acquire young new players, especially female ones.

On the other hand, nearly every two-horse-town has at least one club. Some towns even more, so it might also be a natural thing if some clubs disappear. But it still is kinda sad. Many of the small clubs rely on one person, that hardly gets paid for his/her work, if at all. These people deserve my respect to the fullest for their idealism.

There are plenty of small clubs with maybe only one or two teams, and then there are the BIG clubs with 10 teams and more.

Costs for club membership varies and is about the same as France.

That has been it so far from Hessen....

Lookin' forward for way more posts to come.

 

[violoniste18]

other countries ... ?

 

[karan705]

From canada. Toronto, Ontario. Not a lot of clubs 12-15 i would say. Only four of them have proper flooring and lighting. Rest all clubs are a part of churches.

 

[Pnachtwey]

I can only speak for my little corner of the US.

The Portland Table Tennis Club has 3 locations. The main club is on a church compound but the lease has been lost and the club will have to move so I don't know what will happen.

Membership is $40 a year and it cost $5 to play. Currently the club is open from noon to 9PM 6 days a week and noon to 6PM on Sunday.

I worry about what will happen to the club after the lease runs out.

The Portland Table Tennis club also plays at a high school two a week and at the Tualatin Athletic Center on the week ends.

I have my own TT area which is pretty good and has lots of space but a 9 foot ceiling. Those of us in Vancouver, WA often play at my place instead of going into Portland and fighting the traffic. I don't charge anything but I do accept donations in the form of TT balls to replace the ones that get broken or stepped on.

There is a sports bar where people play and have league play. They use Rating Central. Although it is not an official club the Blitz Ladd league play seem to be very well organized and run. I think better than the PTTC. The problem is that the Blitz Ladd is in the center of Portland and traffic and parking can be difficult so I have never gone on a week day.

A few years ago there was a player from the Netherlands that played at the PTTC. He told me about how TT was so much better there but TT seemed to be subsidized there. Here a donation to the PTTC can be deducted from the taxes under the right conditions.

 

[violoniste18]

I have read there are 10,000 players at US federation, isn't it ?

table tennis has obviously to grow in USA ...

 

[thekleifheit13]

Northeast Ohio is actually pretty good for table tennis, at least by U.S. standards. We have 4 clubs at the moment (pending the opening of the University of Akron club to the public) and we host 3 to 4 USATT and 2 NCTTA tournaments per year. The biggest drawback is that there is only 1 club open everyday and even it is only open from 6pm to 11pm. We have quality players though, as many of them take lessons from Samson Dubina, a member of the men's national team and an exceptional coach that lives in the area.

 

[mquevedof]

Guatemala... The sport is subsidized by the government. We have clubs in most major cities. Only one per city though. I live in Guatemala City, we have about 15 tables, proper lightning, flooring and space. We have one coach which is included for USD 75 a year. Private lessons can be arranged for USD 10 / hr. TT population is very small, I would guesstimate is in the low single digit thousands. We have two high performance centers: one in Guatemala City, the second in Guastatoya El Progreso.

National rankings are played about every two months.




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