2022 Hopes season concludes on the Hennebont Ping Heart

Head Coaches Eva Jeler (AUS) and Zoltán Bátorfi (HUN) lead 40 gamers and their coaches by means of two intense coaching classes a day, complemented by a bodily testing session based mostly on standardized testing drills performed utilizing the most recent know-how by specialists from Edge10.

“This World Hopes Week was a well-organized camp in great situations on this devoted desk tennis facility, which really is one-of-its-kind. The tremendously gifted group of girls and boys had an excellent camp and hopefully realized lots for his or her future. Talking for the boys’ group, I’ve to say that I’ve not often seen such a gifted group of 20 younger gamers in a single place. It was a delight to work with them and their coaches.” Eva Jeler (AUS), Head Coach Boys

“It was a pleasure to be a part of the World Hopes Week and to have the ability to work with gamers and coaches from everywhere in the world once more. The women labored arduous and persistently and confirmed nice potential for his or her future improvement. The situations had been wonderful on this new-built facility in order that we may give attention to our work all through the week.” Zoltán Bátorfi (HUN), Head Coach Ladies

Evenings had been devoted to teach schooling classes, with shows from the Head Coaches, the host affiliation’s Guillaume Simonin, and a profitable presentation from Spanish coach Nuria Castro Iglesias. For the gamers, instructional charity DYKTiA performed a session on cyberbullying and on-line security as they embark on their enjoying careers.

As the standard tour in the course of the Hopes Week, the hosts organized a go to to the Nationwide Stud Farm in Hennebont, an integral a part of Hennebont’s historical past for greater than 160 years. At this historic and prestigious website, the Hopes and their coaches had the chance to study and meet horses and their trainers and be launched to the distinctive Breton draught horses.

Saturday afternoon and Sunday had been devoted to the Problem match. This drew excessive rating company to the Hennebont Ping Heart: Michelle Dole (mayor of the town of Hennebont), Pascal Le Liboux (Vice-President of Lorient Agglomeration), Stéphane Lohezic (District Councilor) and Muriel Jourda (Senator of Morbihan) witnessed the preventing spirit of the Hopes whereas observing the competitors.

Kulapassr Vijitviriyakul (THA) and Danilo Faso (ITA) gained the Ladies’ and Boys’ competitors respectively and obtained automated placement within the Hopes Squad, which provides these chosen further high-level coaching alternatives. All through the Hopes Program, gamers are assessed on a balanced analysis of coaching and competitors expertise, and so additionally on the World Hopes. A complete of seven attributes are examined: anticipation, kinesthetic sense, technical stage, serve & obtain, pace, coaching, and competitors. These, in addition to their ultimate end result on the Problem match, decide the ultimate standing for the World Hopes, which is the premise for first choice to the Hopes Squad. Nevertheless, the Hopes are solely step one on the Excessive Efficiency pathway, and gamers proceed to be monitored even when not initially chosen for the Hopes Squad.

“If there may be one occasion that throws us instantly into the longer term, that’s the World Hopes Week & Problem. The week now we have simply spent in Hennebont, France, in a top-class facility just like the Ping Heart in Hennebont, was nothing in need of an excellent success.
I’ll restrict myself to the technical half, the place 20 ladies and 20 boys with their coaches from 28 international locations of all continents gave life to intense coaching, competitions, checks and academic moments. I’ve to congratulate the Head Coaches who masterfully led the day by day work, maintaining gamers and coaches busy for one goal, to show them tips on how to turn out to be Champions; thanks Eva Jeler (AUS) and Zoltan Batorfi (HUN).
Those that don’t expertise World Hopes Week & Problem don’t have the true measure of how helpful it’s for the way forward for these 40 abilities and the contagious enthusiasm that’s nurtured by means of the exercise and future engagements, and we had been glad to be a part of their future. Good luck, Hopes.” Massimo Costantini, ITTF Excessive Efficiency Elite Coach

“In sports activities circles it’s broadly mentioned that expertise means little or no, or nothing, with out arduous work. However seeing the group of gamers gathered on the World Hopes Week, coming from 28 totally different Member Associations from all 5 continents was pure delight and pleasure. Firstly, as a result of after nearly 3 years of disruptions we may deliver everybody on board, secondly as a result of the little abilities and their coaches loved top-notch situations on the Ping Heart in Hennebont, a really welcome addition to the Desk Tennis world map, and thirdly as a result of there was a variety of hard-working abilities in motion below the watchful eyes of the Head Coaches. We’re assured that the way forward for our sport could deliver a way more diversified and globalised competitiveness to the enjoying discipline, however that is in fact just the start of a protracted journey, and we glance very a lot ahead to it. Lengthy stay the Hopes!” Polona Cehovin, ITTF Growth Director

The number of the Hopes Squad for the subsequent coaching exercise going down in March in Singapore will probably be introduced subsequent week.