Aspire Academy hosts international table tennis training camp
The Peninsula
Doha: Aspire Academy has hosted a highly successful table tennis training camp, which included players from Sweden, India, and Croatia. They were j...
Doha: Aspire Academy has hosted a highly successful table tennis training camp, which included players from Sweden, India, and Croatia.
They were joined by four Aspire Academy student-athletes and two players nominated by the Qatar Table Tennis Federation.
The 10-day camp was led by Aspire’s Head Table Tennis Coach, Peter Karlsson, who was assisted by his senior coach, Jakov Krivic. Along with the young players, there were visiting coaches from India and Croatia.
Their visit was not limited to table tennis but included sightseeing and a trip to the desert to highlight and promote all that Qatar has to offer.
Josip Jerkovic, part of Croatia’s national team coaching staff, was overseeing the progress of two 17-year-olds from the junior ranks. He highlighted that the training offered the chance to work on things such as leg strength and improving mobility, and it was not purely about the technical side of the game. He was impressed by the facilities and the support staff, such as strength and conditioning experts and equipment staff, who worked with the main coaches.
