TSV Peißenberg dares a training experiment that is unique in the region
Created: 05/19/2022, 11:45 am
By: Paul Hopp
Proper operation in the hall: Even if there are absences due to illness - like recently - a considerable number of children and young people are now regularly present in the training of the Peißenberg table tennis division.
Also in the picture are trainer Christian Schwarz (left) and supervisor Peter Schwanhart (back, third from left).
© Bernhard Jepsen
TSV Peißenberg and TSV Peiting work together to promote table tennis in the region.
The focus is on the youngsters.
The project is unique.
Peißenberg - This type of cooperation "is definitely something special", says Johannes Eberle, player and youth coach in the table tennis department of TSV Peiting.
He was not aware of anything similar, even with a view to the whole of Bavaria.
TSV Peiting and TSV Peißenberg have agreed to cooperate closely in the future when it comes to training.
At both locations, the members complete training sessions together.
The focus is on the youth, but the adults should also train together.
Ties between the two clubs have existed for a long time, but now there is a solid concept.
According to Eberle, the goals are "an even more intensive promotion of talent through additional training offers" and "the further development of clubs, youth work and table tennis in the region".
TSV Peißenberg cooperates with TSV Peiting
The idea came up during the first phase of the corona lockdowns.
Peiting's Christian Schwarz, who is a licensed table tennis coach, offered online training in which TSV Peißenberg also took part.
Eberle approached TSV Peißenberg with the suggestion of cooperation.
"He ran into open doors for me," says Bernhard Jepsen, second department manager at Peißenberg.
Better to cooperate than to compete pointlessly.
Bernhard Jepsen, 2nd department manager TSV Peißenberg.
The division from the market town has been trying to attract young people for years, has tried a lot and has actually recently grown.
Up to 25 children and young people are currently training in Peißenberg.
In order to encourage them and keep them playing table tennis, Jepsen is willing to go beyond club boundaries.
"It's better to cooperate than to compete pointlessly," is his motto.
There are many complaints in table tennis about the declining numbers of players and teams.
One number in particular shocked Eberle: According to him, the number of youth teams in the Oberbayern Süd district fell by 17 during the Corona period.
"Instead of complaining, you have to do something," emphasizes Jepsen.
And Eberle adds: "We want to keep table tennis in the district." Jepsen points out an important aspect, also with regard to "health": Table tennis is a sport "that is also possible at an advanced age".
What someone learns as a young person does not have to be painstakingly acquired later.
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Jepsen is convinced that the cooperation is “an absolute win” for TSV Peißenberg.
He is "highly optimistic" that the cooperation will work out.
The project officially started this week, and the first joint units have already been completed.
The concept provides that the youth from Peiting and Peißenberg are offered training sessions three days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Friday).
On Saturdays there is the possibility of an additional 90-minute training session.
Hall times in Peiting and Peißenberg are used for this.
There are two groups divided by age and skill level.
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Training four days a week
The adults train together three times a week.
What is new is that men and women also receive “guided training” on Mondays, i.e. under supervision – in order to be able to improve in a targeted manner.
In the lower leagues, there are "normally no such things," says Eberle.
Usually the players decide for themselves how to organize their training.
Despite all the cooperation, both clubs in the league of the Bavarian Table Tennis Association want to continue to send their “own” teams into the race.
"There are no plans to merge teams," said Eberle.