Yesterday the children in Room 6 were fortunate enough to be chosen to attend a lunchtime skills lesson with Dinyar, who represents New Zealand Table Tennis. We have been using 'small balls' as our focus this term and building skills both individually and in pairs. The table tennis balls are certainly small and definitely lighter than the tennis balls we've been using.
Dinyar started by introducing himself to us and then took a photo of us all. He handed out the bats, which are also very small in size and our first lesson was how to hold the bat. He said he thinks the best way is to pretend you are shaking someone's hand. We got that.
Then Dinyar asked us to challenge ourselves to how many times we can hit the ball straight up and down. After that we had to count our hits by turning the bat over each time. That was a bit harder but we are fast learners.
Our very final challenge was to stand very still and try and be the last person standing while balancing the ball on the bat. It was a lot of fun but the windy day didn't help the ball stay on the bat very easily. Thank you Dinyar for sharing your time and skills with us. We hope you can come again soon.
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