Children with OOP from Smolensk discovered table tennis

On November 11, students of the Center for Education for Children with Special Educational Needs (PLO) of Smolensk visited the Table Tennis Development Center. The event became a real sports festival for the children, which allowed them to plunge into the atmosphere of great sports.

Acquaintance with the Olympic sport for the participants was held by Vice-President of the Table Tennis Federation of the Smolensk region Elena Marchenko. She told the children about the history of the game, the features of the equipment and the rules.

Then introductory classes were held by coaches Alexander Lipchuk and Lada Danilenkova. The guys took part in an active warm-up, and some of them even tried themselves as a coach, showing comrades how to perform exercises correctly. In the final of the meeting, the participants broke into pairs and got acquainted with the dynamics of the game in practice.