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The Ministry of Education, represented by the Directorate-General of Educational Supervision, in cooperation with the Oman Table Tennis Association, a training program in specialized applications in school sports subject. The training program seeks to raise the level of competency of school sports supervisors in the game of table tennis by spreading its culture and acquiring specialized skills that enable them to perform their supervisory role, in addition to modeling experiences and applications related to this game in teaching and supervisory situations.

The Ministry of Education targets a total of 29 participants of school sports supervisors in educational directorates, in addition to school sports specialists in Directorates General in the Ministry of Education's General Diwan. The training program takes place in the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bausher, starting from November 6th until November 8th.

The trainer Abdullah Al-Hajri, in charge of this training, said: “This training program is about the basics of table tennis, some basic skills that a table tennis player needs, the basics that the teacher begins with his students from the racket grip, and the movements of the feet. The training also includes a set of laws of table tennis, the most important of which is how to organize matches and arbitration.”

The first day includes two training sessions dealing with a set of knowledge and practical exercises related to the skill of hitting the ball with the front racket and its types of rotations. Some exercises and practical activities of the skill are also carried out from the movements of the feet and the way of movement during play. The second training day deals with a set of knowledge, practical exercises related to the skill of serving, receiving with the front and rear racket, types of rotations for serving, the application of the registration form for matches, methods of managing matches, legal errors, and methods for calculating points in matches and runs and ways of play.

The last day of the program also deals with the knowledge and skills related to the skill of pushing the ball against the front and back racket, some skills of smash hit and methods of booking. The program concludes with mini games between the participants.