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Butterfly Skills launched
Butterfly Skills is a new and inclusive table tennis initiative for teaching table tennis launched by James Purnell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
The programme provides an exciting and progressive framework to deliver table tennis in schools, clubs and sport centres nationwide. With four skill levels to work towards, this truly is the “must have” tool kit for all table tennis teachers and coaches.
Developed in a partnership between the English Table Tennis Association (ETTA), English Schools’ Table Tennis Association and Butterfly, the renowned equipment manufacturer, the resources have been finely tuned to specifically meet the needs of the ever-increasing demand for table tennis within schools and the wider community. The programme includes a 180-page manual and a set of equipment consisting of bats from Butterfly plus a pack of six quality practice balls and two V-shaped nets that allow any flat surface to be used for playing table tennis at the basic level.
The Butterfly Skills table tennis programme is also supported by Sportsmatch, a government funded scheme set up to help fund grass roots and community sports in England. This is done by matching new sponsorship money with Sportsmatch funding, on a pound for pound basis.
