Dirk Wagner is currently The Sporting Director and Chief Coach at Grenzau Table Tennis School.
He was The Head Coach at the Werner Schlager Academy from 2010 to 2016, Chief trainer at Borussia Düsseldorf from 2006 to 2010 where he won The German Cup and German Championship in 2007, European Champions League Winner and German Championship Winner in 2008, European Champions League Winner, German Champion and German Cup Winner in 2009 (the first federation that won a triple).
He studied at the Academy of the German Olympic Sport Federation in Cologne.
During this lecture he talks in detail about the profile of a contemporary Table Tennis Coach, everything he has to know, do and think about.
In Part 4:
- How to deal with distractions and focus on table tennis & how to be a good pedagogue (0:00-2:58)
- How mobile phones, the internet, and today's technology keep you in permanent contact with your players & what that means for a professional coach (2:58-5:14)
- The difference between first aid and the need for a doctor, and what the coach should take care of himself/herself (5:14-8:46)
- The importance of education as a coach, formal and informal (8:46-11:00)
- Adapting your table tennis training for each player and developing it with the player as he/she gets older (11:00-13:30)
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