Problems and countermeasures in college table tennis course teaching

Abstract

Based on years of practical experience in table tennis teaching at Beijing Forestry University, this paper analyzes the existing problems and contradictions in college "Table Tennis" course instruction. It identifies unclear teacher explanations, monotonous practice methods, and simplistic assessment and evaluation as the key issues affecting the teaching quality of college "Table Tennis" courses. These problems have led to three major contradictions in college table tennis teaching: the contradiction between the complexity of table tennis and the limited overall class hours; the contradiction between the emphasis on scientific research over teaching and the focus on educational reform experiments rather than comprehensive promotion in universities; and the contradiction between the requirements for venues, equipment, and manpower to implement diverse teaching methods and the limited teaching conditions in colleges. To address these three major contradictions, this paper proposes reform measures for "Table Tennis" course teaching: diversification of classroom instruction, enrichment of practice methods, process-oriented assessment and evaluation, and integration of in-class and extracurricular activities. Only through these measures can the teaching quality of the "Table Tennis" course be further improved.