Speaking at the handover ceremony, Yuvraj Gill, founder of Table Zen, said he was passionate about the sport, which he credited with improving his mental health and academic performance. “So, for me, I fell in love with table tennis maybe when I was seven or eight years old.
The spin of the ball, swinging the paddle, the competitive spirit that it fosters was addictive for me.
And it not only improved my physical coordination, my physical health, my grades in school, but also it improved my mental health,” he said. “I became more focused.
I learned discipline.
I learned hard work. ”
Gill cited research showing the game’s benefits for students’ mental health and academic performance. “Recently, a few years ago, I read astudythat table tennis is super, super important and can benefit mental health for students all around the world.
And it was an international study.
And it just showed how students’ grades went up because of table tennis and their mental health went up,” he said. “Recently, a few years ago, I read astudythat table tennis is super, super important and can benefit mental health for students all around the world.
And it just showed how students’ grades went up because of table tennis and their mental health went up,” he said.
Gill added that Table Zen has been setting up clubs globally. “And it’s a nonprofit organization based in the United States.
And what we do is we create table tennis clubs all across the world.
We’re in India, we’re in Africa, we’re in the United States. “And our goal is to improve mental and physical health through this beautiful sport.
Zimbabwe is a land full of opportunity.
And there is so much potential here. “And we see unfortunately, in a lot of these streets, especially in the high-density areas, there is a lot of drug abuse.
And, you know, that drug abuse is impacting the lives of children.
And table tennis, we see, is a way to fight that drug abuse,” he said. “And to ensure that the beautiful families and the beautiful people of Zimbabwe are able to grow past that.
Idleness is what causes that.
And if we’re able to introduce a sport that defeats that idleness, and it gives students purpose. ”
Trinity Sports CEO Fungai Tanhara said she hopes to reignite interest in the sport, especially among women, and noted that the donated equipment was worth more than US$6,000. “It was unexpected, I’ll be very honest.
But they came in and they came through.
And I’m so, so grateful because the initiative that I’d already started before they came in was to have ladies play table tennis, and also this fight against drugs, which I’d already started with Toto. 🔗 Read Full Article
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