Greater Vancouver Table Tennis Club

This is not so much a review but a little preamble for anyone looking to play here for the first time.Background on me, I have been playing here for the past 2 years and have trained with both coaches who work here, I've also participated in their tournaments and other events.If you are a beginner, the following concerns you the most so please pay attention.First things is the price, which is 7$ for non members. Even I would consider this a bit expensive, especially when it is a crowded afternoon when all the tables are occupied and you must wait and play at 20 min intervals. When you walk in, just go straight past the netting separating the coaches area and go towards the desk that is facing you a little bit back, that's were you pay and sign your name.Next, make sure to have your own racket. I for one always had my own, but I've heard that it is quite costly for a rental.If all the tables are full, don't just sit their and wait. Nobody will know that you are in queue. Get up and go the players playing at a table and ask them how long they will take, be polite and usually, they will be friendly, too.If you are not a person of East-Asian ethnic background, unfortunately their will be people who are prejudiced enough that may ask you to relinquish you table or treat you sub-par. Honestly, they can go **** themselves. Make sure to defend your case and when asked to give your table to others, just point to the people at the back who've been playing for an hour straight. If the coaches that are teaching comes, have a conversation with them and try and talk things through. Coach Chen and Zhang are good people but can come off as a bit aggressive and dismissive.Another thing are your shoes, make sure they don't leave marks and are suitable for indoor wear.Hopefully this helped, don't be discouraged if the first couple times are not the best since building a rapport with the people there is one of the ways that make your experience better.

A very nice place to learn and sweat it out, GVTTC is a friendly, cozy place to play at and the players are friendly too also the owner-coach who offers training courses....

Great place for table tennis club. Very good tables. Amazing professional flooring. But not many good players. Its a good place for beginners and intermediate players

Have classes for many level also has droppins pretty cheap great place

No response from the club. Perhaps they are closed down.

People who are sitting at phone desk are so cheap and arrogant. Can’t help you answer any questions. Pls shut down when you can’t serve customers

LOVE IT! Super fun way to kill time and gain a skill at the same time. I came in on a drop-in basis as a noobie and was given a free run-down by a coach on what I was doing right and wrong. Super fun, great staff.

My daughter has never played table tennis before. She started learning how to hold a table tennis racket in April this year. I registered my daughter for a group training class at GVTTC in July. After 3 months' learning, her improvement is unbelievable. If you want your child to learn table tennis with a strong foundation, I strongly recommend joining this club. Coach Wilson Zhang (张鹏) is a great coach and he was an Olympic athlete with high ranking in Canada. Learning the right way to play a sport in the first place is way easier than fixing it in the future.

My kid joined the Sunday afternoon beginner group lesson since the beginning of 2017. It suppose to be a 2 hour lesson but the coach teachs less than an hour in total for the whole group. My She is too busy handling other things than teaching. It would be lucky if a kid get 10 minutes of coaching from her in 2 hours. Also at the very beginning she will request your kids to buy the tennis racquet and t-shirt from her which cost $85. If I know this is how my kids would be treated I will definitely not let my kids learn table tennis here.