TALENTED youngsters from a Worcester school are aiming for ping-pong perfection after having their moves analysed by a hi-tech computer system at University College Worcester.
The under 11 boys' and girls' teams from St George's Primary School, in St George's Lane North, have already tasted table tennis success, battling through regional heats to reach the quarter finals of the English Schools National Championships last week.
Experts at UCW's £2m Motion Analysis Research and Rehabilitation Centre invited the pupils to have their moves analysed by sensors placed on their body which create a 3D image on a computer screen.
The school's headteacher, Steve Mills, hopes the analysis, coupled with their training from Worcestershire table tennis champion Lewis Siket, may take the teams beyond the quarter-final stages in next year's competition.
"We have a great coaching and club set up at the school, so hopefully this analysis may help us on our next step up in standards," he said.
The purpose-built centre is the only mobile 3D laboratory in Europe and offers a full range of motion capture techniques to millimetre precision.
The Professional Golf Association, the England Cricket Board, a range of health and safety organisations and the England Polo team have all used MARRC's services.
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