Headis, Header Table Tennis

Since 2007 the number of players is constantly growing. From 60 participants 2007 there were more than 400 participants 2009 at the tournaments and a couple thousand recreationally. At the time Germany is the dominant HEADIS nation but there are more players from Luxembourg, France, Spain and England. The first HEADIS club is "HEADIS United Saarbrücken" in Saarbruecken, which was founded in 2007. 1. HSC Minerva Dresden is the first east German club. There are also HEADIS departments at traditional clubs such as TV Fechingen 1895 e.V. (Saarbruecken), FC Brünninghausen 1927 e.V. in Dortmund and SpVgg Erlangen e.V..
There are also plenty more HEADIS groups in Germany playing.
At the moment HEADIS part of the University sports program at 15 Universities in Germany. In 2009 the TU Kaiserslautern was the first University to held the official Adh Trophy HEADIS.