The PING PONG PARKINSON ITALIA ODV Association was founded on May 27, 2025, to promote ping pong for people with Parkinson’s disease in order to improve the quality of life of those affected by this condition.
Sports Activity
Sports activities include:
Building human connections by fostering relationships and interaction among people;
Spirituality, as it enables pleasant and positive experiences that can only be achieved when we push our physical or mental abilities to the limit.
Spiritual Meaning
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi recently wrote this in the pages of a national newspaper. The world championship therefore has not only a sporting significance but also a human and spiritual one.
…illness is not only a biological or physiological matter but an existential experience. Certainly, medical science is necessary at the patient’s bedside, but humanity and even spirituality must also be present…
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
The founder: Dr. Nenad Bach
People will come from all over the world. The Ping Pong Parkinson World Championship was founded in March 2017 by Croatian-American artist and composer Dr. Nenad Bach, with the goal of slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease using ping pong as a form of therapy. The model is based on the concept of neuroplasticity: the brain’s ability to create new neurons and connections through challenging physical movements.
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