Table Tennis – a sport in which 2 or 4 players hit a lightweight ball back and forth to each other with

rackets.

- Controlled by the ITTF founded in 1926

Ping Pang Qui – Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Macau

Takkyu – Japan

Tak-gu – Korea

History

12th Century AD – Table tennis descended from the game of “Royal Tennis”

19th Century – became popular in England and the US.

1880s – Played by British army officers stationed in India and South Africa

- Cigar box lids (paddles), rounded wine bottle corks (balls), and books (net)
- After dinner amusement for upper class Victorians (England)
- Became fashionable among the upper class in England

1887 – The first use of the name table tennis on a board and dice game made by JH Singer of NY.

1890 – Table tennis game is a set made by David Foster (patented in England)

- Included table version of lawn tennis, cricket and football

1891 – John Jacques (London) introduced their Gossima game

- Drum type paddles, 50 mm web wrapped cork ball, 30 cm high net

1890s – Parker Brothers began making an indoor tennis kit which included a portable net, a small ball
covered in netting and paddles

1900 – James Gibb brought hollow celluloid balls to England from USA and was credited for inventing
the name “ping-pong”

1901 – John Jacques registered “ping pong” as a trade name in England

- The American rights to the name are sold to Parker Brothers

- The TTA was formed in England (Dec. 12)

1902 – E.C Goode

- Putt king pebbled rubber on his wooden blade

Whiff-whaff/ Gossima – when a web-covered ball was used

- Celluloid ball was introduced

1903 – The TTA and The PPA forming The UTTPPA which will later revert to The TTA before becoming
defunct in 1904. (May 1)
1920s – The game revive in England and Europe

1960s – Xhang Xi Lin (Yin-Yan bat with normal rubber on one side, and long pimples on the other)

- First successful combination bat play

- Loop drive was invented

1971 – China returned to Int’l Competition at the 1971 World Championship

- US Table Tennis Team took a “Ping-Pong Diplomacy” trip to China

- Jean Paul Weber of France uses the first anti-spin rubber in Nagoya, Japan

1970s – Speed glue credited to Dragutin Surbek of Yugoslavia and Tibor Klampar of Hungary

1980 – John Hilton wins European Champ using a combination of normal rubber and antispin.

1980s – two-colour rule is adopted

1988 – Became an Olympic sport in Seoul, South Korea

2000 – From 38 mm to 40 mm, from 21-point to 11-point

2002 – Became a Commonwealth Games Sport at Manchester, England

Facilities and Equipment

Table – 220 – 250 mm bounces when a ball is dropped 305 mm above

- Dark-colored (dark green or matt)

- Lines
White line 20 mm along each edge
End lines 1.525 m
Side lines 2.74 m width
- Playing surface (center lines 3mm broad)
Upper surface
9 ft. length (2.74 m)
5 ft. width (1.52 m)
2 ft. 6 in. (76 cm) above the floor
23 cm bounces when dropped from a height of 30 cm

Net – 15.25 cm high, 1.83 m width

Ball – 2.7 g

- 40 mm diameter (2003) Work Table Tennis Championship

- 0.94 coefficient restitution

Racket – paddle (USA), racket (ITTF term) or bat (Europe)

- Other side is red while the other side is black

 – Types of rubber sheet: inverted (non-Chinese), inverted (Chinese), short pimples, long
pimples, anti-spin

- Materials: titanium, acrylate, aramids, aluminium

Grips

Penhold

Shakehand

V-grip

Seemiller Grip

Shots

Offensive Strokes

10 Basic Skills

1. Serve
2. Footwork
3. Grip
- Handshake
- Penhold
- Index finger – backhand
4. Receive from serve
5. Stance – feetapart, bend
6. Forehand push
7. Backhand push
8. Forehand drive
9. Backhand drive
10. Matchplay

Techniques

1. Loop
2. Block
3. Chuck
4. Flick
5. Topspin
6. Backhand