A POINT IS LOST IF A PLAYER:

• Fails to make a good serve

• Fails to hit the ball onto their opponent’s side
• Fails to hit the ball
• Hits the ball before it bounces (volley)

A GOOD SERVE
• The ball must rest on the palm of the open hand. Toss it up
at least 15 cm (6 inches) and strike it so the ball first bounces on
the server’s side and then on the opponent’s side
• A ‘let’ service is called if the ball touches the top of the net
• Let serves do not score points and the server serves again

MATCH FLOW
• Each player serves 2 points alternately
• If a game reaches 10 all, each player serves 1 point alternately
until the game is won by 2 clear points
• After each game players change ends
• In the final game players change ends after the first player
reaches 5 points

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Playing Playback
Suggestions
Playback
a simple challenge between
you and the wall!
How to play
1. Simply push any table against a wall
and practice serving and hitting the
wall
2. Getting good? Why not test your
skills by alternating forehand and
backhand skills?

Target Ping! pong

put your office stapler,
scissors, coffee cup or hole
punch to good use... Target ping! pong
How to play
1. Set up a number of ‘targets’ on any
table (targets can be anything!)
2. Give each target a score
3. The aim is to hit targets with 10
serves of the ball, adding up your
score as you go along
4. Play again to beat your score. Or
challenge a colleague and try to beat
their score!

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Winner Stays On
it’s a dog eat dog world
out there...
How to play
1. Randomly select one player to be
‘table champ’
2. Players queue to challenge the champ
3. The next challenger umpires the
match (and their decision is final!)
4. The winner stays on; losers form a
queue if they want to re-challenge
5. Play one game to 7 or 11 points (or 3
or 5 points to reduce waiting time)
6. The champ must retire after 5 games

Team Ping! pong

a ping! pong party game for
up to 6 players
How to play
1. Form 2 even teams of 2 or 3 players
and number each player 1, 2 or 3
2. To start, 1s play against each other for
two points with one serve each. 2s
play for the next two points, 3s
the following two and repeat until the
winning team reaches 21 points

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Round the table

Round the world

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 fun for all ‘THINK INCLUSIVELY’
Table tennis is a very inclusive sport and your Instant Ping! Pong kit can
be easily adapted so everyone can enjoy it. Why not try the following:
Use a table where the legs and undercarriage are set back as far as possible
(ideally 40cm) so that wheelchair users can move around it easily. When playing
Target Ping! Pong, choose brightly coloured objects to assist visually impaired
players. Buy specially adapted ‘sound balls’ for the visually impaired. These foam
covered balls contain ball bearings that cause the ball to rattle when moving,
leaving a sound trail the player can follow.

Round the Table Round the World

a ping! pong party game a fast and fun ping! pong party
for lots of players game for lots of players
How to play Good news: this game is easier than
1. Players form 2 queues – one at each round the table but ideally need a
end of the table. The queue with proficient player to act as a ‘feeder’
most players serves first
2. The aim of the game is to hit the ball
How to play
1. The ‘feeder’ remains at one table end
to the player at the opposite end of
and continuously returns (feeds) the
the table, then move anti-clockwise
ball to the queuing players
round the table to join the opposite
2. The feeder serves the ball to the
queue
backhand side of the table to the
3. The player at the opposite end of
first player who returns the ball using
the table returns the ball and play is
the backhand to the feeder then moves
continuous until a mistake is made
clockwise around the whole table
4. Each player starts with 3 lives and a
(behind the feeder) to rejoin the queue
player who makes a mistake loses a
3. Play is continuous by all players using
life. A player is eliminated after all 3
the backhand until a mistake is made
lives are lost
4. Each player starts with 3 lives and
5. When only 2 players are left, they
a player who makes a mistake loses
remain opposite the feeder and hit
a life. A player is eliminated after
the ball alternately until 1 player has
all 3 lives are lost
no lives left and declares the player
5. When only 2 players are left, remain
with lives remaining the winner!
opposite the feeder and hit the ball
6. Alternatively to avoid eliminating
alternately until 1 player has no lives left
players, for each successful hit,
6. Alternatively for each successful
players gain a life. First player to
hit, players gain a life . First player
gain 21 lives wins
to reach 21 lives wins
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