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Highest governing body
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a First played
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Characteristics
• Contact – No
Team members
• Singles or Doubles

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Type
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• Racquet Sport, Indoor
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Equipment
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• Poly, 40 mm (1.57 in), 2.7 g (0.095 oz)
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Presence
• Olympic – Since 1988
• Paralympic – since inaugural 1960 Summer
Paralympics

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TABLE TENNIS
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r Is a sport in which two or four players hit a
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The game takes place on a hard table divided by a
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Governed by the worldwide
organization International Table Tennis
Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926. ITTF currently
includes 226 member associations.

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Table Tennis
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HISTORY
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Parlour Tennis
Indoor Tennis
Pom-Pom
Pim-Pam
Royal Game
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David Foster (1848 – 1928)
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Merchant, Politician and Inventor of Table Tennis –
t a locally-important trader devises an indoor game for
amusement during the winter months which becomes
one of the world’s most popular pastimes.
David Foster was a local businessman, mainly
dealing in dairy products and cheese.

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D The origins of table tennis began as an after dinner
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a army stationed in India, using cigar box lids and a filed
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down champagne cork.
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The sound that this made gave it the name of "ping
t pong" during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, it
was also referred to as "whiff-waff" and Gossima.
The title Ping Pong was registered by J.Jaques and
Son in 1900 when the game became a fashionable
craze.

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D The game was popular in Central Europe in 1905-
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the early twenties. by that time 'Ping-Pong' had been
registered as a trademark, so the earlier name of table
tennis was re-introduced.

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National associations were formed and
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However, the game itself has not changed in
essence since its earliest days, though it is faster, more
subtle and more demanding than it was even only twenty
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insure that table tennis remains a contest of human skills
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factor to the game do not give too great an advantage to
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of them.
Thus, equipment specifications are carefully laid
down, and rigorously enforced.

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e Crown Table Tennis, The New
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a Parlour Game, with decorative
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n Parchment battledores & very
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rare web covered cork balls,
which have a surprisingly good
bounce. c.1900

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m Rare boxed set with cloth
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covered balls, The New
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E The Dandy Table Tennis set, New Zealand, c.1902, with
C unusual bats featuring decorative leather covered discs.
D The only known example.
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bamboo rackets, c.1902
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c.1902
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C Royal Game or Table Tennis, Milton Bradley, 1902,
parchment battledores
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C The Popular Game of Table Tennis, E.I. Horsman, 1902,
vellum battledores
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E Table Tennis, The Great Triumph of the 20th Century,
C 1902, vellum battledores
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C Bussey Table Tennis in fine wood box, pair of rare strung
rackets
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EQUIPMENTS
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THE TABLE
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playing surface, shall be rectangular, 2.74m long and
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above the floor.
The playing surface may be of any material and
shall yield a uniform bounce of about 23cm when a
standard ball is dropped on to it from a height of 30cm.

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THE NET ASSEMBLY
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suspension and the supporting posts, including the
clamps attaching them to the table.
The net shall be suspended by a cord attached at
each end to an upright post 15.25cm high, the outside
limits of the post being 15.25cm outside the side line.

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THE BALL
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40mm. The ball shall weigh 2.7g.
The ball shall be made of celluloid or similar
plastics material and shall be white or orange, and matt.

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THE RACKET
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e The racket can be any size, shape or weight but the
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The surface covering material shall be matt and
bright red on one side and black on the other.
At least 85% of the blade thickness shall be of
natural wood.

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DEFINITIONS
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OF TERMS
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a RALLY
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Is a rally of which the result is not scored.
POINT
Is a rally of which the result is scored.
SERVER
Is the player due to strike the ball first in the rally.

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Is the player due to strike the ball second in a rally.
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THE BALL
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RACKET HAND
The hand carrying the racket
MATCH
Consist of the best of any odd number of games.

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FREE HAND
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The hand carrying off the racket.
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The ball if he strikes it in play when has not touched
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OBSTRUCT
The ball if he, or anything he wears or carries,
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E PASSING OVER THE NET
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If it passes under or outside the projection of the net
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assembly outside the table or it
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RECEIVER
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The player due to catch the ball first in the rally
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UMPIRE
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The person appointed to decide on the result of
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ASSISTANT UMPIRE
The person appointed to assist the umpire with
certain duties. Anything the player wears or carries
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SERVICE
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THE RETURN
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The ball, having been
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passes over or around
the net assembly and
touches the opponents
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after touching the
net assembly.

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THE ORDER OF PLAY
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the receiver shall make a return
and thereafter alternately shall each make a return.

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In doubles, the server shall first make a service,
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n server shall then make a return, the partner of the
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player in turn in that sequence shall make a return.

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A POINT
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Unless the rally is a let, a player shall score a
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point if:
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4. An opponent strikes the ball twice in succession
5. If an opponent, or anything an opponent wears,
touches the playing surface or net during play.
6. If a doubles opponent strikes the ball out of the
sequence established by the first server and first
receiver.

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SCORING
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11 points.
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In the event that both players/pairs score 10 points,
a set is be won by the first player/pair to gain a 2-point
lead.
A full match is won when a player or pair wins the
best of any odd number of sets (3,5,7).

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E 09/2017 General List – Men
C Ranking Previous Name Assoc. Ranking Pts.
D 1 1 MA Long CHN 3355
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4 4 GER 2975
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5 5 ZHANG Jike CHN 2829

6 7 BOLL Timo GER 2793

7 8 WONG Chun Ting HKG 2751

8 6 MIZUTANI Jun JPN 2744

9 9 NIWA Koki JPN 2739


SAMSONOV
10 12 BLR 2684
Vladimir

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Ranking Previous Name Assoc. Ranking Pts.
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5 7 ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN 3157

6 5 HIRANO Miu JPN 3139

7 11 ITO Mima JPN 3121

8 6 FENG Tianwei SGP 3055

9 9 HAN Ying ^ GER 2994

10 8 CHENG I-Ching TPE 2987

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Ranking Team Name Ranking Pts.
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5 France 228
6 Hong Kong 226
7 Sweden 224
8 Portugal 222
9 Austria 218
10 Chinese Taipei 218

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GRIPS
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e • Though table tennis players grip their rackets in various
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• Their grips can be classified into two major families of
styles, PENHOLD and SHAKEHAND.
• The rules of table tennis do not prescribe the manner in
which one must grip the racket, and numerous grips are
employed.

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PENHOLD
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a • The penhold grip is so-named because one grips the
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The most popular style, involves curling the middle,
ring, and fourth finger on the back of the blade with the
three fingers always touching one another.
• Penhold styles are popular among players originating
from East Asian countries such as China, Japan, South
Korea, and Taiwan.

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SHAKEHAND
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grasped as if one is performing a handshake. Though it
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grip.
• Many world class European and East Asian players
currently use the shakehand grip, and it is generally
accepted that shakehands is easier to learn than
penholder, allowing a broader range of playing styles
both offensive and defensive.

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SEEMILLER
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tennis champion DANNY SEEMILLER, who used it.
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• It is achieved by placing your thumb and index finger on
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holding the handle with the rest of your fingers.
• The Seemiller grip's popularity reached its apex in 1985
when four (DANNY SEEMILLER, RICKY SEEMILLER,
ERIC BOGGAN and BRIAN MASTERS) of the United
States' five participants in the World Championships
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TYPES OF STROKES
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sports like tennis because the racket is
primarily perpendicular to the direction of the stroke and
most of the energy applied to the ball results
in speed rather than spin, creating a shot that does not
arc much, but is fast enough that it can be difficult to
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resulting in a large amount of topspin.
A good loop drive will arc quite a bit, and once
striking the opponent's side of the table will jump
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(immediately after hitting the table) so that the ball
travels faster to the other side.
A well-timed, accurate counter-drive can be as
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a loop drive or a loop in its characteristics.
What identifies the stroke is that the backswing is
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5. SMASH
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The offensive trump card.
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SMASHING – consists of using a large backswing and
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as possible.
The goal of a smash is to get the ball to move so
quickly that the opponent simply cannot return it.
Because the ball speed is the main aim of this shot,
often the spin on the ball is something other than
topspin.

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creating offensive opportunities.
A push resembles a tennis slice: the racket cuts
underneath the ball, imparting backspin and causing the
ball to float slowly to the other side of the table.

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from the table. The racket face points primarily
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of the stroke is straight down.
A good chop will float nearly horizontally back to the
table, in some cases having so much backspin that the
ball actually rises. Such a chop can be extremely difficult
to return due to its enormous amount of backspin.

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3. BLOCK
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Is a simple shot, but nonetheless can be
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front of the ball right after the ball bounces; thus, the ball
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energy as it came in with.
This requires precision, since the ball's spin, speed,
and location all influence the correct angle of a block. It
is very possible for an opponent to execute a perfect
loop, drive, or smash, only to have the blocked shot
come back at him just as fast.

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C 4. DEFENSIVE LOB
D Is possibly the most impressive shot, since it
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table 4–6 meters; then, the stroke itself consists of lifting
the ball to an enormous height before it falls back to the
opponent's side of the table.
A lob is inherently a creative shot, and can have
nearly any kind of spin.

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Although nearly every stroke or serve creates some
kind of spin, understanding the individual types of spin
allows players to defend against and use different spins
effectively.

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E BACKSPIN – Is where the bottom half of the ball is
C rotating away from the player, and is imparted by striking
D the base of the ball with a downward movement
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TOPSPIN – causes the ball to jump upwards and the
C opponent is forced to compensate for the topspin by
adjusting the angle of his or her racket. This is known as
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Unlike the two aforementioned techniques, sidespin
causes the ball to spin on an axis which is vertical, rather
than horizontal.

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n from time to time in the lob
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Corkspin is almost always mixed with another
variety of spin, since alone, it is not only less effective
but also harder to produce.

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THANK YOU!!!
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