UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MINDANAO

TABLE TENNIS MODULE 1

TRACING THE ROOTS:
History of Table Tennis
 What is Table Tennis
1. Table tennis, also known as ping-
pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in
which two or four players hit a
lightweight ball, also known as the
ping-pong ball, back and forth across
a table using small rackets.

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 What is Table Tennis

A point is scored when a player fails to

return the ball within the rules. Play is
fast and demands quick reactions.

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

In 1800, the earliest known form of the

sport, called indoor tennis, was played in
Victorian England among the upper-class
as an after-dinner parlour game, then
commonly known as WHIFF-WHAFF
named by Slazenger & Sons

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1860s or 1870s - makeshift versions of the

game were developed by British military
officers in India.

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1901 - James W. Gibb, a British enthusiast

of table tennis, discovered novelty celluloid
balls on a trip to the US.

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1901 - followed by E.C. Goode who

invented the modern version of the racket
by fixing a sheet of pimpled, or stippled,
rubber to the wooden blade.

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TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1901 - The name "ping-pong" was in wide

use before British manufacturer J. Jaques &
Son Ltd.

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TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1901- Popular/books were written

1902 - unofficial world championship was
held.

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1920 - Jacques sold the rights to the "ping-

pong" name to Parker Brothers.

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1921 - the Table Tennis Association was

founded.

1926 - renamed the English Table Tennis

Association. The International Table Tennis
Federation (ITTF) followed. London hosted
the first official World Championships.
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TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1933 - the United States Table Tennis

Association, now called USA Table Tennis,
was formed.

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS
1950s - paddles changed. These were introduced to
Britain by sports goods manufacturer S.W. Hancock
Ltd.

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1980 - The used of speed glue started to increased

the spin and speed even further.

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 TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

1988 - Table tennis was introduced as an Olympic

sport at the Olympics.

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TABLE TENNIS MODULE 2

EQUIPMENT of Table Tennis
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RUBBER, RACKET OR
PADDLE - used in hitting the
ball back and forth on the
table. Its shape is like the ones
used in the game of tennis
except that it is smaller and is
made of different materials.
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 Anatomic handles suit players straight handle is best flared handle
who hit the ball very hard instead for balanced players. works best for
of using spin. forehand dominant
players, whilst the
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BALL - used in the game is

a 2.7-gram, small celluloid ball
that is usually colored white or
orange. Sizes ranges from 38
mm to 54 mm in diameter
while 40 mm diameter for
International Table Tennis
Federation or ITTF.
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 EQUIPMENT OF TABLE TENNIS

TABLE - 9 ft long, 5 ft
wide and 30 inches high
from the ground.

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EQUIPMENT OF TABLE TENNIS

NET & POST - 15mm

wide.

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