TABLE TENNIS

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WHAT IS TABLE TENNIS?

Table tennis is a game played inside by two or four people. The players
stand at each end of a table which has a low net across the middle and
hit a small light ball over the net, using small bats.
History
History
 Rules &
Regulation
 Rules & Regulation
8.1.Volleys
Games are
are not
played to 11 points
allowed
9.2.IfAlternate
your hit serves
bounces every
backtwo points
over the net by itself it is
3. Toss
your the ball straight up when serving
point
4. The
10. serve the
Touching can ball
landwith
anywhere in singles
your paddle hand is allowed
5. Doubles
11. You may serves mustthe
not touch go table
right with
courtyour
to right court
non-paddle
6. A serve that touches the net on the way over is a
hand
“let”
12. An “edge” ball bouncing off the horizontal table top
7. Alternate
surface is goodhitting in a doubles rally
13. Honor system applies to disagreements
Table Tennis
Ball
 Table Tennis Ball
Every player needs a healthy stock
you may still find older ofcelluloid ballsballs
table tennis available
to ensure—thatwe
recommend avoiding those.they Mostareballs have ready
always a star to
rating to
play.
indicate their quality, 1 being thetennis
Table worst balls
and 3, being2.7
weigh thegrams
best.
However, these ratings are andnot are
regulated.
white or If orange
you want a top-
in color,
quality ball, look for an ITTF approvedonstamp.
depending This indicates
the preference of
that the ball has passed strict
thetesting
player.and is eligible
Nearly fortennis
all table use in
leagues and tournaments balls are made of plastic now,
however,
 Table Tennis
Paddle/Racket
 Table Tennis Paddle/Racket

Table tennis paddles, rackets, or

bats are all names for the
complete piece instrument you
hold that strikes the ball. This
You can choose to buildconsists
your paddle yourself
of a wooden part
by
custom selecti ng your blade
knownand rubbers,
as the blade, or
andyou can
rubbers
purchase a fully pre-assembled bat. to either side of
that are glued
the blade’s face.
Table Tennis
Blade
 Table Tennis Blade
Table tennis blades are the
wooden part of your paddle. They
consist of a handle
For shakehand grip, it is recommended and athe
to purchase flatflared
face
handled. It’s comfortable totohold
which
andboth ofreduce
helps your rubbers
the riskareof
your bat slipping out of yourglued to. Table
hand. Bladestennis
are available
blades also in
various
influence your control, speed, handle
and spin that types
is why such
they are as
crucial for players. flared, straight, anatomic, and
penhold. Which is best for you
largely depends on your grip.
Table Tennis
Table
 Table Tennis Table
Included in the list of important
table tennis equipment is the
They come in either green, blue, or black and
table. The IT TF specifi es that
are
made from hardboard. the Theoffi
surface must be smooth
cial table tennis tables
to provide the lowest used
frictiinontournament
possible. setti
Youngs
might
think that owning your own
must be 9table
ft longtennis tableandis
, 5 ft wide,
overkill but consider how
30 it can elevate
inches above the your training
ground.
Table Tennis Net
and Post
Table Tennis Net and Post

Nets should measure 6 ft long and

6 inches wide. They should also
have an upper white tape that is
no more than 15mm wide. Like
with other equipment, you have
few styles of choice when it
comes to nets such as spring-
loaded clips and hand-ti ghtened
screw clamps.
Scoring
 Scoring
opponent
As a smaller ’s side in order
version for the
of outdoor service
tennis, tabletotennis
count and
for a point
follows very to be earned
similar rules toifthe
the ball is game.
standard missed Thisby the
other
means playerends. In additi
that the scoring systemon, thein ball
used tablemust
tennisland
is on
fairlyofeasy
top thetotable
followand
because,
not onjustthe
like side
in regular
of the tennis,
table.
only one
Like mostpoint can be
sports, scored
the scoreby begins
a single atplayer
0-0,atand
a ti me.
the
A point is scored when the opposite player
designated server will begin in possession of the cannot return
the ball back to the other side over the table’s netti ng.
ball. Each player gets two serves before the ball
The server must make the ball touch their side of the
possession switches to the opposing
table and then bounce over the net to touch the player,
alternati ng in this way unti l the game
 THE
ORIGINS OF
TABLE
TENNIS
 THE ORIGINS OF TABLE TENNIS
It was in England, in the late 19th century, that table
tennis madea its
Following appearance.
trip TakingStates,
to the United inspirati
inon1901
fromJames
lawn
tennis, the fi rst players belonged to middle-class Victorian
Gibb brought back the fi rst celluloid ball, which was
society. The fi rst game would have been played using a
achampagne
lot lighter than the rubber balls. A year later,
cork as a ball, cigar boxes as bats and books in
1902,
for the E.C. Gould,
net. At a Brititable
that point, sh enthusiast of the
tennis was seen as agame,
mere
introduced
distracti on forthethe fi rst bats
wealthy covered
classes. in Englishman
In 1890, rubber and
rubberized
David Foster,pimples.
att racted It
by was game
its wide on for
appeal, the history
introduced the
fi rst
of gametennis.
table of tennis on a table. In 1897, the fi rst nati onal
championships were organized in Hungary.
THE FIRST TABLE
TENNIS
TOURNAMENTS
 THE FIRST TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENTS

Following
The World on from the success ofbetween
Championships the fi rst public
the diff erent
tournamentswere
countries at Queen’s
held Hall in London,init 1926
in London was in and
1902 thethat
the fi rst offi cial World Championship took place. The sport
French Table Tennis Federati on saw the light of day
enjoyed increased growth and the Briti sh Table Tennis
in 1927. The French would parti cipate for the
Federati on was created. The fi rst European Championships fi rst
ti me subsequently
were in Budapest organized
in 1929. The history
in 1907. of table
Everything tennis
stepped
is
up colored
a gear inby thea 1920s.
great The
many champions,
Table including
Tennis Associati on was the
Austro-Briton
created in EnglandRichard Bergmann,
in 1921, followed by the Franco-Polish
Internati onal
player Aloizy
Federati on Ehrilich and the Romanian Angelica
in 1926.
Rozeanu.
THE RISE OF
TABLE
TENNIS IN
ASIA
 THE FIRST TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENTS

It was during this period that ping-pong diplomacy

In the 1950s, table tennis became integral to the countries
was developed, which contributed
of Asia. The Japanese excelled at the World Team
to the
improvement in Sino-American
Championships between relati
1954 and 1959. ons.
This In 1977,
dominati on
during the World
was bolstered by theChampionships
introducti on of in Birmingham,
foam, which the
fi rst “Chinese
transformed service”
classic wasJapanese
bats. The used. The have service
providedwent
from
severalbeing
world seen as a including
champions, mere serve to of
the likes becoming a
Hiroji Sato,
disti nguishing
strategic themselves
element of thewith theirAsimpressive
game. results
such, Asia’s in
place
1956
in in Tokyo.
the historyTheofsixti es heralded
table the arrival
tennis went on toof Chinese
become
supremacy, punctuated by Zhuand Zedong ’s triple world
absolutely criti cal to the progress of this
champion ti tles in 1961, 1963 and 1965