TABLE TENNIS
SUMMARY
Table tennis, also known as (trademark) Ping-Pong, is a ball game played on a flat table separated into two equal courts by a net fastened across the table’s width in the middle. The goal is to hit the ball over the net and bounce on the opponent’s half of the table in such a way that the opponent is unable to reach it or successfully return it. Small rackets (bats, or paddles) used by the players move the lightweight hollow ball back and forth across the net. The game is well-known throughout the world. It is heavily structured as a competitive sport in various nations, particularly in Europe and Asia, particularly in China and Japan.
HISTORY Of TABLE TENNIS
The game was first invented in England in the early twentieth century and was initially known as Ping-Pong. When the ancient Ping-Pong Association, founded in 1902, was revived in 1921–22, the name table tennis was used. The original association disbanded in 1905, though the game appears to have continued to be played in portions of England outside of London, and by the 1920s, it had spread to a number of countries. The Fédération Internationale de Tennis de Table (International Table Tennis Federation) was founded in 1926 by representatives from Germany, Hungary, India, Denmark, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Wales, with England, Sweden, Hungary, India, Denmark, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Wales as founding members. More than 165 national associations were members by the mid-1990s.
The first world championships were held in London in 1926, and players from Central Europe dominated the sport until 1939, with Hungary winning the men’s team event nine times and Czechoslovakia twice. Asia began to emerge as a breeding ground for champions in the mid-1950s, and Chinese athletes have dominated individual and team events (for both men and women) ever since. The game’s popularity in China was famous for spawning “Ping-Pong diplomacy,” a time in the 1970s when Cold War tensions between China and the US were eased by a series of highly publicized table tennis matches between sportsmen from both nations.
BASIC RULES OF TABLE TENNIS AS PER ITTF
Table tennis has become one of the most popular sports in the world due to its simplicity and relative price. Not only is the game simple to learn, but it’s also a lot of fun and takes little money or room.
To get started, all you need is a table, a net, a ball, and a racket. You can play anywhere, at any time, and hitting that small white ball around for a couple of hours a week may do wonders for your fitness.
Whether you’re playing a friendly match at the HDB void deck or competing in a competition, there are specific regulations to follow, just like in any other sport. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the sport’s principal governing body, which establishes the game’s rules.
Your Equipment While there are fewer limits in a friendly match, the ITTF regulates the equipment used in a tournament very carefully. On a platform 76cm above the floor, the table, or playing surface, should be 2.74m long and 1.525m broad. The top of the net must likewise be 15.25cm above the playing surface all the way around. The ball used in a tournament must have a diameter of 40mm and weigh exactly 2.7g. Furthermore, the ball can only be made of celluloid or comparable plastics and must be white or orange in color, with a matt finish.
Finally, the racket can be any size, shape, or weight as long as the blade is flat and sturdy and composed of at least 85% natural wood. A player must enable his or her opponent and the umpire to inspect the racket he or she is preparing to use before the start of a match.
Playing The Game A game begins when one participant (server) performs a service before the receiver responds. Starting with the ball resting freely on an open hand, the Server should:
– without imparting spin, project the ball nearly vertically upwards, so that it climbs at least 16cm.
– hit the ball so that it first reaches his or her court, then passes over the net assembly and immediately contacts the receiver’s court. The ball must contact the right half court of both the server and receiver in doubles.
After the ball is served, both players must return the ball until a point is scored. In doubles, each player on the same team takes a turn returning the ball.
After scoring two points, the receiving player/pair becomes the serving player/pair, and so on until the game is over.
Scoring When one of the players or pairings scores 11 points first, it is called a set. If both players/pairs score ten points, the set is won by the first player/pair to acquire a two-point advantage. A player or couple wins a full match when they win the best of any odd number of sets (3,5,7).
1. When an opponent fails to serve correctly, return correctly, or make a correct service, a point is awarded.
2. the ball comes into contact with any portion of an opponent’s body
3. if an opponent strikes the ball twice in a row, 4. if an opponent, or anything worn by an opponent, comes into contact with the playing surface or net during play,
5.If a doubles opponent hits the ball out of the first server’s and first receiver’s sequence.