Table Tennis

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Table Tennis
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Physical Education
Department
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History

• The earliest known form of the sport, called
  indoor tennis, was played in the early 1880s by
  British army officers in India and South Africa,
  using lids from cigar boxes as paddles and
  rounded corks from wine bottles as balls, with a
  row of books set up across the middle of a table
  to form the net.

• Asian players also developed the "penholder"
  grip, in which the handle of the paddle is held
  between forefinger and thumb, which allows the
  player to strike the ball with the same face of
  the paddle on any stroke. That grip is now used
  by virtually all top international players

• English manufacturer of sporting goods, John
  Jacques, registered "Ping Pong" as a trade name
  in 1901 and sold American rights to Parker
  Brothers

• Table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988,
  with singles and doubles competition for both men
  and women.

• Asian players took over the sport beginning in
  1953. One factor in the sudden emergence of Asian
  stars was the introduction of the foam rubber
  paddle by Japan's Horoi Satoh in1952. The new
  coating made the game faster and also allowed
  players to put even more spin in the ball

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Equipment

• The equipment required to play table tennis are a
  ping-pong table, a net, paddles and ping-pong
  balls. Following is a summary of official table
  tennis rules on the equipment used.
• Table
• The table should be 274 cm. x 152.5 cm. (9 ft x
  5 ft) in size and 76 cm. (2 ft. 6 in.) above the
  floor. It is usually painted with a dark green
  matt finish and has a white 2 cm. (3/4 inch) line
  along each edge. There is also a white 3 mm. (1/8
  in.) line down the center of the table for use in
  doubles games.
• Net
• The net divides the playing surface into two
  courts of equal size. The net should be 15.25 cm.
  (6 in.) high, with the post being at most 15.25
  cm. (6 in.) outside the side lines. The bottom of
  the net should be as close as possible to the
  playing surface.

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Shake Hand Grip
Ball The ball should have a diameter of 40 mm.,
weigh 2.7 gm. and be made of celluloid or similar
plastic material. It can be white or
orange. Paddle The paddle or racquet may be of
any size, shape, or weight but the blade shall be
flat and rigid. A side of the blade used for
striking the ball shall be covered with either
pimpled rubber or sandwich rubber having a total
thickness including adhesive of not more than 4
mm. The surface should be flat and pimples
distributed evenly to avoid unusual returns.
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How the game is played

• The game is won when one person scores 21 or
  more points and is 2 points ahead of his or her
  opponent. In other words, you can win with a
  score of 21-19 but not 21-20. If there is less
  than 2 points difference, the game continues
  until one player is ahead by 2 points.
• Scoring points
• The server must be able to serve the ball to the
  other side of the table or lose a point to the
  opponent. Once the ball is in play, either player
  can score a point, if the other is unable to
  return the ball to the other side of the table.
• Serving the ball
• The server must throw the ball up at least 6
  inches without spin before hitting the ball.
  Flicking the ball to the paddle with the thumb or
  holding the ball and hitting it are illegal
  services.
• Must hit table
• The served ball must hit the table on the
  server's side before bouncing over the net. It
  must then hit the table on the other side. If it
  hits the net or goes off an edge without hitting
  the table on the other side, it is a lost point.
• If the ball hits the net and goes over the the
  other side, it is a let serve. The ball can be
  served over.
• Doubles game
• If it is a doubles game, the ball must be served
  across to the opposite court. If it does not hit
  the table on the opposite court, the opponent
  gets the point.
• Serve five times
• In common play, each player serves the
  ball--resulting in a score--five times. Then the
  other player serves. There are various methods to
  determine who serves first.
• Returning the ball
• The second player then tries to return the
  served ball to the opponent's side. the ball not
  hit his or her side of the table before going
  over the net, and it must strike the table on the
  other side. If it flies off the table, the
  opponent scores a point.
• The players hit the ball back and forth until
  one misses a shot, giving the other player the
  point.

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Basic strategies

• There are a number of strategies used to win a
  game of table tennis.
• Hit to weak side
• One of the most basic strategy in the game is to
  hit the ball to your opponent's weak
  side--usually the left side. Some will only serve
  to the weak side. In "gentlemen's" games, the
  service is alternated between the left and right
  sides.
• Put spin on the ball
• A top spin is most often used, because it curves
  the ball downward to the table and allows more
  power on the hit.
• Backspins can confuse an opponent, but the ball
  often bounces up and allows the player to "kill"
  the return.
• Side spins can cause the ball to go off the
  opponent's paddle in unexpected directions.
• Set-up opponent
• Getting the opponent to run is good to wear him
  down, as well as to set him up for a shot he
  cannot return. There are numerous other
  strategies concerning how the ball is hit and how
  to get an advantage on your opponent.

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Vocabulary

• Antispin - An inverted rubber sheet that is very
  slick so that spin does not take on it. It
  usually has a very dead sponge underneath. It is
  mostly used for defensive shots. Also known as
  "anti."
• Backhand - A shot done with the racket to the
  left of the elbow for a right-hander, the reverse
  for a lefthander.
• Backspin - A type of spin used mostly on
  defensive shots. When you chop the ball, you
  produce backspin. The bottom of the ball will
  move away from you.
• Blade - The racket, usually without covering.
• Block - A quick, off the bounce return of an
  aggressive drive done by just holding the racket
  in the ball's path.
• Blocker - A style of play where blocking is the
  primary shot.
• Chop - A defensive return of a drive with
  backspin, usually done from well away from the
  table. (See backspin.)
• Chop Block - A block where racket is chopped down
  at contact to create backspin.
• Chopper - A style of play where chopping is the
  primary shot.
• Closed Racket - If the racket's hitting surface
  is aimed downward, with the top edge leaning away
  from you, it is closed.
• Counter drive - A drive made against a drive.
  Some players specialize in counter driving.
• Counter loop - To loop a loop.
• Counter smash - To smash a smash.
• Crosscourt - A ball that is hit diagonally from
  corner to corner.
• Crossover - A style of footwork that require you
  to cross your feet.
• Dead - A ball with no spin.
• Deep - A ball that will not bounce twice on the
  opponent's side of the table if given the chance.
• Default - Being disqualified from a match for any
  reason.
• Double Bounce - A ball that hits the same side of
  the table twice. The person on that side loses
  the point.

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Vocabulary

• Long Pips - A type of pips out rubber where the
  pips are long and thin and bend on contact with
  the ball. It returns the ball with whatever spin
  was on it at contact and is very difficult to
  play against if you are not used to it.
• Loop - A heavy topspin shot usually considered
  the most important shot in the game. Many players
  either specialize in looping or in handling the
  loop.
• Looper - A style of play where the primary shot
  is the loop.
• Match - A two out of three or three out of five
  games contest.
• Open Racket - If the hitting surface of the
  racket is aimed upwards, with the top edge
  leaning towards you, it is open.
• Penholder - A type of grip used mostly by Asians.
  It gives the best possible forehand but the most
  awkward backhand of the conventional grips.
• Pips - The small conical bits of rubber that
  cover a sheet of table tennis rubber.
• Pips-out - A type of racket covering. It consists
  of a sheet of pips out rubber on top of a layer
  of sponge. The pips point outward, the opposite
  of inverted.
• Playing Surface - The top of the table, including
  the edges.
• Push - A backspin return of backspin. Usually
  defensive.
• Racket - What you hit the ball with. The blade
  plus covering.
• Racket hand - The hand that holds the racket.
• Rally - The hitting of the ball back and forth,
  commencing with the serve and ending when a point
  is won.
• Rating - A number that is assigned to all
  tournament players after their first tournament.
  The better the player the higher the rating
  should be. The range is from about 200 to about
  2900.
• Rating Events - An event in a tournament where to
  be eligible you must be rated under a specified
  amount.
• Receive - The return of a serve.
• Rubber - The racket covering. Sometimes refers
  only to the rubber on top of a sponge base.
• Rubber Cleaner - Used to keep the surface of
  inverted rubber clean.
• Sandwich Rubber - A sponge base covered by a
  sheet of rubber with pips, with the pips pointing
  either in or out. If pointed in, it is inverted
  sponge. If pointed out, it is pips out sponge.

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Worksheet

• Draw and label a table tennis table, be sure to
  include the dimensions.
• What are the three strategies to use when playing
  Table Tennis?
• Give a brief history of Table Tennis.
• What are the different types of grips used in
  Table Tennis?
• How is a point scored in Table Tennis?
• Define the following terms Backhand, backspin,
  chop, crosscourt, drop shot, flat, high toss
  serve, hitter, smash, lob, match, penholder,
  rally, receive, serve, shakehand, spin, volley,
  top spin, stroke.
• How many serves does a player get?
• When did Table Tennis become an Olympic sport?

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Work cited

• http//www.hickoksports.com/history/tabltenn.shtml
  
• http//www.fortunecity.com/olympia/dimaggio/62/ttb
  asic.html
• http//www.school-for-champions.com/sports/tablete
  nnis.htm
• http//www.usatt.org/organization/glossary_tt.shtm
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