Table Tennis

Rules in a match (Jiwoo)

Equipments (Jiwoo)

History (Jiwoo)

Diffrence between Ping Pong and Table Tennis (Jane)

Types of grips (Jiwoo)

Serve rules (Jane Lee)

Single game (Jane)

Double game (Jane)

table tennis ball, racket, table tennis table, net

Citation

Penhold

Penhold is an Asian grip for gripping a racket, and head of the racket is faces down.

Shakehold

In the shakehold grip, the player's index finger and thumb are parallel to each other on the table tennis racket, while the three fingers are wrapped around the blade.

-A serve can be long or short

Seemiller


This is a grip invented by Danny Seemiller (USA) where the thumb and index finger are placed on the backside of the racket and only the forehand side of the racket is used.

-It can hit once or numerous times on the side of the field


-Serve can come directly off the table or from the table ‘s corners

Additional Equipments: table tennis robot, boosters, towels


-Receiver must return the serve after one bounce or the point is forfeited

11 points are needed to win the game

the ball should be tossed straight

Alternative hitting

The serve must bounce in the server’s right court

allowed to touch the ball with the

  1. Players demonstrate a coin flip
  1. The winner may choose either end of the table or the right to serve or receive first.
  1. If they choose an end, the other player has the choice of serving or receiving first.
  1. Each match shall consist of the best two out of three games with the winning player reaching 11 points first or being ahead by two after the score reaches 10 all in each game.

In 1926, London held the first global championships.

table tennis was first created in England, in the late 19th century.

the name "table tennis" was first made by old Ping-Pong Association.

  1. The server changes from one player to the other every time five points are scored, except when the score becomes tied 10-10. At this time, the serve changes and continues to change after each point until one player scores two consecutive points, thus winning the game.

The serve must be made from behind the end line. The server puts the ball into play by tossing it into the air from the palm of one hand and striking it with the paddle (held in the other hand) so that it hits his/her own court. The ball must go over the net and hit the receiver's court. The receiver must return the ball over the net so that it hits the server's court. Play continues until one player fails to make a legal return. The opponent then scores a point.

  1. Each match shall consist of the best two out of three games with the winning pair reaching 11 points first or being ahead by two after the score reaches 10 all in each game.
  1. The pair winning a coin flip may choose either end of the table or the right to serve or receive first. If they choose an end, the other pair has the choice of serving or receiving first.
  1. The pair having the right to serve the first five serves in any game shall decide which partner shall do so. The opposing pair shall then decide which shall be the first receiver.
  1. The pair having the right to serve the first five serves in any game shall decide which partner shall do so. The opposing pair shall then decide which shall be the first receiver.
  1. Each server shall serve for two points as in singles. At the end of each two points, the one who was receiving becomes the server, and the partner of the previous server becomes the receiver. This sequence shall continue until the end of the game or the score of 10 all. At 10 all, the sequence of serving and receiving shall continue uninterrupted except that each player shall serve only one point in turn and the serve will alternate after each point in turn and the serve will alternate after each point until a pair is ahead by two points.
  1. The server shall first make a good service, the receiver shall then make a good return, and the partner of the server shall then make a good return.
  1. After each game the pairs shall change ends. The pair serving first in the previous game shall become the first receivers in the next game and vice versa.

the first players belonged to middle-class Victorian society

Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988 in Seoul

Ping Pong uses sandpaper which provides medium to slow speed and medium spin. Table tennis has a faster pace and a higher amount of spin. Table tennis has an offensive and defensive playing style..

Ping pong is informal

Table tennis is an Olympic sport while ping pong isn't. However, there's a world championship for both of them.

A net lies in the center of the field that divides it into two separate sections

ping pong is often used when playing for recreation rather than career purposes