Table Tennis Edtech

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TABLE TENNIS



Table tennis

Also referred to as ping pong, is a swhich

two or four players hit a lightweight

back and forth across a table using round bat.

The game takes place on a hard tabby a net.



Brief History

Invented by the English firm

Joe Jaques and Son atthe end of the 1800s and

later trademarked in theUnited States by ParkerBrothers,

the board game company.



Terms to remember:

•Rally- is the period which the ball is in p

•

Let- is a rally of which the result is not s• point- is a rally of which the result is sc

•server -is the player due to strike the bathe rally.

•Receiver- is the player due to strike thesecond

in a rally.

•Set - one game to 11 points in a match



• Serve - the beginning of a point where one pstrikes the ball after tossing it. Usually used tato set up a strong attack

•Receive

- return of service, usually done tacset up an attack

•Match - a competition format with the winnertwo of three or three of five games

•Lob

pektus) - a defensive shot used against speed balls, where the ball is returned very hiair, causing difficulty in timing and technique



Equipments:Table

Net

The net used must be 6 inches high, spthe entire table at the middle.



Racket/ Paddle

paddle can be of any sizeweight, from a lollipop to a pizIt must have one side of red aside of black.



Rubber Pimpled rubber has many cylindrical "pips“

protruding from the surface of the rubber,causing the striking surface to be uneven.

The inverted, or 'smooth' rubber , is actually a sherubber turned upside down so that the flat surface upimpled side becomes exposed.





Order of the game:

• In singles the server shall make a first serv

receiver shall make a return and thereafteshall each make a return.

• In doubles, the server shall first make a s

receiver shall then make a return, the partnserver shall then make a return, the partnereceiver shall then make a return and thereplayer in turn in that sequence shall make



Position:

•Standing

• Angle of the Hand (90 degree

• Foot



Grips:The shakehands grip is the prevalent gr

tennis today, used by the majority of recreand professional players.

The penhold grip- the racket is gripped a

would grip a pen, with the thumb andfinger, with the rest of the fingers beiaway on the other side.



Service:

Rules:• Wrong court (for doubles)

• The Ball should not touch the net

• Should bounce in your table and oppontable



Types of Service:

Shorta serve that, given the

opportunity, would bounce atleast twice on the table. Difficultbecause the opponent cannotexecute a good attacking

stroke



Medium-long

a serve whose second bounce, given thopportunity, would bounce near the very just off the table.

Difficult because the opponent cannot egood attacking stroke



Long

one where the ballclears your end lineafter the firstbounce



asic Strokes

•Drive -used mostly as a setup or in rallies,

the racket is in a normal position and the bstruck at a medium pace

•Forehand - a stroke done to the right-fronthe body, with the racket in a normal positio

(palm of hand facing opponent)•Backhand -a stroke done directly in frontbody, with the racket turned so that the bacthe hand faces the opponent



•Block- a defensive shot done mostly against loand smashes, where the racket is in a closed pokeep the ball on the table

•Smash -an offensive, high-speed shot used aghigh balls, where the racket is in a normal po

to generate the most speed possible. Also cakill.

•Drop Shot a surprise shot where the ball is pprecisely near the net



• Sidespin - a type of spin where, if struck withnormal racket position, the ball would travel eitheright or left without landing on the table.

•Topspin - a type of spin where, if struck with aracket position, the ball would travel over the opside of the table without hitting the surface.



Scoring:•Unless the rally is a let, a player shall spoint

• if an opponent fails to make a correct s

• if an opponent fails to make a correct r

• if, after he or she has made a service othe ball touches anything other than thassembly before being struck by an op

• if the ball passes over his or her court his or her end line without touching hiscourt, after being struck by an opponen



• if an opponent deliberately strikes ttwice in succession;

•

if an opponent, or anything an oppowears or carries, moves the playing

• if an opponent, or anything an oppowears or carries, touches the net a

• if an opponent's free hand touchesplaying surface;



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