What is table tennis?

table tennis, better known as ping-pong, is the second most played sport in the world that will only beat football. Table tennis is a form of tennis played on a special table rather than on a tennis court. Table tennis missiles resemble paddles and table tennis ball, which is about the size of a golf ball, is smooth, hollow, extremely light and easily reflects on the top of the hard table.

The table on which table tennis is played is rectangular and dark color, usually green, with a white side part along each side and edge. Playing the area is divided into two same courts with a low vertical net, which runs parallel to the edges, suspended clamping posts located in the middle on each side. The net is about 6 inches (15.25 cm).

Each of these two courts is again divided by a white central line running perpendicular to the net or parallel to the sides. This creates two half -lives on each side used to play a double or two to the team.

rockets are a short -shaped rocket with a short rGraduation, mostly of wood and are flat. The impact surface is covered with evenly pimpled rubber, but the rocket blade is left bare, as well as the handle. In table tennis, if a player decides to switch to a new rocket in the game, the player must offer a new rocket to his opponent to explore before renewing the game.

In order to start the game, the server must hold the ball in the palm of its open hand and then throw it up for at least 6.29 inches (16 cm). When the ball drops, the server must hit him in such a way that he bounces on his side of the table, then he hit the ball to hit his court for the first time before passing the net to hit the opponent's court. The ball must not cross any parts of the network for administration or administration is invalid.

In order to serve, the receiver will hit the ball so that it passes through or around the net to land on the contradictory side of the table. It can swipe the net with the net if it passes.

when the ball is in the game indicatesis like a rally. Points are evaluated when the server fails to remedy the administration, or when the receiver lacks a good portion or is unable to return it successfully. Similarly, as soon as they are successful and returning, anyone who breaks the assembly by missing the ball, hits it in the net, or fails to strike the opponent's court when returning, is punished by granting an opponent by one point.

The first person or a team who won 11 victory points unless the score is tied at 10 points. In this case, the first wins two -point leads. The match is the victory of the best of any special number of games.

table tennis came from England at the end of the 18th century, where it was used as a social sport. At that time, it was called gossima and flim-flam , but the name that stuck was ping-pong because of the ball, as it bounced on the table. In the 1920s the game was revived in Europe because table tennis and the international table tennis association (ITTF) wasfounded in 1926. Japanese and Chinese players dominated sports in the 50th, 60s and 70s and table tennis became an Olympic event in 1988.