Table Tennis

TABLE TENNIS DIGITAL HANDBOOK MADE BY ANNE ZHAIRYLLE BALDUGO

WHAT IS TABLE TENNIS? -IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS PINGPONG, IT IS A SPORT IN WHICH TWO OR FOUR PLAYERS HIT A LIGHTWEIGHT BALL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PING-PONG BALL, BACK AND FORTH ACROSS A TABLE USING SMALL SOLID RACKETS. THE GAME TAKES PLACE ON A HARD TABLE DIVIDED BY A NET.

COURT DIMENSIONS A COMPETITIVE TABLE TENNIS TABLE SHOULD MEASURE 2.74 M (9 FT) LONG, 1.525 M (5 FT) WIDE AND BE 76 CM (2 FT 6 IN) HIGH. THE SURFACE OF A TABLE TENNIS TABLE MUST BE THE SAME DARK COLOUR ACROSS THE COURT AND BE OF A MATT APPEARANCE. THE NET IS 15.25 CM (6 IN) HIGH AND EXTENDS 15.25 CM (6 IN) PAST THE END OF THE TABLE.

WHAT IS ROLE OF UMPIRE? ROLE OF UMPIRE WHAT IS ROLE OF UMPIRE? THE UMPIRE IS REQUIRED TO DURING A TABLE TENNIS MATCH, AN EXERCISE JUDGMENT IN APPLYING DURING A TABLE TENNIS MATCH, AN THE TABLE TENNIS LAWS AND REGULATIONS DURING THE MATCH, UMPIRE IS APPOINTED TO DECIDE SUCH AS DECIDING WHETHER A UMPIRE IS APPOINTED TO DECIDE RALLY SHOULD BE A LET OR WHETHER THE PLAYERS BEHAVIOUR ON THE RESULT OF EACH POINT OR IS ACCEPTABLE. ON THE RESULT OF EACH POINT OR RALLY. THE UMPIRE IS REQUIRED TO RALLY. THE UMPIRE IS REQUIRED TO USE THEIR JUDGEMENT WHEN USE THEIR JUDGEMENT WHEN APPLYING THE LAWS AND APPLYING THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE ITTF. REGULATIONS OF THE ITTF.

RULES IN TABLE TENNIS 1. GAMES ARE PLAYED TO 11 2. ALTERNATE SERVES EVERY POINTS TWO POINTS A Game is played to 11 Each side of the table alternates points. A Game must be won serving two points at a time. by two points. A Match is generally the best three EXCEPTION: After tied 10-10 (“deuce”), service alternates at every point. of five Games. Can you lose on a serve in ping pong? Yes! There is no separate rule for serving on Game Point.

RULES IN TABLE TENNIS 3. TOSS THE BALL STRAIGHT UP 4. THE SERVE CAN LAND WHEN SERVING ANYWHERE IN SINGLES How do you serve the ball in ping pong? Hold the There is no restriction on where the ball in your open palm, behind your end of the ball lands on your side or your table. Toss at least 6” straight up, and strike it on the way down. It must hit your side of the table opponent’s side of the table. It can and then the other side. NOTE: Once the ball leaves bounce two or more times on your the server’s hand it is in play, and so counts as the opponent’s side (if so, that’s your receiver’s point if the ball is missed or mis-hit. point), bounce over the side, or even hit the edge.

RULES IN TABLE TENNIS 5. DOUBLES SERVES MUST GO 6. A SERVE THAT TOUCHES THE RIGHT COURT TO RIGHT COURT NET ON THE WAY OVER IS A “LET” The serve must bounce in the server’s right court, and Can the ball hit the net in ping pong? Yes, during a RALLY, if it touches the top of the net receiver’s right court (NOTE: and then otherwise lands as a legitimate hit. landing on center line is fair). BUT not when serving. If a served ball hits the Doubles partners switch net on the way over and otherwise legally places after their team bounces in play, it’s a “let” serve and is done over. There is no limit on how many times this serves twice. can happen.

RULES IN TABLE TENNIS 7. ALTERNATE HITTING IN A 8. VOLLEYS ARE NOT ALLOWED DOUBLES RALLY Can you hit the ball before it bounces in ping Doubles partners must pong? No. In regular tennis you may “volley” alternate hitting balls in the ball (hitting the ball before it bounces on a rally, no matter where your side of the net). But in table tennis, this results in a point for your opponent. NOTE: the ball lands on the When your opponent hits a ball that sails over table. your end of the table without touching it and then hits you or your paddle, that is still your point.

RULES IN TABLE TENNIS 9. IF YOUR HIT BOUNCES BACK 10. TOUCHING THE BALL WITH OVER THE NET BY ITSELF IT IS YOUR PADDLE HAND IS ALLOWED YOUR POINT What happens if the ball hits your finger or hand If you hit the ball in a rally or on a during a ping pong rally? If the ball touches your serve and it bounces back over the net PADDLE hand and otherwise results in a legal hit, there after hitting your opponent’s side of is no rule violation and play shall continue as normal. Your paddle hand includes all fingers and hand area the table (due to extreme spin), without your opponent touching it, below the wrist. But what if the ball touches a player’s body anywhere else during a ping pong rally? that is your point. You may not touch the ball with your non-paddle hand for any reason. It will result in a point for your opponent. BUT if your opponent’s hit sails over your side of the table without touching it, and hits any part of you or your paddle, that is still your point.

RULES IN TABLE TENNIS 11. YOU MAY NOT TOUCH THE 12. AN “EDGE” BALL BOUNCING TABLE WITH YOUR NON- OFF THE HORIZONTAL TABLE PADDLE HAND TOP SURFACE IS GOOD You may touch the ball or the table with your paddle hand (after reaching An otherwise legal serve or hit may contact the top edge of the in to return a short serve, for example), or other parts of your body. horizontal table top surface and be counted as valid, even if it bounces NOTE: If the table moves at all from sidewise. The vertical sides of the your touching it during a rally, that is table are NOT part of the legal your opponent’s point. playing surface.

RULES IN TABLE TENNIS 13. HONOR SYSTEM APPLIES TO DISAGREEMENTS If no referee is present during a match and the players disagree on a certain call, the “honor system” applies and the players should find a way to agree, or play the point over. Ping pong carries a tradition of fierce but fair play. Help us keep it that way!

THE BASIC TABLE TENNIS SKILLS ARE FOREHAND AND BACKHAND HITS, PUSHES, FLICKS, LOOPS, SPINNING THE BALL, AND SERVING. FOREHAND HITS, BACKHAND HITS, AND SERVING ARE THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS A TABLE TENNIS PLAYER NEEDS TO KNOW.

TACTICS GENERALLY RELY ON THREE MAIN SKILLS: THE ABILITY TO KEEP THE BALL IN PLAY. THE ABILITY TO PLAY THE BALL TO CERTAIN AREAS OF THE TABLE, AND. THE ABILITY TO APPLY PRESSURE ON YOUR OPPONENT BY USING DIFFERENT TYPES AND AMOUNTS OF SPIN, AND DIFFERENT SPEEDS, IN ORDER TO CREATE OPENINGS AND HIT WINNING SHOTS.

TECHNICAL SKILLS COMPRISED THE BALL VELOCITY, BALL ACCURACY, EFFICIENCY, SUCCESS RATES AND PERCENTAGE ERRORS OF PLAYERS. TACTICAL SKILLS COMPRISED ANTICIPATORY AND DECISION-MAKING SKILLS, TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND VISUAL SEARCH STRATEGIES.

TABLE TENNIS EQUIPMENTS THAT NEEDED TO PLAY

THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT YOU'LL NEED TO PLAY TABLE TENNIS ARE THE VARIOUS GAME EQUIPMENT ITEMS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE TABLE TENNIS BALLS, A PADDLE, A TABLE, AND A NET AND POST FOR THE TABLES. EACH OF THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT CONTRIBUTE TO A FUNCTIONING GAME OF TABLE TENNIS, AND YOU COULD NOT POSSIBLY PLAY A GAME OF TABLE TENNIS WITHOUT THEM.

TABLE TENNIS RACKET AND BALL TABLE TENNIS TABLE SHOES AND JERSEY AND SKILLS AND MORE:)

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