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Table Tennis
Table Tennis, also known as Ping Pong, is a sport where two players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth with paddles. It originated from England in the Victorian era and was made an Olympic sport in 1988.
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Does the ball have to touch the table before striking it in ping pong?
No, you can't. The ball must land on your side of the table first before you can return it.
What is the dimension of table tennis board?
The Official Laws of Table Tennis state that a table tennis racket can be of any size, shape or weight.
The rules also state that the blade must be flat and rigid with at least 85% of it (by thickness) made of natural wood.
Most rackets are actually all very similar in size - about 15cm (6 inches) across and 25cm (10 inches) long, including the handle.
What are the rules of tournament referee in a table tennis game?
In competition table tennis, there is no such thing as "rules of tournament referee". However, you can go to the usatt.org website and research official rules of table tennis.
Why does a ping pong ball float in the air with the support of a hair dryer?
yes it will because it is not heavy it is light
Can you use an indoor ping pong table outside?
Yes on concrete tables and a metal net. Have seen them in France and Germany.
What are table tennis balls made from?
The rules of table tennis state that the ball shall be:
- spherical, with a diameter of 40mm and
- weigh 2.7g and
- be made of celluloid or similar plastics material and
- be white or orange, and matt
How much do stiga table tennis tables cost?
The average price will start out at 100$ and go up from there depending on the type you want and how much you can afford to pay. They can go as high as in the thousands if the workmanship is good.
Courtmaster is a great manufacturer of tennis nets. They have everything from light weight indoor use to heavy duty outdoor nets.
Edwards also makes nets that go great with their tennis posts.
Gamma also makes tennis nets and they have as much variety as Courtmaster.
How could you make a table tennis ball sink without pushing it down in the water?
Poke a hole in it with a pin (carefully) and allow it to become filled with water.
What country did tennis start in?
Tennis originated from 2 possible places that had a matter of dispute, but the one majority historians credit comes from the 11th or 12th century French monks. They began playing crude handball against a wall or over a rope. They called it the games of the hand. Also many dispute that tennis came from a French word, which meant, "take this." The other place that it could have originated from was that the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans played a game of tennis. Historians found that a few Arabic words coming from ancient Egyptian times are used as evidence. They say that the name tennis comes from the Egyptian town of Tinnis, and the word racket came from an Arabic word or "palm of the hand."
What do the stars on a table tennis ball represent?
Stars on ping pong balls represents the quality of the ping pong ball. They go from a scale of 1 star to 3 stars where 1 is the lowest and 3 is the highest representing that the ball was made from high quality plastic and bounces better.
How many ping pong balls can you fit in a jeep?
I asked around, but i need to know if the top is up or down:
8,802 - up (median answer)
4000 - down
does it include the trunk? are the balls loose or packaged? what make and model jeep are we talking? typical jeep or like land rover freelander? please respond.
Ping pong is from what country?
England.
Englishman David Foster invented the action game of table tennis.
An English Patent (number 11,037) was filed on 15 July 1890 when David Foster of England introduced the first action game of tennis on a table in 1890.
2.6 THE SERVICE
2.6.1 Service shall start with the ball resting freely on the open palm of the server's stationary free hand.
2.6.2 The server shall then project the ball near vertically upwards, without imparting spin, so that it rises at least 16cm after leaving the palm of the free hand and then falls without touching anything before being struck.
2.6.3 As the ball is falling the server shall strike it so that it touches first his or her court and then, after passing over or around the net assembly, touches directly the receiver's court; in doubles, the ball shall touch successively the right half court of server and receiver.
2.6.4 From the start of service until it is struck, the ball shall be above the level of the playing surface and behind the server's end line, and it shall not be hidden from the receiver by the server or his or her doubles partner or by anything they wear or carry.
2.6.5 As soon as the ball has been projected, the server's free arm and hand shall be removed from the space between the ball and the net.
The space between the ball and the net is defined by the ball, the net and its indefinite upward extension.
2.6.6 It is the responsibility of the player to serve so that the umpire or the assistant umpire can be satisfied that he or she complies with the requirements of the Laws, and either may decide that a service is incorrect.
2.6.6.1 If either the umpire or the assistant umpire is not sure about the legality of a service he or she may, on the first occasion in a match, interrupt play and warn the server; but any subsequent service by that player or his or her doubles partner which is not clearly legal shall be considered incorrect.
2.6.7 Exceptionally, the umpire may relax the requirements for a correct service where he or she is satisfied that compliance is prevented by physical disability.
What is the standard height off the floor for a table tennis table?
The standard height for a garden table is often the same as a dining table sitting around 28' - 30' high. This allows you to comfortably sit in a chair and have your arms be level with the table.
What is the average salary of a professional table tennis player?
Most professional table tennis players rely on 5 main income sources:
# 1: Contracts to play professionally in leagues like Germany's Budesliga and Korea's Super League.
# 2: Endorsement deals with table tennis equipment manufacturers and other businesses using their name to promote their business.
# 3: Prize money through winning or making the final rounds of tournaments. (Some players are also payed appearance money for turning up at some tournaments).
# 4: Sponsorship from businesses or their national table tennis association to allow them to train and/or to travel to major tournaments.
# 5: Exhibition matches, coaching clinics and other events a player may be paid to attend.
Outside the top 200 players in the world expenses will almost certainly strip any income a player makes. Professionals in this standard are usually coaches, equipment sellers and exhibition players.
A male player ranked in the top 100-200 players in the world may make US$15,000 to US$50,000 a year...although after expenses this income won't look so attractive.
A player ranked in the top 50-100 players in the world may make US$25,000 to US$75,000 a year.
A player ranked in the top 50 players in the world may be making in excess of US$50,000 to US$100,000 a year.
A player ranked in the top 10-20 players in the world should be making well in excess of US$100,000 a year.
Would a bowling ball roll farther than a ping pong ball?
In deep space, free of other gravitational influences, theoretically, yes. All objects with mass have "gravity" -- as long as the bowling ball contains more mass, there ought to be a particular velocity at which a golf ball would orbit it.
How much space is required around a ping pong table?
If you want to play table tennis at home, you could use any space that will accommodate a table tennis table, however you need room around the table to play your shots.
The minimum recommended space for recreational play and coaching is 8.5m x 4.12m (28 feet x 13 feet 6 inches).
If the earth was the size of a ping pong ball how big would the sun be?
According to the 2009 edition of the Handbook of the International Table Tennis Federation,
the official diameter of the ping pong ball is 40 mm.
(I can't just whip out the answer off the top of my head ... I have to do the research first.)
If you shrunk everything down until the earth was the size of a ping pong ball, then
-- The diameter of the sun is 4.359 meters(14.3 ft)
-- The diameter of the moon is 10.9 millimeters (0.43 inch)
-- The distance between the earth and sun is 469 meters (512 yards, 0.29 mile)
-- The distance between the earth and moon is 1.205 meters (3.95 feet)
-- The average distance between Pluto and the sun is 18.5 km (11.5 miles)
-- The distance from us to the nearest star is 29,667 km (18,434 miles)
Where can one purchase a gametop table?
A poker table top can be bought at many general retailers, both online as well as in person. Some examples include Wal-Mart, Amazon, K-Mart and Sears.
Why does a ping-pong ball bounce?
without goin too nerd on you,
It is coz of the air inside the ping pong and the plastic is very light.
making it "weightless"
and it can float because it is less dense than water
What is the standard size of a net of table tennis table?
A table tennis table is ...
9 feet (2.74m) long,
5 feet (1.525m) wide and
2 feet 6 inches (76cm) high
... and the net is
6 feet (1.83m) long and
6 inches (15.25 cm) high.
Who are the officiating the game table tennis?
Table tennis has an umpire, an assistant umpire, a timekeeper and a stroke counter.
The assistant umpire often also acts as the timekeeper and stroke counter.
For each match there is an umpire, whose primary duty is to decide the result of each
rally. Where the umpire is officiating alone, his is the final decision on all questions of fact that arise during a match, including decisions on all edge balls and on all aspects of
service.
An assistant umpire is solely responsible for decisions on edge balls at the side of the table nearest to him, and he has the same power as the umpire to decide the legality of a player's service action, whether a player obstructs the ball and some of the conditions for a let.
The timekeeper is required to monitor the duration of practice, of play in a game, of intervals between games and of any authorised suspension of play, and his decision is final on the time that has elapsed.
Stroke counting is required when the expedite system is in operation and the stroke
counter's duty is solely to count the return strokes of the receiver and his decision on
this question of fact cannot be overruled.
