2. In the early 1950s, the Austrian invented the sponge racket, and the Japanese athletes' morality was used in world competitions, winning four championships in the 19 World Championships in one fell swoop, breaking the monopoly position of European athletes.
3. With the development of table tennis in Japan and China, European athletes have learned from their failures. After nearly 20 years' efforts, they finally learned from the Japanese curling and China's near-table fast-break techniques, and created an advanced style of play that suits them, that is, the combination of curling and fast-break play.
Since 1970s, due to the strengthening of international exchange and study, various styles of play complement each other, which makes the development and improvement of table tennis technology faster. For example, China's near-table fast break, straight-shot fast break combined with loop ball, and horizontal-shot fast break combined with loop ball have all developed and innovated, and achieved excellent results in international competitions.
Table tennis has developed into one of the favorite sports of people all over the world. The International Table Tennis Federation also has 127 member associations/one of the largest sports organizations in the world. ITTF and table tennis federations of all continents have organized numerous world championships, World Cups, intercontinental competitions and international competitions of all sizes and forms.
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Table tennis originated in England. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, tennis was all the rage in Europe. However, due to the limitation of venue and weather, some college students in Britain move tennis indoors, using the dining table as a table, books as a net, parchment as a racket and playing around the dining table. 1890, several British naval officers stationed in India came across that playing tennis on a small table was quite exciting.
Later, they used solid rubber instead of solid balls, then hollow plastic balls and wooden boards instead of rackets to play this novel "tennis match" on the table, which is the origin of the name table tennis.
Soon after its appearance, table tennis became a popular sport. At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States began to produce complete sets of table tennis equipment. Table tennis is the number one grip sport in the United States, and more than 200,000 Americans play table tennis.
At first, table tennis had other names, such as indoor tennis. Later, an American manufacturer created the new word "ping-pong" with the sound made when ping-pong was struck.
Table tennis, as the registered trademark of his "table tennis" patent, later became another official name of table tennis. When it spread to China, people created a new word "table tennis".
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