Table tennis originated in England. 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 indortennis.

Later, an American manufacturer created the new word "ping-pong" with the sound made when ping-pong was struck. As the registered trademark of his "table tennis" patent, table tennis later became another official name of table tennis. When table tennis was introduced to China, people created a new word-table tennis.

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Table tennis offensive skills:

1, body posture

The feet are shoulder-width apart or slightly wider than the shoulders, the knees are slightly bent, the forefoot touches the ground (mainly on the inside of the foot), the toes are slightly pressed, the heel is slightly off the ground, the center of gravity is placed between the feet, the upper body leans forward slightly, the abdomen is closed, the arm holding the racket is naturally bent, and the elbow holding the racket is slightly outward.

The racket is placed in the right front of the abdomen, and the wrist is naturally relaxed. The racket head refers to the right oblique front, the elbow holding the racket horizontally is downward, the forearm is naturally raised horizontally, the wrist is naturally relaxed, the racket head points upward, and the non-holding arm is naturally bent on the left side of the body. Keep your eyes on the ball.

Step 2 stand upright

People with different styles of play stand in different ways. The position of backhand left push right attack is generally that the left foot is slightly ahead of the right foot, and the position of the left foot is basically on the extension line of the left line of the table. The distance from the body to the end line of the table is about 40 cm.

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Baidu encyclopedia-table tennis