Table tennis originated in Britain and was invented by the British.

1. Origin:

In 1890, several British Navy officers stationed in India accidentally discovered that playing tennis on a small table was quite exciting. . Later, they used small hollow leather balls instead of solid balls with little elasticity, and used wooden boards instead of tennis rackets to play this novel "tennis game" on the table. This is where the name Table Tennis comes from.

Not long after Table Tennis appeared, it became a popular sport. At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States began to produce sets of table tennis competition equipment. Initially, Table tennis had other names, such as Indoor tennis. Later, an American manufacturer coined the new word Ping-pong based on the sound made by the impact of the table tennis ball, and used it as a patented registered trademark for the "ping pong ball" he manufactured. Ping-pong later became another official name of Table tennis. When it spread to China, people coined the new word "table tennis".

2. Development

In 1927, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was formally established and decided to hold the first World Table Tennis Championships. Over the past fifty years, the development of table tennis has gone through approximately three stages. In the early days, although the rackets used by athletes came in different shapes, they were all made of wood and the ball hit was slow. The power is small and there is no rotation; the playing style is also monotonous, just pushing the ball around.

After more than 70 years of development, at the ITTF Congress held during the 45th World Table Tennis Championships in Dawei in 1999, the "Big Ball Reform" proposal failed to gain more than three-quarters of the votes. The vote was set aside. On February 23, 2000, the ITTF Extraordinary and Representative Conference passed the 40 mm ball reform plan in Kuala Lumpur and decided to use the 40 mm diameter and 2.7 g ball from October 1, 2000. Replaces 38mm balls.

3. Introduced to China

In December 1904, table tennis was introduced to China from Japan. Initially, Wang Daoping, the owner of a stationery store on Sima Road in Shanghai, purchased 10 sets of table tennis equipment from Japan and performed them in the store. As a result, the number of people buying and playing table tennis gradually increased, and major cities have also promoted this sport. Activity. Table tennis rackets at that time were wooden rackets with a smooth surface, making it difficult to spin the ball, so the only two ways to play were pushing and blocking.

IV., Rules

a. Selection of serve, return of serve and position

1. The right to choose serve, return of serve and venue shall be through the selection of coins. Determine the pros and cons. The player who chooses the right one can choose to serve or receive first, or choose to be on one side first.

2. When one player chooses to serve or receive first or chooses the venue, the other player should have the right to make another choice.

3. After every two points, the receiving side becomes the serving side, and so on, until the end of the game, or until the score of both sides reaches 10 points, the rotation service method will be implemented. At this time, the serving and receiving sides will The order of serving remains unchanged, and each player only serves one point in turn.

4. The team that plays in a certain position in one game should change to another position in the next game of the game. In the singles decider, when one side reaches 5 points, positions should be switched.

b. Handling of errors in the order and direction of serving and receiving serve

1. Once the referee discovers an error in the order of serving and receiving serve, he should immediately suspend the game and proceed as at the start of the game. In the established order, the player who should serve or receive the serve shall serve or receive the serve according to the score on the court; in doubles, the game shall continue in the order established by the side who first had the right to serve in the game when the error was discovered.

2. Once the referee finds that the players should change positions but do not, they should immediately suspend the game and correct the position of the players according to the score in the order established at the beginning of the game. Keep playing. In any case, all scores prior to the discovery of the error are valid.

3. When the ball sent by the server touches the net, the referee should ask the server to "wipe the net" and the referee should order the server to serve again. If the ball is wiped twice in a row, it is a foul and the scorer will deduct points.

Note:

Table tennis is a popular ball sport in the world and the national sport of the Republic of China. Table tennis is a skill-based sport that focuses on skills and supplements physical fitness. It originated in the UK. The name "table tennis" originated in 1900. It is named after the "ping pang" sound it makes when hitting. In mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and other regions, "table tennis" is used as its official name.

Table tennis is spherical in shape. Before the 2000 Sydney Olympics (including the Sydney Olympics), the diameter of the international competition ball was 38mm. After 2000, the diameter of the international competition ball was 40mm. It is played on a table with a length of 274 cm, a width of 152.5 cm and a height of 76 cm with a horizontal net in the middle. Ball diameter 40.00 mm, weight 2.53-2.70 grams, white or orange, made of celluloid or plastic. Players stand on one side of the table and hit the ball with a racket. The hitting methods include blocking, pumping, chipping, rubbing, and pulling. The ball must bounce off the table before it can hit back over the net. It is effective if it lands on the opponent's table. The game is divided into 11 rounds, with best-of-five and best-of-seven rounds. Competitions are divided into teams, singles, doubles, mixed doubles, etc.