Table Tennis Mastery: How The Game Is Played

Table tennis also know as ping-pong is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth to each other with bats (sometimes called racquets or paddles). The game takes place on a table divided by a net. Players must allow a ball played towards them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opponent’s side. If the ball doesn’t land on the opponent’s side then it’s a dead ball unless the other opponent hits the ball with their bat. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. A skilled player can impart spin to the ball, which makes its bounce and its reaction on the opponent’s bat difficult to predict or return with confidence.

In addition to games between individual players and pairs may also play table tennis. In doubles, all the rules of single play is apply except for the following. A line painted along the long axis of the table to create doubles courts bisects the table. The only purpose of this line is to facilitate the doubles service rule, which a service, must originate from the right hand box in this way the first bounce of the serve, bounces once in the said right hand box and then must bounce at least once in the opponent side’s right hand box (far left box for server). Play then continues normally with the exception that players must alternate hitting the ball. For example, after a player serves the receiving player make his or her return, the server’s partner returns the ball and then the service receiver’s partner would play the ball. In wheelchair doubles side. The point proceeds this way until one side fails to make a legal return and the point is then awarded to the other team. Also, when the game reaches the final set, the teams must switch side and the team that receives the service must switch receiver when one of the teams reach 5 points. Singles and doubles are both played in international competition, including the Olympic Games since 1988 and the Commonwealth Games since 2002. In 2005, the ITTF has announced that doubles table tennis will only be featured as a part of teams events in the 2008 Olympics.

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