THE PING PONG

HISTORY
 History
• The game originated as a sport in Britania
durina te 1880s, share ir das placed amona
the upper-class as an after-dinner parlour
game, then commonly known as "wiff-waff".
A row of books were stood up along the
center of the table as a net, two more books
served as rackets and were used to
continuously hit a golf-ball from one end of
the table to the other
Alternatively table tennis was played with paddles made of
cigar box lids and balls made of champagne corks. The
popularity of the game led game manufacturers to sell the
equipment commercially. Early rackets were often pieces of
parchment stretched upon a frame, and the sound generated
in play gave the game its first nicknames of "wiff-waff" and
"ping-pong". ". A number of sources indicate that the game
was first brought to the attention of Hamley's of Regent
Street under the name "Gossima". The name "ping-pong" was
in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd
trademarked it in 1901. The name "ping-pong" then came to
be used for the game played by the rather expensive Jaques's
equipment, with other manufacturers calling it table tennis.
 EVOLUTION
The turn of the century brought many other refinements to
the sport. Players started using celluloid balls after the
English man James Gibb discovered them during a trip to the
United States in 1901 and proved them to be perfect for
Ping-Pong. In 1903, E.C Goode replaced parchment paper
and cigar box lids with pimpled rubber on light wooden
“blades” as rackets. And after the world championships in
Prague in 1936, where two defensive players took over an
hour to contest one point, the net was lowered to make the
pace of the game-play faster. (In another effort to make the
game more fast paced and entertaining, rules were again
changed in 2001- see Rules).
 EQUIPMENT
Ball
TABLE
RACKET
 GAME PLAY

 Starting a game
According to ITTF rule 2.13.1, the first service is decided
by lot, normally a coin toss.[ It is also common for one
player (or the umpire/scorer) to hide the ball in one or
the other hand (usually hidden under the table), allowing
the other player to guess which hand the ball is in. The
correct or incorrect guess gives the "winner" the option
to choose to serve, receive, or to choose which side of
the table to use. (A common but non-sanctioned method
is for the players to play the ball back and forth four times
and then play out the point. This is commonly referred to
as "play to serve" or "rally to serve".)
 Types of strokes

1. Offensive strokes

 Speed drive

 LOOP

 Counter-drive
2. Defensive strokes

 Push

 Chop

 Block

 Lob
Flick

Smash
 Effects of spin

 Backspin

 Topspin

 Sidespin

 Corkspin
PENHOLD
The penhold grip is so-named because one grips the
racket similarly to the way one holds a writing
instrument. The style of play among penhold players
can vary greatly from player to player. The most
popular style, usually referred to as the Chinese
penhold style, involves curling the middle, ring, and
fourth finger on the back of the blade with the three
fingers always remain touching one another.Chinese
penholders favour a round racket head, for a more
over-the-table style of play.
 Times won

Name (gender) Nationality

Olympics world Championships World Cup

Jan-Ove Waldner (M) Sweden 1 (1992) 2 (1989, 97) 1 (1990)

Deng Yaping (F) China 2 (1992, 96) 3 (1991, 95, 97) 1 (1996)

Liu Guoliang (M) China 1 (1996) 1 (1999) 1 (1996)

Kong Linghui (M) China 1 (2000) 1 (1995) 1 (1995)

4 (1997, 98, 2003,

Wang Nan (F) China 1 (2000) 3 (1999, 2001, 03)
07)

Jörgen Persson (M) Sweden 1 (1991) 1 (1991)

Zhang Yining (F) China 2 (2004, 08) 2 (2005, 09) 4 (2001, 02, 04, 05)
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