Table Tennis Timeline FIRST BALL
1880sGame originated in England as an after-dinner parlour
game played by the upper-class. The sound generated in play
gave the game its first name of ‘whiff-whaff’.
1901 Hamley’s of Regent Street, then a sports manufacturer, was
the first to manufacture a racket for whiff whaff. The sound
created by these hard bats gave the game its next name ‘ping-
pong’.
1902 Englishman James Gibb, brings celluloid balls to the table.
1903 E.C Goode puts reinforced rubber on bat handles.
1920 ‘Table Tennis’ officially used as the alternative to ping pong.
1921 Table Tennis Association established.
1926 International Table Tennis Associations established around
the world.
1927 London holds world’s first international table tennis
competition.
1930 Table tennis banned in the Soviet Union for 30 years as it
was believed to be bad for your eyes.
1946 ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) established.
1950s S.W Hancock Ltd. introduces rubber and sponge to
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1968 The English Schools’ Table Tennis Association (ETTA) was
formed in 1968 to give structure to competitive school table
tennis which was on the increase throughout the country.
1971 US team allowed to enter China, the first official Americans
since the communist takeover in 1949.
1979 Triples Table Tennis invented by Professor Günter Arndt.
1980 ITTF Men’s World Cup first held.
1988 Table tennis makes Olympic Games, (Seoul, Korea).
1990 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships first
held.
1996 ITTF Women’s World Cup first held.
2000 Ball size increased from 38mm to 40mm to slow
down the game.
• Table tennis is a common sports that could be
played indoor especially when windy outside. But
this can be played outdoor when there is no gym
available or room to play with.
History of table tennis
• Table tennis was first conceived by a british officer
in 1881. he used a dining table and filled a set of
book in the middle of the table.
A point is awarded to the opponent in the following
circumstances
1. Failure to make a good serve
-Cork from wine bottle
FIRST RACKET
-Cigar boxes
FIRST NET
-Books
The game table tennis was known a WHIFF- WHAFF, FLIM-
FLAM and GOSIMA in 1901 which where the trade names
of ball given by the jacques and son.
Parker Brother who are the manufacturer of sporting
goods, later the game named Ping- pong derived from the
sounds made by the ball when it hits the racket and table.
• The game last its popularity in 1904 because the
cast of the racket and ball went high.
• When it regained the popularity in 1922, different
national association were formed in 1926. one of
which is the International Table Tennis Federation
(ITTF) which was established in Berlin. Its main
objectives was to formulate laws in table tennis.
• Table tennis was became the number 1 racket
game in China, Japan and United States.
• Early years of international competitions was
dominated by European countries and is the major
sport in England, Hungary and Czechoslovakia
• In the Philippines it also fast becoming a popular
sports. It is now included as one of the events in
athletic sports meets.
Objective of the game
• The objective of the game is to hit the ball by a
racket and return it to the opponent over the net.
• A player or first scoring 11 points win the game.
• A match is won in a 3 out of 5 game
Point is an outcome of any violations
A let is an outcome of a rally which is not score
Rally points is being used
The Service
• A good service was projecting the ball from the free hand
and the projection starts from above the playing surface.
The ball must be resting on the palm of free hand
• As its start to descend the ball is struck so that it touches
the server’s court first and then passing directly over the or
around the net, touches the receiver court.
SERVICE RULES KEY POINTS
● serve behind endline
● have your hand flat
● place the ball on your palm
● throw the ball up 6 inches
● throw the ball up straight
● don’t hide the ball.
A POINT
 2. Failure to make a good return
3. If the player free hand touches the surface of the
table

4. If the ball in play has passed over the end lines or

sidelines of the table

5. If a player strikes the ball twice in succession
6. If the player stamps a foot during service.

The LET

A let ball which is then replayed is called in the following

cases.
1. If the served ball, in passing over the net touches it
or its support provided that the services would

otherwise have been good or volleyed by the

receiver.
2. If a service is delivered when the receiver is not
ready

‘’Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there
Equipment is something inside you that is greater than any
obstacle.’’