P HYSICAL E DUCATION 3

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TABLE TENNIS
I - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Table tennis, also known as Ping-Pong is a miniature form of tennis and maybe played as
singles between two players or as doubles between two teams of two players each. It is played
in a special table using small paddles and a light celluloid ball. It originated from old China,
spread to Europe by Chinese immigrants. Table tennis has become extremely popular
throughout the world. It is regarded as a major sport in England, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
The Japanese and Chinese are among the leading table tennis players in world competition.
Table tennis is relatively a new sport. The exact origin is not definitely known. However,
it si generally agreed that it started in about 1890 as a game called “Ping-Pong”. In 1926, the
International Table Tennis Federation was established in Berlin. In 1933, The United States
Table Tennis Association was established.
In the Philippines, it is also becoming a popular sport. It is included as one of the athletic
sports meets.
II – EQUIPMENTS USED
A table tennis is divided into halves by a low net. A white center line further divides the
surface of the table into four courts, which are used when playing doubles.
THE TABLE
The table maybe of any substance but must give a uniform bounce of not less than 22
cm or more than 25 cm. where a standard ball is dropped from 30.5 cm. above its surface.

The playing
surface should be dark colored preferably green and matt with white marking line. A white line
2cm. wide is at the edges of the table. The sides of the table top are not considered part of the
playing surface. For doubles, the playing surface is divided into halves by a 3 cm. white line.
How the game is played
 Table tennis players toss a coin to determine who serves first. The server places the ball
in the palm of the hand, throws it up vertically and it hits with the racket. When throwing the
ball, the servers must keep the fingers straight and together, and the thumb extended. The
hand must be behind the end of the table when the server hits the ball. The ball must bounce
on the server’s side of the net, clear the net and bounce on the opponent’s side.
For a good return, a player must hit the ball after one bounce so that it clears the net
and bounces on the opponent’s court. Volleying (hitting the ball before it bounces) is not
allowed. Play continues until one player misses the ball, hits it off the table or hits it into the
net. When a player fails to make a good serve or a good return, the opponent scores a point.
After every five points, the other player serves.
The player who first scores 11 points wins the game. However, the winner must have at
least two-point lead. If both players score 10 points, they alternate serving after each point
until one person leads by 2 points. A match consists of either two out three games or three out
of five games.
When playing doubles, the player who is serving must do so from his or her right-hand
court into the opponent’s right-hand court. The teammates must alternate in hitting the ball on
the returns.
THE NET

The net, 1. 83 meters long, is suspended across the center of the table by a coed
attached to a post at either end.
THE PLAYING AREA
 The playing area should extend at least 1.5 meters on either side of the table and at
least 2.5 meters at the ends. The maximum height is 3.5 meters.
THE RACKET
The racket maybe of any size, weight or shape. The blade
should be of wood, continuous of even thickness, flat and
rigid. Each side of the table must be of a uniform dark
color, but the two sides need not be of the same color.
That part of the blade nearest the handle and gripped by
the fingers may be covered with any material. The blade
may be covered with:
a.) Plain, pimple drubber, with pimples outward, of a total thickness not exceeding 2 mm.
b.) Sandwich, of cellular rubber surfaced with plane, pimpled rubber, with pimples inward
or outward, of a total thickness not exceeding 4 mm. (A side not used for hitting is
exempted from covering rules).
THE BALL
The ball should be made of celluloid or similar plastic, white or yellow with a matt
surface. Its weight must between .4 g and 2.5 g (0.085 oz – 0.09 oz).

THE PLAYER
 Players should not wear white clothing although white edging to playing shirts is
permitted. Match uniform generally consists of a dark shirt, shorts or skirt and flat soled
shoes.

III – THE FUNDAMENTALS

THE GRIP
1. ORTHODOX OR SHAKEHAND Grip – Grasp the racket as it to shake hand with it. Allow
forefinger to slide onto the base of the blade with the thumb on the other side. Grip
quite close to the blade but not too tightly. One surface of the blade is used for the
forehand shots and the other side for backhand shots.

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Orthodox Grip- forehand side 3. The Orthodox Grip- back hand sid
2. PENHOLD Grip- the forefinger and thumb reach over the shoulder of the blade with the
other fingers spread over the back. Only one side of the racket is used for both forehand
and backhand shots.
 The Penhold Grip- forehand side The Penhold Grip- back hand side

IV – RULES OF THE GAME

Table tennis is a game for two players (singles) or four (doubles) and is normally played
indoors. Rackets sometimes called “bats” are used to hit a small, light ball backward and
forward across a table divided by a low net. The objective is to win points by making shits that
an opponent is unable to return.
A game is won by the player or pair first scoring 11 points. Unless both shall have scored
10 points, when the winner shall be the first o score two points more than the opponent.
A match consists of one game, the best of three, or the best of five games. Play must be
continuous except of either player or pair may claim up to five minutes rest between the third
and fourth games of a match, and not more than one minute between any other successive
games of a match.
Choice of ends and he right to serve or receive is decided by tossing a coin. If the winner
of the toss decides to serve or receive first, the loser hits the choice of ends and vice versa. The
winner of the toss may require the looser to choose first. In doubles, each pair decides which of
them is to serve and receive in the first game.

Order of the Play

The period when the ball is in play is termed as a “rally”. The player who first strikes the
ball in a rally is termed the “server”, the second is the “receiver”.
“Struck” means hit with the racket or the racket hand below the wrist.
A stroke made with the hand alone after dropping the racket is not good nor is the
stroke made by the racket alone after it is dropped or thrown.
In singles, the server must first make a good service, the receiver makes a good return
and then server and receiver make good returns alternately.
In doubles, the server must make a good service, the receiver a good return alternately;
the server’s partner a good return, the receiver a good return and so on with this sequence.
 In serving the balls is placed on the palm of the free hand which must be stationary
above the level of the playing surface and not cupped. The fingers must be kept together with
the thumb free.
The ball is then thrown by the hand only without imparting spin near vertically upward
so that it is at all times visible to the umpire and so it visibly leaves the palm. On descent, the
ball is truck to touch the server’s court first and then, passing.

New Service Rule

The game of table tennis is changing. After the recent implementation of the 11-point
system, a new service rule is now coming up and will be effective on September 1, 2002

GOOD SERVICE

 Service shall start with the ball resting freely on the open palm of the server’s stationary
free hand.
 The server shall then toss the ball upward, without imparting spin, so that it rises at
least 6 cm.
 As the ball is falling, the server shall strike it so that it touches first his court and them
after passing over the net, touches directly the receiver’s court: in doubles, the ball shall
touch successively the right half court of server and receiver.
 From the start of service until it is struck, the ball shall be above the level of the playing
surface and behind the server’s end line, and it shall not be hidden from the receiver by
any part of the body or clothing of the server or his doubles partner
 It is the responsibility of the player to serve so that the umpires can see that he
complies with the requirements for a good service.

Stance and Footwork

 Proper stance and footwork in serving or receiving are just an important in
learning table tennis as they are tennis, badminton or any sport skill that
requires a constantly alert player

Stance (Positioning)
1. The playing elbow marks the midpoint between the forehand and the backhand. You
should keep your playing elbow near the center of the table.
2. If you have a strong forehand, you should intentionally stand as far to left as
possible, covering as much as ground as possible with the forehand.
3. If your opponent moves to the left, you have to move to the right to cover the angle
to your right.

Footwork
1. Always keep your weight on the balls of your feet.
2. Be bounce. Bounce slightly on your feet between shots.
3. Always move left or right the instant the other player is committed to his shot, but never
before.

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ANGELICA MHEG M. CAÑAZARES
P.E 3 Teacher