TABLE TENNIS BASIC RULES

INDIVIDUAL

THE SERVICE

 Two services each player, but if you tie 10 points, each player only serve
once.
 You can serve everywhere on the table = free service (only individual
matches).
 If the ball touches the net and passes on to the other side, you will repeat
the service.
 In official matches, to do a rigth service you must throw the ball to the air
before you hit it.
 If you fail the service, your opponent will win a point directly.

THE GAME

 The ball always has to touch the table before you hit it with the racket.
 If the ball touches the net and passes on to the other side, you can continue
playing.
 You can´t touch the table with the other hand.
 In order to win a game, you need get 11 points, but always with two points
difference (11-9, 11-8, etc.).
 If you tie 10-10, you must keep playing until one player wins with two points
difference.
 In official matches, the first player who gets 3 or 5 games wins (the best of 5
or 7 games).

DOUBLES

THE SERVICE

 You must service diagonally always from the right side (twice the same
server and receiver).
 The two following services are served by the player who has received before
and he/she must service to the other player (never to the last server). To
sum up, you can never serve the player who served you before.

THE GAME

 The same player can never hit the ball twice consecutively, so every pair
must hit the ball once each player. In order to do it properly, the player
should try to hit the ball and let his/her partner enough space in the middle
of the table to be able to hit the ball as better as posible.