What Do You Know About Table Tennis?

Table tennis is an in door game. It is also known as ping pong game. It is now a serious world wide competitive sport with many championships and tournaments.

This game is very popular in china Japan and South Korea. It essentially resembles rather is a miniature game of lawn tennis, the net is set on table 9 feet long by 5 feet wide, and the ball is a very light celluloid one. Players serve series of five balls in turn, both player's server and receiver scoring. The service has to bounce first on the server's side of the net, and then on the other, and therefore all strokes are (ground stroke) volleying not being allowed. A game is 21 points and matches are usually the best two out of three of three out of games.

Vantage games are played, as, if the score reaches 20 all, each player serves once in turn until one has a clear head of two points. Both singles and doubles are played. Table tennis requires perfect fitness and split second reactions. Many lawn tennis players also play table tennis, and several of these players have found it desirable to retire from the fast table game before giving up the out door game.