TRACING THE ROOTS: History of Table Tennis What is Table Tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small rackets.

What is Table Tennis A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions.

TRACING ROOTS: HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS The sport originated in Victorian England, where it was played among the upper class as an after-dinner parlour game.

1860s or 1870s - makeshift versions of the game were developed by British military officers in India. 1901 - The name "ping-pong" was in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd. 1901 - James W. Gibb, a British enthusiast of table tennis, who discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip to the US. 1901 - followed by E.C. Goode who invented the modern version of the racket by fixing a sheet of pimpled, or stippled, rubber to the wooden blade. 1902 - unofficial world championship was held. 1920 - A similar situation arose in the United States, where Jacques sold the rights to the "ping-pong" name to Parker Brothers. 1921 - the Table Tennis Association was founded. 1926 - renamed the English Table Tennis Association. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) followed. London hosted the first official World Championships. 1933 - the United States Table Tennis Association, now called USA Table Tennis, was formed. 1950s - paddles that used a rubber sheet combined with an underlying sponge layer changed the game dramatically, introducing greater spin and speed. These were introduced to Britain by sports goods manufacturer S.W. Hancock Ltd. 1980 - The used of speed glue started to increased the spin and speed even further, resulting in changes to the equipment to "slow the game down". 1988 - Table tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics.

TABLE TENNIS MODULE 2 EQUIPMENT of Table Tennis

RUBBER, RACKET OR PADDLE - used in hitting the ball back and forth on the table. Its shape is like the ones used in the game of tennis except that it is smaller and is made of different materials. BALL - The ball that is used in the game is a 2.7-gram, small celluloid ball that is usually colored white or orange depending on the preference of the players. TABLE - The ITTF specifies that the official table tennis tables that are used in the tournament must be 9 ft long, 5 ft wide and must be placed 30 inches high from the ground. NET & POST - Whatever the case, it should be six feet long and six inches wide and has an upper white tape that is not more than 15mm wide.