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Table tennis is one of the most important activities within the sport accessible for people with physical disabilities not only by the number of participants, but also for his tremendous power of integration. By its nature, table tennis is a sport with a large number of players with disabilities participating in the various national leagues of the Royal Spanish Federation in different categories. In the Paralympics in Barcelona 92, the table tennis sport was second in number of live viewers, followed by ma s of 114,000 spectators.

This is why one of the sports that best achieves their goals within the complementary rehabilitation of people with disabilities, mainly because he combines reflexes, speed and intelligence, and require the use of physical effort.

Table tennis is not only a healthy way to do sports, but also an excellent means of education, because it combines individual work with the team, merging the personal and collective values.

Most disabled people who practice this sport are embedded in clubs or associations not distinguish players with and without disabilities, will attain a high level of play.

Table tennis can be practiced by anyone with disabilities (quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, amputations, severe malformations, polio), what makes this sport one of the most practiced among the group. Furthermore, table tennis allows people with disabilities the assembly and installation of the playing field, giving autonomy to practice very few sports allow. Also, you can practice throughout the year and the economic cost of the material is not at all significant.

The history of tennis table or ping pong
The tennis table or ping pong as a hobby began in England in the late 1800′s. It was supposedly invented by officials of the army who used wine corks round as balls and old cigar boxes as rackets.
The tennis table remained popular as a game for people rich in England until it officially became a competitive sport in 1927.

In the 1950′s, the plastic ball was invented and tennis table became very popular worldwide, especially in Asia where countries like China and South Korea have produced most of the world’s best players.
The tennis table became an Olympic sport official in the Olympic Games 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.

How to play tennis table
The ping pong is played on a table with two opponents. The player taking the kick throws the ball into the air and hits it. The ball must bounce on their side of the table and then cross the net and bounce off the opponent’s side .
The player receiving the service must answer. A bounce on their side and a rebound della otherwise. If a player misses the ball after bouncing once on their side, the other player gets one point.
A player loses the point when he hits the ball to the outside of the table, beyond the bottom of the opposite side or on the network.

Fun Facts tennis table
In 1993, Jackie Bellinger and Lisa Lomas set a world record for hitting the ball back and forth 173 times in 60 seconds.
The tennis table was banned in the former Soviet Union from 1930 to 1950, it was thought that sport was harmful to the eye.
The best tennis players in the table can hit the ball and make travel more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour!

Table tennis or table tennis is a racquet sport in which two or four players hit the ball from side to side of the table, in which the ball must pass over the net and the opponent can not be returned.
Game Features

The table
measures the table are: a length of 2.74 m (9 feet), a width of 1.525 m (5 feet), the playing surface will be 76 cm (30 inches) of soil. In the center of the table there will be a network with a height of 15.25 cm (6 inches), which separates the two fields. The central line or boundary is 3 mm. The ball

The ball has a diameter of 40 mm, 119 mm circumference and weighs approximately 2.7 g. It will be a celluloid or similar plastic, white or orange and matte. Until recently, the ball diameter was 38 mm, but was increased to 40 mm in order to get longer and scores greater visibility both for broadcast on television. It is believed that in the next few years will increase again the size of the ball, to last longer than the many. The paddle to hit the ball a shovel is used, 13 cm in diameter, consisting of a timber and a or two tires. Each side of the head must be covered by a rubber or paint a different color, one side must be black and one red. The party games can be single or double. Each player or pair will draw twice, then the kick from the opposing player or pair. In the case of the ball after making a throw correct, the player taking the field, hit the net or its supports and into the opponent, the kick shall be repeated as many times as necessary.

If either player touches the table with any part of your body other than the racket, it will point to the contrary.
In the doubles matches the couple players have to hit the ball alternately (one first and one after). In doubles, the serve is made ??always crossed from the right side of the player who pulls to the right side of the opposing team including the rebound in the center line as valid. Until 2002 the parties were at least 3 or 5 games, and consisted of 21 points. Since then the Games are played to the best of 5 or 7 games of 11 points each. The change was made ??to make the sport more attractive visually.

Table tennis is an Olympic sport and one of the most complete that can be practiced. You can play individually or in doubles and stresses due to the speed of the game and great development of energy and elasticity by the player.
It is both an entertaining sport brings communities, without differentiating between age or sex, does not require large spaces or expensive to implement and that is after football, the most practiced sport in the world. It is also a healthy sport that produces almost no injuries.

While many call it Ping Pong, this name has been given an unfair reputation as a “board game” where you do not follow rules and playing techniques and looks more like a hobby that involves passing the ball from one side to another, which does not require much physical effort and thus is seen as an easy game that anyone can learn quickly and this is reflected in the lack of interest by the media and institutions disseminate it. Totally wrong.

Table tennis is a game, is a sport that requires the learning of special techniques and tactics of the game, and that they adhere to Official Rules. Learning to pass the ball from one side to the other is very easy but learning to master the correct techniques and effects, is something that takes time and requires special training. The physical and therefore, the exercise is to practice this sport is very high, since apart from the arms are used to move the legs, which have to be constantly bent and hips to rotate in every movement.

This sport can be practiced throughout life, and it’s proven that exercises the brain and eye, thus delaying the effects senile older people. I had the opportunity to play against older adults …

It consists of a card table, separating the two halves by a net, with two players with their respective rackets and a ball must pass to the opposite field after hitting the table once. Much is lost when the ball is passed to the opposite field. In this sport basically have to have great reflexes and excellent traction due to the speed that keeps the ball during the game. Its development has been spectacular in recent years, being one of the sports that has the largest number of licenses in the world. Source: Table tennis is a spectacular sport in which the reflexes and coordination are essential.

It originates in England in the late nineteenth century, it seems that tennis players were frustrated in their games with a bad weather invented an indoor game based on the sport they wanted to practice. A long dining table, a rubber ball for children, a network made ??of ropes or books and created a racket with a wooden board (such as cigar boxes) were enough to play the first table tennis. Subsequently, and in the twentieth century several inventors and entrepreneurs designed wooden rackets, rubber wood, aluminum and string, but finally won the rubber, as well as design different table games with different rules. In addition, imported American balls made ??from a new material, celluloid. One game recorded was the “Ping-Pong” in 1902 by Arnold Parker, by the sound produced when striking the ball the racket and table. This game was exported to the colonies, where he began to practice.

In England, began making the first tournaments in the early years of the twentieth century, created teams, associations, books and magazines about the game. In the decade of 20 the game became popular in other countries such as Sweden, France, Netherlands, Hungary and Germany. In 1926 he is the ITTF (International Table Tennis) and organized the first World Championship. A year later the Federation announces the rules of the 2 modes of play, the English based on 21 points, and European-based sets of six games. In 1928 the European system is removed and secured the English game system. It is an Olympic sport since the Seoul Games 88. The current sport is played best of 5 sets to 11 points (difference of two) You can play single or double mode. The serve must bounce once in the proper field and once in the enemy camp, without touching the network.

Table tennis is considered an Olympic sport games from Seoul, Korea, in 1988 although it had been declared Special Olympics in 1977. The game structure is quite similar to the classic game of tennis or tennis. It is played with a small rackets, blades or paddles (how to call them varies across countries or regions where it is practiced) and a ball of very special because it is made ??from celluloid and its weight should not exceed 2.7 grams with a diameter 40 mm (formerly the correct diameter table tennis ball was 38 mm, a rule that changes several years ago). The origin of the juice back and early twentieth century in England where it was originally called ping-pong ® (as shown by the symbol, ping pong is a registered name and is not the correct way to name the sport, it is appropriate to call table tennis from the development of the first regulation in 1920 ). The first official competition (World Championship) was held in the city of London in 1926 . Among the most prominent competitions in the world cup this team Swathling male and Corbillon Cup teams but also in this case women.

It is a table specially tailored for the sport and as you can see in the picture of the table tennis table, measuring: 2.74 meters long and 1.52 meters wide . The height from the floor should be 76 cm. and the height of the net must be 15.25 cm. This divided by 4 lines are the bottom line, center line and 2 lines equal and parallel lines are called sides. The top surface must be of a dark matte color, uniform throughout its surface and return a boat from a height between 22 to 25 cm. if we drop a ball from 30 inches in height. The net divides the table into 2 equal halves must have a uniform height throughout its length.

The paddle or racket for table tennis
Historically in the beginning of this exciting sport was simply a piece of wood but a step as simple as placing a thin layer of rubber on both sides made ??this sport an entertaining game that captivated the masses (the ball more effective achievement and higher speed .) There are 2 ways to take the paddle in table tennis: A western style in which both sides are used by grasping the shovel handle with fingers collected on this form and oriental in which the fingers spread over one side of the palette used in this way one side during the game (see photo).

Table tennis is a spectacular sport in which the reflexes and coordination are essential. It originates in England in the late nineteenth century, it seems that tennis players were frustrated in their games with a bad weather invented an indoor game based on the sport they wanted to practice. A long dining table, a rubber ball for children, a network made of ropes or books and created a racket with a wooden board (such as cigar boxes) were enough to play the first table tennis.

Subsequently, and in the twentieth century several inventors and entrepreneurs designed wooden rackets, rubber wood, aluminum and string, but finally won the rubber, as well as design different table games with different rules. In addition, imported American balls made from a new material, celluloid. One game recorded was the “Ping-Pong” in 1902 by Arnold Parker, by the sound produced when striking the ball the racket and table. This game was exported to the colonies, where he began to practice.

In England, began making the first tournaments in the early years of the twentieth century, created teams, associations, books and magazines about the game. In the decade of 20 the game became popular in other countries such as Sweden, France, Netherlands, Hungary and Germany. In 1926 he is the ITTF (International Table Tennis) and organized the first World Championship. A year later the Federation announces the rules of the 2 modes of play, the English based on 21 points, and European-based sets of six games. In 1928 the European system is removed and secured the English game system. It is an Olympic sport since the Seoul Games 88. Read the rest of this entry »

Serbian tennis player and world number one, Novak Djokovic, will fight against the Scot Andy Murray for taking his sixth Masters 1000 season, after agreeing Saturday to the Cincinnati final after eliminating the Czech Tomas Berdych , who lost the first September (7-5) to the Serb and had to retire through injury then.

Djokovic is intractable and their numbers also, moreover, the fate of the champion goes with it. Without showing your best game, the Serb gets in his tenth and final season does, as happened last week in Montreal for his injured rival. A Berdych after winning yesterday to Roger Federer looked like a hurdle, but eventually suffered a right shoulder injury. ‘Nole’ forced something the machine from the second serve of his opponent, where he enjoyed his first ball ‘break’. But the Czech was solid with the service and saved the day. In fact, Berdych feelings were very similar to the quarterfinals. The fight was served. The Czech hit the ball with anger and aggression, something that, for a

Djokovic still unseated eventually prove costly as in the seventh game resulted in a ‘break’ against. With 5-3 in favor of Czech, the match took color marathon. However, stage fright, and perhaps discomfort in his right shoulder, took over the Czech tennis player . When the world number one was already thinking about the second set, Berdych gave two balls ‘break’ his rival, which he jumped at.

Djokovic turned it over to the set, which eventually led to a new ‘break’ that marked the final 7-5. Subsequently, the Czech approached the network to communicate their withdrawal.

The sky cried just as Novak Djokovic in which I agreed, on medical advice to abandon the match. The man, who had already given problems in previous rounds, he cried enough . A whole year to the best of himself, his tennis and his body found its limit. And before it was over, the Serb, head down, congratulated Andy Murray, winner prematurely. The Scot won his second tournament of the season and seventh of his career 1000 Masters , but his face did not reflect any joy. On the contrary, the abandonment of Djokovic denied the final applause, the step up, lifting the trophy. The abandonment of Djokovic gave a victory without glory. [So we tell the end]

From the beginning, the eye of Serbian eyes did not reflect the challenging, hunger wins, he has shown all year. Tired and dragged a semi-final against Gael Monfils in which the shoulder and gave him a warning . However, despite losing the first set, the match could end in victory. But yesterday was another day, another rival, another rung of pain.

Andy Murray came to the track outside the world, even with headphones, a measure of protection against sitting across the umpire, the man to beat. But it was with an early break that gave him wings. Much thinner and aggressive, the Scot made ??no mistake . And Djokovic, listless, soon overtaken by his own mistakes. Each point was a mountain I needed encouragement. Something was wrong. This time, the grimaces and gestures were not Murray, Djokovic but an idle , which ran at half fighting back with more inertia than intention. He was always behind on the scoreboard, and that he got tying three, but Murray broke serve immediately and managed to close the set 6-4. That was the end the final.

With the departure of the physiotherapist, Djokovic’s face clouded over, and the Ohio sky . To prolong the agony and stood 3-0. He approached the chair umpire gave him the right to a doctor and Murray congratulated sorry. The sixth Masters of the year 1000 will have to wait. But the Serb said to be recovered for the U.S. Open, which is already here.

Competitions Paralympic table tennis include two types: standing and wheelchair.

It is a sport open to athletes with physical disabilities, cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities exist individual events, team and open, both male and female category and competing athletes divided into eleven different classes according to the degree of disability.

Paralympic table tennis follows the same standards that the International Table Tennis, with slight modifications for wheelchair athletes as participants can be attached to the table for balance, provided it does not move.

He became a Paralympic sport in 1960, the Paralympic Games in Rome.