The sport of table tennis
Table tennis is considered an Olympic sport from the games of Seoul, Korea in 1988 but 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 (call them how to vary between countries or regions where it is practiced) and a ball of very special in that is made ??from celluloid and its weight must not exceed 2.7 grams with a diameter 40 mm (formerly the correct diameter table tennis ball was 38 mm, rule change from 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 not the correct way to name the sport, it is appropriate to call table tennis from the development of the first rules in 1920 ). The first official competition (World Championships) was held in the city of London in 1926 . Among the most prominent competitions in the world cup this Swathling by men’s teams and the top teams also Corbillon but in this case female.
It is a table specially tailored for the sport and as you can see in the picture of the table tennis table, her measurements are: 2.74 m 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. Divided by 4 lines are the baseline, centerline and 2 equal and parallel lines which are called lateral lines. The top surface should be dull, dark color, uniform throughout its surface and return a boat to 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 should have a uniform height throughout its length.
The paddle or racket for tennis table
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 game a fun game that captivated the masses (the ball achieve more effects and faster). There are 2 ways to make the palette in the table tennis: A western style in which both sides are used by grasping the shovel handle with fingers collected on the East and a way in which the fingers extend over one side of the palette in this way one side during the game (see photo).