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How are table tennis and tennis alike and different?
table tennis is obviously played on a table and tennis is not. they have some of the same rules, but tennis has tramlines, so, in other words, table tennis' court doesnt change from doubles and singles and the singles does. also the scoring is different. table tennis is frist to 21 points and tennis it is first to 6 games. they are alike as they are both played with a raquet and a ball that you can hit before the bounce or after the bounce but 2 bounces and you have lost the point. they both use points in scoring but differently. both great games to play and good for fitness
What do you use a table tennis ball for?
Cracked table tennis balls can be used for vehicular antenna-toppers.
Is table tennis the same as ping pong?
One of the original names for table tennis was ping pong. Ping Pong was then registered as a trademark by the sports company John Jaques & Son in England. Parker Brothers in the USA also bought the rights from Jaques to use the name ping pong in the USA only. So the name of the game was changed to table tennis. The official name today is table tennis. Ping Pong is still a trademark and is a brand of equipment in the USA which is used to play the sport of table tennis.
What do you use for the surface of a table tennis top?
water
In table tennis what is the only colour that players are not allowed to wear?
No, but the rules of table tennis say that the main colour of clothing must be clearly different from that of the ball in use. So if a white ball is being used, players cannot wear white shirts.
What is a counter-drive in table tennis?
Is a professional world,as a 25 years table tennis player,i think it maybe means you hit the ball from left when you use right hand.
When were table tennis balls invented?
Table Tennis originated as a sport in Britain during the 1880s, where it was played among the upper class as an after dinner game. Therefore the balls would have been invented around the same time. James Gibb was the first person to use celluloid balls in 1901.
What is the main use of wapped towel cloth around the hanale of badmintor table tennis and table rockets?
better grip
What is the difference between table tennis and ping pong?
There is no difference between table tennis and ping pong. Table tennis and ping pong are just different names for the same sport.Table tennis is the official name for the sport, but when it was first invented it's popular name was ping pong. This is due to the sound the objects they used for bats would make.AnswerTable Tennis is the name of the sport played. That is why there isn't ping pong in the olympics. Ping Pong is a brand name that has since become interchangable with the word table tennis in the United States. There are ping pong tables which are used to play table tennis (the brand ping pong) and table tennis tables which are essentially the same thing.
Is the table use for table tennis is circular?
Yes. Table tennis table is circular it was made circular so that the edges are smooth and no one will get injured unlike a rectangular table people could get hurt if they hit the pointy edge. This is also why the paddle and ball are circular to avoid injuries.
What is a legal table tennis shirt?
The main colour of a table tennis shirt must be clearly different from that of the ball in use. This is to ensure visibility of the ball, and for that reason the colour of the back of the shirt can be disregarded. It is the apparent colour of the clothing which is important, and the referee has to decide whether it provides sufficient contrast with the colour of the ball.
Who founded table tennis?
The game of table tennis has its roots in lawn tennis. When lawn tennis became very popular in the 1870s & 1880s, game makers tried to emulate its success by developing indoor versions of the game. So there were card games, board & dice games, rackets & balloon games and even tiddledy winks tennis games. But the first use of the name Table Tennis occurred on a board and dice game by J.H.Singer of New York around 1884 and it's also known that a game of Table Tennis was offered in the 1887 game catalogue of George S. Parker, founder of the famed Parker Brothers in America. But the first action game of tennis on a table was in 1890, so it was David Foster of England who is the founder/inventor of table tennis in 1890.
