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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.

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Is PING PONG a table tennis?

Yes - ping-pong is an alternative name for table tennis.


What is the common term for table tennis?

ping pong Ping pong.


What is the official name of ping pong?

The official name for Ping Pong is Table Tennis.


What are some ping pong words?

Another name for ping pong is table tennis.


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.


What is ping-pong known as?

Table tennis


What are some popular Ping Pong accessories?

Ping Pong or table tennis accessories are not very plentiful. They include wristbands and headbands, straps for the ping pong bat and coloured table tennis balls.


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.


Who started table tennis?

who sstarted table tennis isnt that just ping pong


Do you compare ping-pong and tennis?

kinda its just table tennis


What is a other name for ping pong?

table tennis


What was the name before ping pong?

Table Tennis