Introduction
Table tennis is an interesting sport usually played by teams of either on or two players. The sport is played by use of hitting a ball across a net suspended across a table. In order for one to be successful in table tennis, the game demands exceptional physical and mental preparedness before matches (Miran Kondric A. M., 2013).The table serves as the playing surface hereby referred to as the court. Once the server has struck the ball over the net, the receiver must wait for the ball to bounce on the court once before returning the serve. The ball keeps bouncing once before being returned until the ball goes out of play. A player gains a point every time an opponent fails to return the ball correctly during a rally. The rally, …show more content…
The top surface of a rectangular table, measures 2.74 meters long by 1.525 meters in width and is the equivalent of the game’s court. The playing surface, according to the rules of the game should be elevated seventy sic centimeters from a horizontal plane. Whereas the playing surface may be made of any material, it should yield a 23cm bounce when a ball is dropped on it from 30cm. The table is marked by several lines besides the uniformly dark color on the horizontal surface of the table. The vertical side lines of the table are marked by a white two-centimeter wide line. Each team occupies one half of the playing field, which explains why the table is divided into two halves by a net. The two halves of the playing surface are referred to as courts (International Table Tennis Federation, 2014). In games that involve single players per team, the surface is divided into two courts. For doubles, however, each court is further divided into two equal parts by a white line cutting through the centre of the entire half of the table. The white line in this case is 3mm wide and runs parallel with the …show more content…
It is the only equipment held by players that should come in contact with a ball that is in play. Whereas the racket may be of varied sizes and shape, the blade has to be flat and rigid. Furthermore, 85% of the blade’s thickness must be made of natural wood. An adhesive layer within the racket’s blade may be reinforced by fibrous materials with thickness not exceeding 7.5% of the racket’s total thickness. Parts of the blade, which come in contact with the ball should be continuous and have even thickness. It is worth noting that when a player wishes to change rackets during a match the umpire and the opponents are allowed to scrutinize its features before a match
Table tennis is an interesting sport usually played by teams of either on or two players. The sport is played by use of hitting a ball across a net suspended across a table. In order for one to be successful in table tennis, the game demands exceptional physical and mental preparedness before matches (Miran Kondric A. M., 2013).The table serves as the playing surface hereby referred to as the court. Once the server has struck the ball over the net, the receiver must wait for the ball to bounce on the court once before returning the serve. The ball keeps bouncing once before being returned until the ball goes out of play. A player gains a point every time an opponent fails to return the ball correctly during a rally. The rally, …show more content…
The top surface of a rectangular table, measures 2.74 meters long by 1.525 meters in width and is the equivalent of the game’s court. The playing surface, according to the rules of the game should be elevated seventy sic centimeters from a horizontal plane. Whereas the playing surface may be made of any material, it should yield a 23cm bounce when a ball is dropped on it from 30cm. The table is marked by several lines besides the uniformly dark color on the horizontal surface of the table. The vertical side lines of the table are marked by a white two-centimeter wide line. Each team occupies one half of the playing field, which explains why the table is divided into two halves by a net. The two halves of the playing surface are referred to as courts (International Table Tennis Federation, 2014). In games that involve single players per team, the surface is divided into two courts. For doubles, however, each court is further divided into two equal parts by a white line cutting through the centre of the entire half of the table. The white line in this case is 3mm wide and runs parallel with the …show more content…
It is the only equipment held by players that should come in contact with a ball that is in play. Whereas the racket may be of varied sizes and shape, the blade has to be flat and rigid. Furthermore, 85% of the blade’s thickness must be made of natural wood. An adhesive layer within the racket’s blade may be reinforced by fibrous materials with thickness not exceeding 7.5% of the racket’s total thickness. Parts of the blade, which come in contact with the ball should be continuous and have even thickness. It is worth noting that when a player wishes to change rackets during a match the umpire and the opponents are allowed to scrutinize its features before a match