Introduction to table tennis

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Introduction to the entertaining game and sport of table tennis, an activity enjoyed by so many people around the globe.

• The origin and evolution of table tennis
  

  Much like its bigger version, table tennis is played with the same basic rules as Tennis. If you are a sports buff and has devoted quite a number of hours in front of the boob tube...

• The basic rules of table tennis
  

  Table tennis is an Olympic racket sport where two players, or two teams of two players, hit the table tennis ball back and forth, across the net on a table, with wooden paddles. The manner of play...

Table Tennis World News

• The Service and the Return
  

  Read the ITTF laws table tennis regarding the service and the return....

• Guos win seals table tennis medal sweep for China
  

  BEIJING (AP) China clinched all three medals in womens singles table tennis at the Olympics on… Read...

• Top 10 Classic Table Tennis Rubbers
  

  Butterfly Sriver - an all time classic rubber Photo by......

• Spin
  

  Spin in table tennis/ ping-pong - what is it, why is it important, how it works, how to do it, when to use it, how to read it, and how to handle it....

• BACK & FORTH: Are table tennis fans out of steam?
  

  BEIJING (AP) AP reporter Anita Chang is covering table tennis during the Beijing games and blogging… Read...

• How To Succeed In Ping-Pong By Mistake
  

  On his way to success? Uploaded to Flicker by rmp ......

• Build Your Own Ping-Pong Table
  

  Want to build your own ping-pong table, but not sure it is worth the hassle? Greg Letts, your About.com Guide to Table Tennis / Ping-Pong, investigates whether you can build a competition quality...

• China in position to sweep table tennis medals
  

  BEIJING (AP) The finals of womens table tennis will be an all-China affair, after top-ranked Zhang… Read...