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9 Νοε 2024 · Table tennis, ball game similar in principle to lawn tennis and played using a lightweight hollow ball and paddles on a flat table divided into two equal courts by a net. Popularly known by the trademarked name Ping-Pong, it is a common recreational activity as well as a competitive Olympic sport.
Table tennis (also known as ping-pong or whiff-whaff) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the court on which players stand.
Though Table Tennis evolved, along with Badminton and Lawn Tennis, from the ancient game of Tennis (also known as Jeu de Paume, Real tennis, Court Tennis or Royal Tennis), the game was developed after Lawn Tennis became popular in the 1880s.
15 Φεβ 2024 · Table Tennis History Summary. ⏳ Origins and Evolution: Emerging from 19th-century England, table tennis evolved from parlor games, like whiff-whaff and ping-pong, played among the upper class. Subsequent development of equipment and rules transformed it into a competitive sport recognized worldwide.
The document provides a history and overview of the game of table tennis. It discusses how the game was invented in England in the early 1900s under the name "Ping Pong" and was later adopted the name "table tennis." It also outlines the founding and growth of the international governing body.
The history of table tennis (also known as ping pong) has been the subject of extensive research, notably by Englishman Gerald Gurney and by American's Charles "Chuck" Hoey and Tim Boggan. But the research by Gerald Gurney - presented in "Table Tennis: The Early Years" - is considered to be the definitive guide to the history of the sport.
20 Ιουν 2023 · Read our detailed history of table tennis, from 1890 through to the modern sport we know and love.
