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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.
As of 2015, balls are now made of a polymer instead of celluloid, colored white or orange, with a matte finish. The choice of ball color is made according to the table color and its surroundings. For example, a white ball is easier to see on a green or blue table than it is on a grey table.
11 Οκτ 2024 · Table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988, with singles and doubles competition for men and women. 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.
The earliest surviving action game of Tennis on a table is a set made by David Foster, patented in England in 1890 (No.11037): Parlour Table Games, which included table versions of Lawn Tennis, Cricket and Football.
In 1891, John Jacques, who later trademarked the game as Ping-pong, introduced their “Gossima” equipment. This consisted of drum-type paddles, a 50mm web wrapped cork ball, and a 30cm high net. Parker Brothers’ invention of an indoor tennis kit in 1890’s has also added to the success of table tennis.
20 Ιουν 2023 · Read our detailed history of table tennis, from 1890 through to the modern sport we know and love.
An illustrated history of the sport of table tennis (or ping-pong), from its early origins in Victorian England, through the use of pimpled rubber, the introduction of sponge, the dominance of the Chinese, the introduction of speed glue, and the sweeping rule changes of 2000, and into the future.
