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All About Table Tennis Sport

Table tennis is a sport where players hit a lightweight ball using paddles across the table. Explore more about the game with this quiz.
Sameer Shinde
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Table tennis was played among the elites as an after-dinner pastime. This game was invented in England.
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Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players strike the ping-pong ball with small rackets over a table.
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The table required for playing without feeling too cramped should be 9 feet long and 5 feet wide above the floor.
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The net is assembled 6 inches high across the table with the help of clamps.
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There is no specific limit to the number of lets that a player can hit. You can serve as many lets as you want till the ball hits the net.
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The table tennis ball is perfectly spherical with a weight of 2.7 grams and a diameter of 40 millimeters.
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To win the game, Deuce must be broken by the player with a two-point lead in a row.
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Shakehand grip is where the player grips the racket similar to someone who is about to give a handshake.
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The span of time during which the ball is in play is a rally that starts with the serve and the return of the serve.
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The server hits the ball first over the net to the opponent's side of the table.
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Founded in 1926 by William Henry Lawes of Wymondham, ITTF seeks the technological improvement of table tennis.
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Table tennis was introduced to Olympic sports at the Seoul 1988 Games with men's and women's singles and doubles.
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