INTRODUCTION-AND-HISTORY-OF-TABLE-TENNIS.pdf

REPORTING

1. TABLE TENNIS
ITS HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
LESSON1

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Attheendofthelessonthestudentsshouldbeableto:
a.tracethehistoricaldevelopmentoftabletennis,
b.discussthenatureofthegame;and
c.analyzethedevelopmentofthegametabletennis.

3. TabletennisisanOlympic
sportwheretwoorfour
playershitaballwitha
racketbackandforthto
eachotheronthetable.
Table Tennis

4. ItisthebiggestinAsiaandEuropeand
hasbeengainingtheattentioninthe
UnitedStatesandisgettingbigger
veryquickly.However, China
dominatesmostworldtitle.France,
Germany,Hongkong,Japan,Korea,
Singapore,SwedenandTaiwanalso
havemanyworldclassplayers.
Table Tennis

5. ✓Ithasbeencalledseveral
names:
•“indoortennis”
•“pingpong”
•“whiffwhaff”

6. Objective of the game
Theobjectiveofthegameistohit
theballbyaracketandreturnitto
theopponentoverthenet.

7. MORAL CHARACTER -BUILDING VIRTUES OF
TABLE TENNIS
Sportsmanship Fair Play Adherence to rules
Camaraderie and graciousness both in victory and defeat

8. To fully enjoy the sport table tennis, you
should know something about the sport itself,
its history and playing rules.

9. HISTORY
OF TABLE
TENNIS

10. ThegametabletenniswasinventedinENGLANDINTHE
1880’sbyRICHVICTORIANSlookingforanactivitytobe
playedindoors.
served as the net used as ball were employed
as paddles

11. 1921
The Table Tennis Association was founded in England
1926
International Table Tennis Federation
1933
United States Table Tennis Association
1988
Table Tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics.
2000
ITTF instituted several rules modified at making table tennis more
viable as a televised spectator sport.

12. 1952
relativelyunknown Japanese
namedHirojeSotahshowedup
attheworldchampionshipwitha
strangenewtypeofracket.Itwas
awoodenbladecoveredbya
thicksheetofsponge.Heeasily
wonthetournamentandtable
tennishasnotbeenthesame
since.

13. Japandominatedthegameduring1950s,mostlybecausetheirplayers
wereallusingsponge.Theyalsointroducedthepenholdgrip,whichgave
themdominatingforehands.
Chinafirstusedonlythepenholdgripbutlatertheshakehandsgripas
wellatthestartofthe1960s.
Sweden becomethe1989WorldChampionintabletennis.Beating
China5-0fortheteamchampionship.

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