Table Tennis

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Table Tennis

• Arbray Fast
• Ross Spaulding
• Anna Espino

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History Disciplines Origin

• Table tennis was developed in the late 19th
  century.
• It is considered to be of the English origin.
• It is described as a miniature tennis that was
  played indoors in the 1880s and 1890s.

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History Disciplines Origin

• Athletes first played with cigar-box lids for
  rackets and a carved champagne cork for a ball.
• Today, players use rubber-coated wooden and
  carbon-fiber rackets and a lightweight, hollow
  celluloid ball.

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History Disciplines Origin

• The rules of the game were made in 1922 by Ivor
  Montagu.
• The International Table Tennis Federation formed
  in 1926, which included Austria, England,
  Germany, Hungary, and Sweden.
• The World Champions also began in 1926.

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History Disciplines Origin

• Table tennis is the worlds largest participation
  sport.
• 40 million competitive players.
• Millions involved recreationally.

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Olympic History

• Table tennis first appeared in the Olympics in
  Seoul, in 1988.
• The four table tennis events in the Olympics
  include
• 1. Mens singles
• 2. Womens singles
• 3. Mens doubles
• 4. Womens doubles

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Olympic History

• Singles
• The top 16 teams advance to the main round, while
  48 more players enter a qualification round.
• A second 16 teams advance from that round.

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Olympic History

• The main round is a single-elimination
  tournament.
• Semi-final winners compete for the gold and
  silver medals.
• Semi-final losers compete for the bronze medal.

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Olympic History

• Doubles uses a similar format with 32 teams
  involved.
• Matches are best-of-five games.
• Mixed doubles is not played as an Olympic sport.

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Olympic History

• Mixed doubles is only played in the World
  Championships where it first appeared in 1926.

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Clubs and Information

• Information about table tennis is found at
  www.olympics.org/tabletennis
• Gilbert Table Tennis Center- Los Angeles
• 323-933-3751
• Long Beach Table tennis Center-
• 562-423-4563

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Equipment

• Racket or paddle can be of any size, shape and
  weight
• Ball
• Table
• Comfortable clothing

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Court

• Table
• Net
• Floor

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Referee

• Umpire responsible for controlling the match,
  announces points and calls out of bounds balls
• Assistant umpire post the scoring, signal out of
  bound balls

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Score

• Matches are played in 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 5 11
  point sets
• A lead of at least 2 points needed to win the set

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Grips

• Orthodox (Shakehand)

• Penholder

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Stokes

• Forehand drive, block, push.
• Backhand drive, block, push.
• Both can be done with topspin, sidespin,
  backspin.

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Players

• Singles
• Doubles
• Mixed doubles

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How to play?

• Toss the ball at least 6 in to the air to begin
  the serve
• Ball must be struck while is dropping
• The server in singles can serve the ball anywhere
  in the court
• Only in doubles the serve is diagonally from the
  right side of the court to the opponents right
  court

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Cont

• A lost of point will happen when any part of your
  body touches the table
• A rally continues until the ball is out send out
  of the boundaries
• The player who served at the beginning of a game
  is the receiver at the beginning of the next game

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Anatomy and Physiology of Table Tennis

• Energy Systems
• Movements
• Player Demands
• Player Physique

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Energy Systems

• ATP CP
• Immediate and Non Oxidative for quick bursts
• Aerobic for the play of whole match

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Movement Types

• Lateral side steps (side shuffle)
• Anterior stepping up
• Posterior stepping back
• Vertical jumping (hopping)/squatting
• Arms elbow flexion/extension
• Shoulders internal/external rotation

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Players of Table Tennis

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Player Demands

• Major Muscles Used quadriceps, hamstrings,
  gluteus maximus, deltoids, biceps, triceps,
  S.I.T.S. (rotator cuff), etc.
• Hand Eye Coordination
• Quickness on Feet
• Endurance

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Player Physique

• Lean muscle mass
• (low body fat percentage)
• 55 511
• 140 165 lbs.
• High amount of fast twitch muscle fibers

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Questions?