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Nov 19, 2013 · This document provides a history of table tennis from its origins as an indoor version of lawn tennis in the late 19th century in England.
- Table tennis
The document provides an overview of table tennis, including...
- Table Tennis Overview
This document provides an overview of table tennis,...
- Table tennis
Jun 2, 2015 · The document provides an overview of table tennis, including its history, equipment, basic skills, and rules. Table tennis originated in the late 1800s as an after-dinner game in Britain called ping pong, and has since grown into an international sport played at the Olympic Games.
Jun 1, 2012 · This document provides an overview of table tennis, including its history, equipment, basic strokes and techniques. It traces the evolution of the sport from the late 1800s and discusses the various names it was known by over time. The standard equipment of racket, table and ball are described.
History of Table Tennis History Table tennis originally came from England in the 1880s. It was made by Englishman David Foster. Table Tennis was used as a substitute for lawn tennis when it was too cold in the winter. It caught on as a game you could play for people who didn’t have a big lawn to play tennis in the summer.
Key events include the establishment of the International Table Tennis Federation in 1926 and the inclusion of table tennis in the Olympic Games beginning in 1988. The document also describes the standard equipment, rules, strokes, and terminology used in the modern game of table tennis.
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.
History of Table Tennis - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt / .pptx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Table tennis originated in Britain in the 1880s as an after-dinner parlor game played by the upper class.
