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| | Table tennis is an Olympic sport where two or four players hit a ball back and forth to each other, with a racket on a table, in a manner similar to tennis. The rules are slightly different, but the concept is basically the same. Ball spin, speed, strategy and tactics play an important part in competitive table tennis matches. The speed of the ball can vary from slow serves with much spin to smashes that travel as fast as 112.5 kilometers per hour (69.9 miles per hour). The game is played on a 274 cm × 152.5 cm × 76 cm high (approx 9 ft × 5 ft × 30 in high) hard rectangular table with the surface usually colored green, dark blue, or black. A 15.25 cm (6 inch) tall net divides the table in half (similarly to tennis) and is strung to extend 15.25 cm (6 inches) beyond the table on each side. Table tennis requires a large enough room so that players can move freely. In international competitions, the International Table Tennis Federation requires an area not less than 14 m (46 ft) long, 7 m (23 ft) wide and 5 m (16 ft) high. The 4 corners may be covered by surrounds of not more than 1.5 m (5 ft) length. The paddles, also known as bats or rackets, are usually about 10 inches long, with a hitting surface that is approximately 6 in × 6 in (15.2 cm × 15.2 cm), although the rules specify no limitations in size or shape. Modern paddles usually have a thin layer of rubber covering the paddle's striking surface. The rubber may have pimples pointing outwards or inwards, as well as a thin layer of sponge between the plywood center and the rubber surface. Since spin plays a large role in the modern sport of table tennis, the composition of the rubber and the combination of sponge and rubber is designed to maximize the amount of spin and speed a player can impart onto the ball. Other technological improvements include the use of carbon or other synthetic layers as part of the blade to increase the sweet spot or the stiffness of the blade. The ball used in table tennis has a diameter of 40 mm, is made of celluloid, and is completely hollow. A three star rating on a ball usually implies a top quality ball, in relation to its bounce, roundness and their respective consistency between balls of the same make and type. The winner is the first to score 11 points, with each player alternating serves every two points. At 10-10 (or deuce) the players alternate with every serve; the winner is then the first person to gain a clear two points advantage over his opponent. The 11 point game is an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) change which occurred in 2001. The 21-point game is still widely played at recreational level. All games played at national level and at international tournaments (ITTF) are played to 11 points in either a best of five (5) games (preliminaries) or best of seven (7) games format (championship matches). Table tennis is very popular in East Asia and is one of the most popular sports in the world in terms of player numbers, as well as one of the newest of the major sports. - Ping Pang Qiu is the official name for the sport in the mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
- Takkyu is the official name for the sport in Japan.
- Tak-ku is the name for the sport in Korea.
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| | By Varghese on 7/4/2008 7:13 AMThe atmosphere here is so exciting. Nice set up than previous years, a long list of world class players and exciting matches. I’m thrilled as everyone else. I have not seen such an interest in our people getting auto-graph and taking pictures with the world class players. I have been to Europe last year to watch some pro tours, and I see the same excitement in this soil as I’ve seen there. Is Table Tennis still live in the US? Oh Yes! I’m proud of India, my home country in many aspects. I’ve not been to India for the last 3 years. I’ve started playing table tennis seriously less than two years ago, so I did not know much about the standard of table tennis players in India except Sharat Kamal who has become popular and playing in South America. The table tennis is a popular sport in India – you will see tables in clubs and places like YMCA. I was surprised to see some 15 players from India – most of them are young below 20 years old – and many of them playing in the US Op ... Read More »
| By Varghese on 7/3/2008 8:23 AMI have played two events yesterday – under 2600 and under 2050. I knew I was not going to do well yesterday morning itself. I felt so stiff in my body. I could not move and my upper body was really hurting. I think I have not recovered from the Joola Super Camp completely – some of the strengthening exercise at the camp has really made my upper body muscles sore. Normally, the car drive make me stiff, but this time it did not – I drove 6 hours to reach Las Vegas on Tuesday. I hated it more than anyone watched. It was an under 2050 event against a 1950 rated player and 1850 player. There was a 1400 rated player too. The 1950 rated player was a defense and attack player. From both the wings he chopped with heavy side spin. This gave me tremendous problem – it was spiny under-spin. He does not attack much. He trapped me in my forehand with tennis style serves – one of the hardest serves to take. Two of our games went to dues, but I beat him 3 to 1. He took one gam ... Read More »
| By Varghese on 6/29/2008 6:41 AM
| By Varghese on 6/25/2008 9:11 PMBefore I go to the local clubs where I play, I take few minutes to do some cardio on the treadmill. Next, I practice for few minutes - in addition to 30 to 40 minutes of practice in my basement every morning. Though I have done such preparations before playing at the club, I have never understood the importance of warm up and stretching. I was in Europe last year and I have seen the world best players starting their day with warm up and stretching exercise – the Table Tennis Lifestyle video has footages of various such warm ups. At the Joola Super Camp, there is a serie ... Read More »
| By Varghese on 6/23/2008 7:48 PMWhat kind of feeling you will have when you see a man, whom you have seen over and over on TV for many years, enters your room and also close to you and you can hand shake with him - butterfly in the stomach? I have been watching Chen Weixing’s tournament videos – plenty of them - from the year 2006. At that time, he was world top 10. He is ranked 30 now, has not played in International tournaments for a while, primarily because of his knee surgery. He is a cool guy, a family man with two lovely kids. It is a life time opportunity to receive some table tennis training in the United States from coaches who know the modern table tennis game. Few months back, I've de ... Read More »
| By Varghese on 6/20/2008 11:12 AM 
I have used XIOM Aigis blade with Omega III BIOS 2008 2.0 rubber on my forehand and XIOM Guillitine Long Pips 1.2 mmRead More »
| By Varghese on 5/10/2008 10:07 AM
In simple words, Joola Energy Xtra is a perfect choice for controlled loopers and defensive blockers and choppers. The Joola Energy Xtra has speed glue effect – it is made of tensor technology. The rubber has excellent “click” sound. I have not tried a rubber which has so much louder click sound as Joola Energy Xtra – the DONIC Coppa JO Silver which is softer as Enery Xtra does not make such sound as Energy Xtra. The sponge of Energy Xtra is made of soft sponge of hardness 37.5 degree. This softness helps the ball to sink deep into the sponge and the player gets so much control where to hit the ball - I would say it has extreme control. This is why this rubber is an excellent rubber for defensive players who would like to block or chop. The aggressive players can use Joola Energy Xtra on their back hand for a variety of strokes – from def ... Read More »
| By Varghese on 5/6/2008 1:59 PM Donic COPPA JO Gold
 Donic COPPA JO Silver
I have not used any Donic table tennis rubber before. This was the first time I was trying a DONIC rubbers like DONIC Coppa JO Silver and Gold. I have been using tuned rubbers in the past few months, and have found out the tuning process is a hassle. I hate speed gluing every day also. I was looking for a rubber which has the speed and spin and less maintenance. That search ended up buying a DONIC Coppa JO Silver. After I’ve used Coppy JO Silver for a while, I bought DONIC Coppa JO Gold and then a DONIC Coppa Tagero. Both the Donic Coppa JO Gold and JO Silver rubbers suit advanced and professional players only – the begi ... Read More »
| By Varghese on 5/3/2008 10:19 PM  
What do paraffin oil, orange juice and marker board cleaner have in common? They are all used for tuning the table tennis rubbers by table tennis players. These are some alternatives used in place of tuner solutions that table tennis manufactures make for players. I don't recommend players to use any such solution. Some of those solutions contain volatile organic compounds (voc) which have short- and long-term adverse health effects. The ITTF has banned solutions having voc. It is like smoking - it is bad for the smokers as well as people surrounding them.Read More »
| By Varghese on 5/3/2008 9:57 AM
I grabbed my third championship yesterday. It was a good tournament of participants from various corporations in the salt lake city area.
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