Ping Pong – Oregon’s Most Overlooked Sport?

Table tennis is often referred to as the ‘fastest ball sport in the world.’ Despite persistent lambasting that you do not have to move, table tennis provides a complex profile of requirements for the those who partake in this activity.

Originally table tennis comes from India. It was brought to England at the end of the 19th century. It was the English who in 1884 introduced the first table to be played on. Due to the noise when playing the game it was still called Ping-Pong. Since trademark law protected the name in 1901, the term table tennis prevailed more and more. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, table tennis was for the first time an Olympic discipline.

Yet, still so many people do not consider Ping-Pong a sport at all. Celebrities even make fun of it – take Conan O’Brien, for example, who once tweeted: “Athletes at the Olympics are being issued 15 condoms each. Or as the men’s table tennis players put it, ‘14 condoms too many.’

Game rules

The aim of the game is to score as many points as possible by playing the ball back and forth over the net on the table, avoiding mistakes as far as possible, and making skillful mistakes in the opponent’s or opponent’s game. “Error” here is a not regular blow to understand that leads to the termination of a ball change.

A game consists of several sets that end either at the eleventh point or – after a score of 10:10 – when a player reaches two points ahead. In team fights three winning sets are usually required. The game ends when an opponent or opponent has won three sets (“Best of Five”). This is the case after no more than five sentences (3: 2). After each sentence the pages are changed. In the decisive final set, for example at a score of 2: 2, the sides are changed as soon as a player has reached five points. In the professional field, four winning sets are played (‘Best of Seven’).

Training effect

Quick response, high concentration, coordinative skills such as sense of balance and responsiveness, as well as good footwork characterize a good table tennis player or a good table tennis player. However, the training effect on the cardiovascular system is rather low due to the short walking distances.

Table tennis is the fastest way to move with very small steps. The body weight is placed on the balls of your feet. The knees should always be slightly bent. The racket is best placed at table height in front of the body. You should be about an arm’s length from the table.

One of the most important aspects of the game is the table and paddle. You can visit www.BestPingPongTables.io to find the top-rated brands you can play with.