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World Championship of Ping Pong uses old-fashioned wooden paddles covered with sandpaper. Round the World (also called Round Robin or Round the Table ) table tennis is an informal party-type variation in which players line up on either side of the table.
Beer pong (also known as Dartmouth pong or Backgammon or Paddle) is a drinking game loosely based on ping pong that involves the use of paddles to hit a ping pong ball into cups on the opposing side. The origin of beer pong is generally credited to Dartmouth College .
The differences among different types of table tennis rackets are often based on control, spin, speed, and power. Players should choose their racket based on their playing style, skill level, and personal preferences. Though the official ITTF term is "racket", [1] the US generally uses the term "paddle", while Europe and Asia use the term "bat".
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Although the older term 'ping-pong' is often used as a synonym for table tennis generally, hardbat is sometimes referred to specifically as 'ping-pong' in contradistinction to modern 'soft-bat' (i.e sponge bat) table tennis. There has recently been a resurgence of hardbat play, with national championships contested yearly in the United States.
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