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In addition to processing tournaments, USATT maintains a national rating and ranking system. It also oversees the USA National Teams. [1] In total, USATT has over 14,000 members. [2] [3] The headquarters of USA Table Tennis is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, [4] which is also home to the United States Olympic Training Center.
In 1993, the official governing body of the United States Table Tennis Association was created. The sport was not named ping pong since that name was already taken from by the Parker Brothers. The non-profit corporation version of the United States Table Tennis Association truncated their name to “USA Table Tennis”. [2]
Held since 1976, the annual U.S. National Table Tennis Championships (often referred to as the U.S. Closed) is a closed tournament that only U.S. citizens may enter. It is held by USA Table Tennis (USATT). The U.S. Nationals also serves as a qualifying tournament for USA Table Tennis National Team Trials and determines the USA Table Tennis ...
The table tennis point system was reduced from a 21 to an 11-point scoring system in 2001. [3] A game shall be won by the player or pair first scoring 11 points unless both players or pairs score 10 points, when the game shall be won by the first player or pair subsequently gaining a lead of 2 points.
[b] ^ United States Open Record — May be established only within the geographical territory of the United States by any person eligible to compete under and achieving an official time in accordance with USA Swimming rules. (USA Swimming Rules 104.2.2(A)(2)). Prior to 1985, this record included the fastest time swum by any United States ...
United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) is the national federation for aquatic sports which represents the United States in FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation). Since by U.S. law and FINA regulations, the United States must have only one national federation for itself to FINA, United States Aquatic Sports has served as the unifying body for the sports since 1980.
The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote competitive table tennis at the collegiate level in the United States and Canada. [1] As of 2012, 155 universities competed in 28 geographical divisions, organized into 6 different regions throughout the United States , Canada and ...
USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.