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This glossary defines terms related to the sport of table tennis.. Alternation of ends After each game, players switch sides of the table. In the last possible game of a match, for example the seventh game in a best of seven matches, players change ends when the first player scores five points, regardless of whose turn it is to serve.
Adam Bobrow (born February 14, 1981), [3] also known as Snakeman [4] and The Voice of Table Tennis, [5] is an American sports commentator, YouTuber, actor, and table tennis player. He operates a YouTube channel dedicated to table tennis enthusiasts and fans, providing them with content to promote the sport.
Diagram of a table tennis table showing the official dimensions. The table is 2.74 m (9.0 ft) long, 1.525 m (5.0 ft) wide, and 76 cm (2.5 ft) high with any continuous material so long as the table yields a uniform bounce of about 23 cm (9.1 in) when a standard ball is dropped onto it from a height of 30 cm (11.8 in), or about 77%.
Table tennis is unique among racket sports in that it supports a wide variety of playing styles and methods of gripping the racket, at even the highest levels of play. This article describes some of the most common table tennis grips and playing styles seen in competitive play. The playing styles listed in this article are broad categories with ...
She then competed at the 2022 Pan American Table Tennis Championships and won a gold medal in the doubles event, and silver medals in the mixed doubles and team events. [11] [12] In September 2023, she competed at the 2023 Pan American Table Tennis Championships and won a gold medal in the singles event. [13]
Afrikaans; العربية; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
Ibrahim Hamadtou, an Egyptian Class 6 Champion, is one of the most well-known Paralympic table tennis players, since his YouTube video went viral. [13] Hamadtou has won many awards, including silver medals in African Para table tennis Championships held in 2013 and 2011. He holds his racket with his mouth.
Mima Ito and other table tennis stars like Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa [54] are consistently ranked among the country's most marketable athletes. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Ito has a unique and constantly innovating playing style characterized by short pips on her backhand, fast flat smashes on the forehand, and a unique serve.