Table tennis as we know it today, started in the late 1880s in England.
Game makers were trying to emulate the popularity of Lawn Tennis by developing indoor versions of it.
So early versions were made by different game manufacturers who each used their own exclusive patented or trademarked names.
These names include Indoor Tennis, Gossima, Whiff-Waff and Ping Pong and dice games, rackets&balloon and even tiddley winks games
But the first action game of tennis on a table was in 1890.
In the 1920s the owners of the trademarked name "Ping Pong" started to threaten legal action against anybody who used their name without specifying the use of their equipment, so an alternative name was required - and Table Tennis was chosen as the official name for this international sport.
ITTF- International Table Tennis Federation
The Governing body of table tennis -the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)-was formed in January 1926 by representatives from the Table Tennis Associations of Austria, England, Germany and Hungary.
Following that meeting, Austria, Czechoslovakia, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales were all invited to become the original members of the ITTF.
They also agreed the first Constitution and the original rules of Table Tennis in December 1926.
Many of the original rules remain relatively unchanged after nearly 100 years of use.
There are more than 1,600 varieties of table tennis rubbers
To compete in sanctioned table tennis events, players can only use authorised racket coverings (rubbers) on their rackets.
One side must be black and the other side must be bright red, pink, purple, green or blue, but players can use different varieties on each side of their racket.
There are more than 1,600 varieties of table tennis rubbers on the authorised list.
Rubbers are either smooth or pimpled and by using different rubbers, players can impart different spins on the ball.
Table Tennis is the most popular indoor sport in the world
Table tennis is the most popular indoor sport in the world with 227 Associations from countries and territories all around the world being affiliated to the International Table Tennis Federation.
Table tennis is played at the Olympic games and the Paralympic games and 552.3 million viewers watched the 2016 Rio Olympic Games table tennis events.
The sport is popular because it can be played by everyone, whatever their age or physical attributes.
And although it an indoor sport, it can also be played outdoors as a social event.
Table tennis balls are now made from plastic
From 1901 table tennis balls were made of celluloid, but these are now being phased out.
Since 1 July 2014 all International events only use table tennis balls made from plastic.
From September 2015 all affiliated countries are being encouraged to only use the new plastic balls.
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This isn't just anti-adhd/autism propaganda... this is anti-child propaganda.
Kids have developmentally appropriate ways that they need to move their bodies and express themselves and sitting perfectly still staring straight ahead is not natural or good for ANY CHILD.
Don't get me wrong, I was punished unduly as a kid for being neurodivergent (and other types of kid will ALSO be punished unduly for it... Black kids come to mind) and thus UNABLE to perform this -- but even the kids who ARE able to perform this type of behavior are not SERVED WELL by it. They don't benefit from it.
This is bad for everyone.
The idea that bc some kids may be capable of complying with unfair expectations, those expectations don't hurt them... is a dangerous idea. Compliance isn't thriving. Expectation of compliance isn't fair treatment.