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The History Of Table Tennis

The game of table tennis begins during the 1880s in England with the Victorians of the upper class. This game was developed as an indoor alternative to tennis. Back in the 1880s just everyday items were used for playing equipment in the game. The players would set books in a line for a net, either string knotted or a champagne cork with a rounded top was used for a ball, and then for a racket a cigar box lid would be used.

Then the game began to evolve throughout Europe, Japan and the USA. Manufacturers during this time perfected equipment for use in playing table tennis. The first rackets were reported to be frames with parchment on them, or sometimes animal hides may also have been stretched on these frames. The sound the rackets made hitting the ball is what gave the game its name of wiff-waff or ping-pong. There have however been other names used for the game along the way.

In 1901 the name ping-pong was then trademarked by J. Jaques & Son Ltd., which was an English manufacturer. So then the game of ping-pong was played using the rather pricy equipment that J. Jaques & Son made. The other equipment manufacturers called it table tennis. Then Jaques made a deal with Parker Brothers in the USA for the rights to the name ping-pong.

Then another innovator stepped in, James Gibb, who was an Englishman who loved table tennis, he discovered that celluloid balls during a visit to the USA in the year 1901. He found this type of balls to be good for playing the game. Also in the same year E.C. Goode invented the version of the modern racket we know today, by applying a piece of textured rubber onto a wooden paddle. In the 20th century this game was once banned in Russia because the rulers thought the game would hurt the players' vision.

Table Tennis Association then was formed in 1921 in England, with International Table Tennis Federation being formed in 1926. The first official world championship was hosted by London in 1927.

During the 1950s improvements were made to the rackets by adding a layer of sponge to the rubber, this allowed for more speed and spin on the ball. These were first made by the S.W. Hancock Ltd. Company, which manufactured sporting goods in England. Then speed glue was introduced which made the speed and spin even faster which lead to changes having to be made in the equipment to make the game slower.

Near the close of the year 2000 the International Table Tennis Federation made several changes to the rules, focused on making the game easier to watch on TV.

There are those people that are trying to revive the earlier form of table tennis, to back before the sponge was added to the paddles. This classic form of table tennis is based more on strategy than speed and spin of the ball.

In 1988 table tennis was made an Olympic sport. In 2004 during the Athens game it was the 5th highest watched Olympic sport on TV. In 2008 China won all Gold medals in the Beijing games. In 2010 table tennis will be part of the first of the Youth Olympic Games.

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