General – Page 2 – Superspin Table Tennis Club

Table Tennis (Ping Pong) Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988 and is hugely popular in Asia, although it is played all over the world from the dusty streets of Ethiopia to the public schools of rural England. The game did indeed begin in England at the end of the 19th century, first as a postprandial parlour game for upper classes. The sound of the ball on early bats gave it the name “ping pong” but as this became a trademarked term in some countries table tennis soon became the more common name Object of the Game As of 2001 the aim of the game is to score 11 points (it was previously 21) by outmanoeuvring your opponent into either hitting the ball into the net, hitting it off the table or missing it completely. Matches are normally contested as best of five, seven or nine games: that is to say, the first person to reach 11 points in three, four or five games respectively. Players & Equipment In singles play it is a game of one against one, whilst doubles pits two against two, although it is also possible to play two against one in informal situations […]
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About Ping Pong

You’ve never see this before, a Chinese elder using a big wood block as a ping-pong paddle to play the game.

Our youth team score the best point in Las Vegas National Open