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The
earliest known form of the sport, called indoor tennis, was
played in the early 1880s by British army officers in India
and South Africa, using lids from cigar boxes as bats and rounded
corks from wine bottles as balls, with a row of books set up
across the middle of a table to form the net
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Over 40 million
players take part in competitions worldwide!! That doesn't
include players who just play for fun! |
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Table Tennis became an
Olympic Sport in 1988 |
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In
2001, the game changed from 21 points to 11. If the score reaches
10 - 10, the player has to get a 2 point advantage to win |
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The
thickness of the sponge on a bat, greatly influences the characteristics
of it. A thicker sponge produces more speed and a thinner sponge
provides greater control |
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Certain
world-class players can put up to 9000rpm of spin on table tennis
balls! |
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Table
tennis was banned in the Soviet Union from ca 1930 to 1950.
The sport was believed to be harmful to the eyes |
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Fred
Perry, the famous British tennis champion, was also World Table
Tennis Champion in 1929! |
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