• 12th century

- french monks“jeu de paume”(game of the hand).

-“tenez”(take this or play) as they hit the ball at
their opponent to start the game.
• ball
- was made of wood, wad of hair, wool, or cork
wrapped in string and cloth or leather.
• net
-usually a rope tied across the court five feet high
at the side and drooping to three feet at the
middle.
• racket
-hand, gloves, paddles with webbing and added
with a handle
• 18th Century
-noblemen and royalty
-Royal Tennis or Real Tennis (indoor)
• 1874

-Major Walter Clopton Wingfield

- Lawn Tennis or Modern Tennis
(grass/outdoor)
-hourglass court shape
• 1882

-court, net and rules standardized

• 19th Century (1880's)
-upper middle class own version of Lawn Tennis
-dining room table
• early 1880's
-indoor tennis
-British Army Officers (in India and South Africa)
-Paddle (cigar box lids)
-Balls (rounded wine bottle cork)
-Books (net)
-Table (dining table)
• Late 19th Century
-whiff whaff, flif flam, gossima
• David Foster
-Parlor Table Games
-cork ball
• John Joques
-Gossima
-rubber ball
• 1900
-James Gibbs
-celluloid from US to England
• 1901 (Jaques)
-Ping pong
-sold by Parker brothers (US)
• 1920's-1930's
-Table Tennis (Europe)
• 1926
-International Table Tennis Association
• Table
• Net and Supporter
• Ball
• Paddle
 LENGTH- 2.74 M.(9 ft.)
WIDTH - 1.525 M. (5 ft )
HEIGHT - 76 CM.(2.6 ft )
SURFACE- DARK-BLUE / GREEN
 DIAMETER- 40 M.M.
WEIGHT - 2.7 grm.
COLOUR - WHITE /YELLOW
THE BALL SHOULD BE MADE OF CELLULOIDE OR
SIMILAR PLASTIC MATERIAL
 LENGTH – 1.83 M.
HEIGHT - 15.25CM.( 6 Inc.)
 MAY BE OF ANY SIZE, SHAPE , OR
WEIGHT, PIMPLED RUBBER OF NOT
MORE THAN 2MM . INWARDS OR OUT
WARDS NOT MORE THAN 4 MM
• The serve is decided by a toss of a
coin.
• The winner picks sides or get the
serve.
• The server serves for the next 5
rallies that end in a point.
• Then the receiver becomes the
server.
• The ball is held on an open flat palm.
• The ball must be stationary, above the table
and behind the serving end line.
• The ball must be tossed up at least 6 inches
and hit on the decent and behind the end
serving line.
• The ball must hit the servers side of the
table once before gong over.
• In Doubles the ball must first hit the servers
right side and then the receivers right side
of the table
• A return is good if it hits the net
and then goes over and lands in the
opponents court.
• The ball can not bounce two time in
a row on the same side of the court.
• The ball can not be hit two times in
a row on the same side of the court
• Let: is a rally that no point
is scored
• Obstruction: occurs when a
player or a players clothing
or racket touches the ball in
play
• A player scores a point when the opponent
• Fails to make a good serve
• Fails to make a good return
• Obstructs the ball
• Allows the ball to bounce twice on her court
• Strikes the ball twice in making a one return
• Moves the table while the ball is in play
• Touches the playing surface, the net or its
supports
• Strikes the ball out of sequence in doubles play
• The first person to 21 wins.
• If it is tied at 20 the first person to win by two is
the winner. Thus, the game would be played
until someone scored 22. If it is tied again at
21 then the next possible winner score would
be 23 and so on.
• The match shall consist of one game; best of
three games or the best of five.