(2) PE: Table Tennis Flashcards
other terms for table tennis before
ping pong
whiff whaff
gossima
flim flam
number of players
two or four
the table is divided by a ___
net
origin place and time
England, 19th century
who started playing table tenis
some upper-middle class Victorians
objects they used as net
books
objects they used as rackets
lids from empty cigar boxes;
parchment paper stretched around a frame
object they used as ball
ball of string,
champagne cork
rubber ball
equipment in table tennis
table
net
racket/paddle
ball
measurement of the table
l: 9”
w: 5”
h: 2’5”
height of net from the table
6 inches
weight of the ball
2.7 g
diameter of the ball
40 mm
color of the ball
orange and white
material of the ball
celluloid
wooden portion of the racket
blade
measurements of the racket
l: 17 cm
w: 15 cm
materials in the blade
kevlar,
titanium,
arylate,
aramid,
aluminum,
cork,
glass fiber,
carbon fiber
kinds of grip
shakehand grip
penhold
Seemiller grip
V-grip
kind of grip:
European type
shakehand grip
kind of grip:
Asian-style
penhold
kind of grip:
the head of the racket faces up
shakehand grip
kind of grip:
the hand looks like it’s ready to shake a person’s hand
shakehand grip
kind of grip:
the head of the racket is reaching down
penhold
kind of grip:
the hand is like holding a pen or pencil
penhold
kind of grip:
variation of the shakehand grip
seemiller grip
kind of grip:
the forefinger-tip is positioned close to the edge of the paddle
(sometimes even around the edge)
seemiller grip
kind of grip:
the thumb and index finger hold either side of the racket at a 90-degree turn
seemiller grip
kind of grip:
the blade is held between the index and middle fingers
v-grip
