(2) PE: Table Tennis Flashcards

1
Q

other terms for table tennis before

A

ping pong
whiff whaff
gossima
flim flam

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2
Q

number of players

A

two or four

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3
Q

the table is divided by a ___

A

net

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4
Q

origin place and time

A

England, 19th century

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5
Q

who started playing table tenis

A

some upper-middle class Victorians

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6
Q

objects they used as net

A

books

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7
Q

objects they used as rackets

A

lids from empty cigar boxes;
parchment paper stretched around a frame

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8
Q

object they used as ball

A

ball of string,
champagne cork
rubber ball

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9
Q

equipment in table tennis

A

table
net
racket/paddle
ball

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10
Q

measurement of the table

A

l: 9”
w: 5”
h: 2’5”

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11
Q

height of net from the table

A

6 inches

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12
Q

weight of the ball

A

2.7 g

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13
Q

diameter of the ball

A

40 mm

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14
Q

color of the ball

A

orange and white

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15
Q

material of the ball

A

celluloid

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16
Q

wooden portion of the racket

A

blade

17
Q

measurements of the racket

A

l: 17 cm
w: 15 cm

18
Q

materials in the blade

A

kevlar,
titanium,
arylate,
aramid,
aluminum,
cork,
glass fiber,
carbon fiber

19
Q

kinds of grip

A

shakehand grip
penhold
Seemiller grip
V-grip

20
Q

kind of grip:
European type

A

shakehand grip

21
Q

kind of grip:
Asian-style

A

penhold

22
Q

kind of grip:
the head of the racket faces up

A

shakehand grip

23
Q

kind of grip:
the hand looks like it’s ready to shake a person’s hand

A

shakehand grip

24
Q

kind of grip:
the head of the racket is reaching down

A

penhold

25
Q

kind of grip:
the hand is like holding a pen or pencil

A

penhold

26
Q

kind of grip:
variation of the shakehand grip

A

seemiller grip

27
Q

kind of grip:
the forefinger-tip is positioned close to the edge of the paddle
(sometimes even around the edge)

A

seemiller grip

28
Q

kind of grip:
the thumb and index finger hold either side of the racket at a 90-degree turn

A

seemiller grip

29
Q

kind of grip:
the blade is held between the index and middle fingers

A

v-grip