P. E. ( Table Tennis ) Flashcards
also known as ping pong
TABLE TENNIS
TRUE OR FALSE
- a sport in which two or four players hit a heavy ball back and forth across a table using a small bat/paddle
False
- it should be a lightweight ball
TRUE OR FALSE
- The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.
True
TRUE OR FALSE
- The player must allow a bounce off on his/her side of the table before returning the ball.
True
When and where did the sport (table tennis) start?
England, towards the end of the 19th century
TRUE OR FALSE
- after lunch, some upper-middle class Victorians decided to turn their dining room tables into miniature versions of the traditional lawn tennis playing field. Several different every-day objects were employed in constructing the sport.
False
- after dinner*
TRUE OR FALSE
- Victorians used a line of books as the net, rackets were lids from empty cigar boxes, and a little later, parchment paper stretched around a frame. The ball would be either a ball of string, or perhaps more commonly, a champagne cork or rubber ball
True
Other names of table tennis
• whiff whaff
• gossima
• flim flam
EQUIPMENT
• table
• ball
• net
• rackets
EQUIPMENT
- it is (9 ft) long, (5 feet) wide, the height from the floor is 2ft. 5 inches
Table
EQUIPMENT
- The height of the ____ from the table is 6 inches
Net
EQUIPMENT
- has a weight of 2.7 gram with 40 mm diameter ball
Ball
EQUIPMENT
- made of a high-bouncing gas-filled celluloid ball, colored white or orange, with a matte finish
Ball
EQUIPMENT
- Players are equipped with a _____ composed of a wooden blade covered with rubber on one or two sides depending on the grip of the player.
Racket
EQUIPMENT
- Materials incorporated into table tennis blades today include kevlar, titanium, arylate, aramid, and aluminum. cork, glass fiber, and carbon fiber
Racket
EQUIPMENT
- The wooden portion of the _____, often referred to as the “blade”
Racket
EQUIPMENT
(True or False?)
- The average size of the blade is about 17 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide
True
KINDS OF GRIP
• shakehand grip
• penhold
• seemiller grip
• v-grip tecnique
KINDS OF GRIP
- typical European type grip where the head of the racket faces up, and your hand looks like it’s ready to shake a person’s hand
SHAKEHAND GRIP
KINDS OF GRIP
- Asian-style grip of holding the racket, where the head of the racket is facing down and is held the way a person holds a pen or pencil.
PENHOLD
KINDS OF GRIP
- this grip is actually a variation of the Shakehand grip
SEEMILLER GRIP
KINDS OF GRIP
- However, in this grip technique, the forefinger-tip is positioned close to the edge of the paddle or sometimes even around the edge of the paddle. Both the thumb and index fingers hold either side at a 90-degree turn
SEEMILLER GRIP
KINDS OF GRIP
- a player would hold the blade between one’s index finger and middle finger almost making a V shape.
V-grip tecnique
This is the first and most basic ping pong practice drill is to simply bounce the ball up and down on your racket without letting it hit the floor.
BALL CONTROL
