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Table Tennis Study Guide Flashcards

1
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How many points are in a game?

A

11

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2
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Where did Table Tennis originate?

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England

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3
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Inverted (non-Chinese)

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Surface is smooth with the pimpled side facing towards the blade.

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4
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What does the inverted enables the player to?

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Generate high levels of spin and speed.

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5
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What is spin activated by?

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The action of the top speed alone.

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6
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Inverted (Chinese)

A

Have stickier top sheets.

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7
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Short Pimples (“pips”)

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Usually used by close-to-the-table hitters.

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8
Q

Short pimples do not generate…

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As much spin.

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9
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Speed generated from a short…

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Pip rubber is generally faster.

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10
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Long Pimples (“pips”)

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Carry out long and soft pips.

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11
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Long pimples do not have the ability to…

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Generate any real spin of their own.

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12
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Long pips are not very…

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Susceptible to the opponent’s incoming spin, and tends to “return” the opponent’s spin back upon impact.

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13
Q

Long pips are usually used…

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By close-to-the-table blockers, or choppers.

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14
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Long pips are used on the backhand side…

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As they offer very limited attacking capabilities.

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15
Q

Anti-spin rubbers may look similar…

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To inverted ones but the surface is really slick.

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16
Q

Anti-spin rubbers do not generate…

A

As much real spin but just allows the user to produce a no-spin ball.

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17
Q

Anti-spin is not very susceptible to the opponents…

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Incoming spin.

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18
Q

Anti-spin is also used to…

A

Confuse the opponent.

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19
Q

The player stands behind the…

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End of the table, with the ball in the palm of one hand – over the table’s height.

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20
Q

The server tosses…

A

The ball without spin.

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21
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The player must hit the ball once it…

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Bounces once on his/her half of the table.

22
Q

If the ball strikes the net but does not strike the…

A

Opponent’s half of the table, then a point is awarded to the opponent.

23
Q

If the ball hits the net but nevertheless goes over and bounces on the other side it is called…

A

A let (or net-in) The play must be served again.

24
Q

A player must only commit…

A

Three lets.

25
Q

Service alternates between…

A

Every 2 points.

26
Q

The penhold grip

A

is similar to the way one holds a writing instrument.

27
Q

The penhold grip is…

A

Curling the middle, ring, and the fourth finger back.

28
Q

The Japanese penhold grip involves…

A

Splaying three fingers out across the back of the racket

29
Q

Traditionally, penhold players…

A

Use only one side of the racket.

30
Q

Shakehand

A

Is a method that one grips the racket similarly to one that performs a handshake.

31
Q

The shakehand is also referred as …

A

A “tennis grip” or “western grip”

32
Q

Speed drive

A

The racket is primarily perpendicular to the direction of the stroke and most of the energy applied.

33
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Loop drive

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Is parallel to the direction of the stroke and the racket thus grazes the ball.

34
Q

The loop…

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Produces a more pronounced loopy arc, with a higher trajectory.

35
Q

The rush…

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Produces a flatter trajectory but carries a more powerful top spin

36
Q

The hook…

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Carries a tilted topspin it bounces sideways and downward upon hitting the table.

37
Q

Counter drive

A

The racket it held closed and near the ball, which is hit with a short movement.

38
Q

Flip

A

When a player tries to attack a ball that has not bounced beyond the edge of he/she does not have the room to wind up the backswing

39
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Smash

A

Will happen when the opponent will return a shot to high.

40
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A smash consists of…

A

A large backswing and rapid acceleration imparting as much speed on the ball as possible

41
Q

Slice

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Usually used for keeping the point alive and creating offensive opportunities.

42
Q

The slice…

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Cuts underneath the ball, imparting backspin and causing the ball to float slowly to the other side of the table

43
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Chop

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Is the defensive, backspin counterpart to the offensive loop drive.

44
Q

A chop…

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Is essentially a bigger, heavier slice, taken well back from the table.

45
Q

In a chop

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A racket face points horizontally, perhaps a little bit upward and the direction of the stroke is straight down.

46
Q

A good chop will…

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Float nearly horizontally back to the table, in some cases having so much backspin that the ball rises.

47
Q

A block is executed by…

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Simply putting the racket in from of the ball.

48
Q

Push-block

A

Is adding speed to the ball.

49
Q

Many players use push-block…

A

When being pressured to back hand.

50
Q

Side Drive

A

Is alternately used as a defensive and offensive maneuver.

51
Q

The premise of this move is…

A

To put a spin on the ball either to the right or left of the racket.

52
Q

Lob

A

The stroke consists of simply lifting the ball to an enormous heigh

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