Table Tennis Study Guide

Question 1

How many points are in a game?

Answer 1

11

Question 2

Where did Table Tennis originate?

Answer 2

England

Question 3

Inverted (non-Chinese)

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What does the inverted enables the player to?

Answer 4

Generate high levels of spin and speed.

Question 5

What is spin activated by?

Answer 5

The action of the top speed alone.

Question 6

Inverted (Chinese)

Answer 6

Have stickier top sheets.

Question 7

Short Pimples (“pips”)

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Short pimples do not generate…

Answer 8

As much spin.

Question 9

Speed generated from a short…

Answer 9

Pip rubber is generally faster.

Question 10

Long Pimples (“pips”)

Answer 10

Carry out long and soft pips.

Question 11

Long pimples do not have the ability to…

Answer 11

Generate any real spin of their own.

Question 12

Long pips are not very…

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Long pips are usually used…

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Long pips are used on the backhand side…

Answer 14

As they offer very limited attacking capabilities.

Question 15

Anti-spin rubbers may look similar…

Answer 15

To inverted ones but the surface is really slick.

Question 16

Anti-spin rubbers do not generate…

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Anti-spin is not very susceptible to the opponents…

Answer 17

Incoming spin.

Question 18

Anti-spin is also used to…

Answer 18

Confuse the opponent.

Question 19

The player stands behind the…

Answer 19

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

Question 20

The server tosses…

Answer 20

The ball without spin.

Question 21

The player must hit the ball once it…

Answer 21

Bounces once on his/her half of the table.

Question 22

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

Answer 22

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

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

A player must only commit…

Answer 24

Three lets.

Question 25

Service alternates between...

Answer 25

Every 2 points.

Question 26

The penhold grip

Answer 26

is similar to the way one holds a writing instrument.

Question 27

The penhold grip is...

Answer 27

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

Question 28

The Japanese penhold grip involves...

Answer 28

Splaying three fingers out across the back of the racket

Question 29

Traditionally, penhold players...

Answer 29

Use only one side of the racket.

Question 30

Shakehand

Answer 30

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

Question 31

The shakehand is also referred as ...

Answer 31

A "tennis grip" or "western grip"

Question 32

Speed drive

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Loop drive

Answer 33

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

Question 34

The loop...

Answer 34

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

Question 35

The rush...

Answer 35

Produces a flatter trajectory but carries a more powerful top spin

Question 36

The hook...

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Counter drive

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Flip

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Smash

Answer 39

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

Question 40

A smash consists of...

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Slice

Answer 41

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

Question 42

The slice...

Answer 42

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

Question 43

Chop

Answer 43

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

Question 44

A chop...

Answer 44

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

Question 45

In a chop

Answer 45

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

Question 46

A good chop will...

Answer 46

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

Question 47

A block is executed by...

Answer 47

Simply putting the racket in from of the ball.

Question 48

Push-block

Answer 48

Is adding speed to the ball.

Question 49

Many players use push-block...

Answer 49

When being pressured to back hand.

Question 50

Side Drive

Answer 50

Is alternately used as a defensive and offensive maneuver.

Question 51

The premise of this move is...

Answer 51

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

Question 52

Lob

Answer 52

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