Table tennis

Table tennis

Table Tennis is a sport, played on a table bisected by a low net, in which players hit a lightweight ball using small rackets to volley the ball back and forth with the object of completing a move your opponent is unable to return.

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Scoring

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Players win points (See Points) and the first player to reach 21 points wins the game. If the game is tied at 20 then they play until one player is two points ahead of their opponent.

Sandwich rubber

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A layer of rubber that covers the face of the blade, which is then covered with the layer of rubber that is used to hit the ball.

Red card

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This is a card that is red in colour and is shown to a player by the umpire to indicate a second warning. The penalty for getting a Red Card is one point deduction against the player who receives the ...

Ready position

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This is a position a player gets in when they are preparing to hit the ball.

Blade

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The large oval shaped piece of a paddle with which the ball is hit.

Block

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This is a defensive shot where the paddle does not move. The player is just trying to make contact with the ball, and the shot is used to return hard shots or to try and recover when caught out of ...

Centre line

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The line which runs long ways down the table and it divides the tabletop into half-courts. It is only used in doubles matches when a serve must be made diagonally.