This document discusses the sport of table tennis. It provides details on the history of table tennis including its origins in 1880s Britain as an after-dinner parlour game. It grew in popularity and the International Table Tennis Federation was founded in 1926. Table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988. The document discusses the equipment, rules, competitions and top players in table tennis today such as Ma Long from China.

1. Àlex Rico Rodríguez
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2. TABLE TENNIS TODAY...............................................................................................1
INDEX.......................................................................................................................2
ABOUT MY BLOG.....................................................................................................3
SERVICES..................................................................................................................4
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS................................................................................5-6
COMPETITIONS........................................................................................................7
TABLE TENNIS TODAY...........................................................................................8-9
HISTORY..................................................................................................................10

3. My blog is about the table tennis. I like that other
people discovers this sport because they not think
that the table tennis is a beautiful sport and many
difficult. So I explain it about the history of the table
tennis, a video of the different services, the general
characteristics (how measure the table, the ball,
etc.), the different competitions that exist, the
different techniques and the present of this(who is
the best, why is the best and a different champions
of some competitions).

4. In this link you can watch some services.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGShBxEKnDk&feature=relmfu

5. The table. The regulatory actions in the table are:
- Length: 2.74 m
- Width: 1.525 m
- Height: 0.76 m
- Net height: 15.25 cm
- Table thickness: 22 mm
The ball. The ball is spherical and has a diameter of 40 mm, and
weighing 2.7g. Until recently, the diameter of the ball was 38 mm but
was increased to 40 mm in order to get points longer and
more visibility on television broadcasts. They can be orange or white.
Duration of match. The game ends when one or set both players reach
11 points winning by difference of two. Matches are played at 3 (2-0;2-1)
, 5 (3-0;3-1;3-2) or 7 (4-0;4-1;4-2;4-3) sets depending on the importance
of competition. In individual to take out either side of the table.

6. The racket. The racket have two parts:
•The rubbers. They are must be red and black, so we can differentiate the
different robbers. They are three type of rubbers:
•Smooth rubbers. The ball have the effect that you
do.
•Short pimple rubbers. They are more suitable for
direct over the table hard hitting and quick speed
•Medium pimple rubbers. They may offer more
control but are not as effective and disruptive as the
longer pimple types.
•Long pimple rubbers. When using long pimples,
each returned shot would be determined by the
speed and spin of the received ball as well as the
stroke that the long pimple player plays. Usually
they use the deffensive player.
•Anti-spin rubbers. This rubbers do that the ball
return with the same effect.
•The wood. The wood vary by the speed and the form of
catch.

7. Individuals game. This is an evicende that they do at individual level. In this
evidence they use the normal rules.
Doubles game. In this evidence they play two players agaisnt two other players. We
use the normal rules but, we service in diagonal (in the right field) and every time hits
a diffent player.
Team's game. In this evidence, the players of different teams, they play of one at one.
Depending of the competition, they do doubles.

8. • Today in the world of table tennis the beast player is Ma Long.
•Last year, in the world championship in Rotterdam 2011, Wang Hao was the first
for ranking and the favourite to win, but Zhang Jike won in semi-finals at the
second for ranking and won at Wang Hao.
•Since this moment, Zhang Jike was the new
favourite player, but in the Austrian open, Ma
Long wons 4-3 in a spectacular match, and since
them is the beast.
•In the World Cup Mean Team 2012, Ma long
only lost one set! But the best, is that Ma Long
and Zhang Jike have 24 years, and they are and
leave a good feeling.
•The best table tennis team (country) is China because they have the 3 best players and is
the only country that the table tennis is the national sport.

9. In this link you can see the final of Austrian open 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByUX0mOVjwg
Final WTTC 2011 Zhang Jike- Wang Hao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJsk9IZmj7E
The last Olympic game's winnig is Ma Lin. Ma Lin won's to
Wang Hao in the final. You can see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvyen7l3U5Y

10. •The game originated as a sport in Britain during the 1880s, where it was
played among the upper-class as an after-dinner parlour game.
•In 1921, the Table Tennis Association was founded in Britain, and the
International Table Tennis Federation followed in 1926. London hosted the
first official World Championships in 1926.
•Table tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988.