Table tennis is an Olympic racket sport where two players or two teams of two players, press the table tennis ball back and forth, through the net on a table, with wooden pallets. The game mode is similar to tennis, hence the name. The playing surface is a table, 30 inches above the ground which [...]
Table tennis was introduced to the USA when Parker Brothers bought the trademark of English manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd after 1901. The name “Ping Pong” was used to describe the English game of table tennis when he played with high-end, Jaques-branded equipment. Today, however, the sport is officially recognized as table tennis, but [...]