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  • 1890s table tennis started as a parlor game in Europe but did not stay long and died down
  • 1920s it became popular again and clubs were formed all over the world
  • 1988 The game was added in the Olympic Games Program in Seoul
  • Ping-Pong was the original name copyrighted by Parker Brothers
  • Ping Pong is still a federally registered trademark in the USA and is now owned by Escalade Sports who still produce a brand of equipment called Ping Pong which is used to play the sport of table tennis.
  • who invented table tennis? Englishman David Foster
  • The table tennis game featured elegant strung rackets, a 30mm cloth covered rubber ball, a small wooden perimeter fence and elaborate side nets to catch stray balls.
  • On 21 January 1891, Emma Barker (London) filed for an American patent (number 454,700).
    It was actually for a net fixture.
  • On 16 July 1891 - a full year after David Foster's Table Tennis game in 1890 - John Jaques & Son of Hatton Garden, London, England registered Gossima (Trademark number 157,615).
  • Ping Pong
    Ping-Pong was trademarked on 20 September 1900 by Hamley Brothers

  • Whiff-Waff, made by Slazenger & Sons of 10 Ducksfoot Lane, Upper Thames Street, London, England was registered as "a new game" on 31 December 1900 - Trademark number 235,131.
  • stroke- is any shot used in the game, including the serve
  • Serve- begins with the ball being tossed from the palm of the hand and struck by the racket
  • Server- is the player due to strike the ball in  a rally
  • receiver- is the player due to strike the ball first in a rally
  • Match- is a two out of three contest
    • Block- is a quick, off the bounce return of  an aggressive drive done by holding the racket in the ball's path
  • Default- is  a disqualification for a match for any reason
    1. Footwork- is  a movement to make  a shot
    1. Rally- is hitting of the ball back and forth commencing with a serve and ending when a point is won
  • Forehand- is any shot done with a racket to the right of the elbow for a right hander, to the left for a left hander.
    1. Backhand- is a shot done with the racket to the left of the left elbow for a right-hander, to the right for a left hander.
    1. Let- is a rally of which the result is not scored
  • Point- is  a rally of which the result is scored
    1. Free Hand- is the hand not carrying the racket
    1. Umpire- the official who keeps the score and enforces rules during a match