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• Sports


  Competitive physical activity requiring skill or physical power which through casual or organized participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and provide entertainment
• Desport

  Old French word meaning "leisure"
• The oldest definition of sports in English is from around 1300 and means "anything humans find amusing or entertaining"
• Sports


  Helps achieve physical and mental well-being
• Sports refreshes people's bodies and minds
• Sports bring discipline to the body and mind
• Sports are a source of endless joy that helps develop the mind and character of a human being
• Sports draw more attention in the modern education system
• Sports can help prevent diseases by keeping the heart healthy
• Sports can be chosen as a career path
• Table tennis


  Sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets
• Table tennis started as a parlor game in Europe but did not stay long and died down

  1890's
• Table tennis became popular again and clubs were formed all over the world

  1920's
• Table tennis was added to the Olympic Games Program in Seoul


  1988
• Ping-Pong


  The original name copyrighted by Parker Brothers
• The name "ping pong" is still used in certain parts of the world, particularly in the USA, probably because it was promoted extensively in the early 1900s by the equipment manufacturers who owned the trademark
• David Foster

  Introduced the first action game of table tennis in 1890
• Formation of the International Table Tennis Federation

  1926
• China winning all 7 of the World Championship events in 1981, 1987, 1995 and 2001
• Hiroje Satoh was the first World Champion in Table Tennis who used sponge racket
• Table tennis equipment

  • Table: 9 ft X 5 ft, 30 inches/2 feet and 6 inches above the floor, divided into two opposing courts by a net
  • Net: 15.24 cm/6 inches high
  • Celluloid Ball: 1.5 inches in diameter and about .88 oz in weight
  • Rackets: Usually oval and made of wood faced with rubber or sponge that may be pimpled or smooth
• Topspin


  Produced by starting the stroke below and/or behind the ball and brushing the ball in an upward and forward motion
• Backspin


  Produced by starting the stroke above and/or behind the ball and brushing the ball in a downward and forward motion
• Sidespin


  Produced by brushing the ball in a sideways motion
• Drive


  A stroke in table tennis that has medium to fast forward speed, and from no topspin to a medium amount of topspin
• Smash


  A very fast drive with little or no topspin
• IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS TO MAN’S LIFE - We all human beings expect a healthy life because a healthy life is the key to all happiness.
• SPORTS IN BODY BUILDING

  Sports refreshes people’s bodies and minds. It is said that “Health is Wealth.” And a healthy body can give stimulation to people which takes people forward.
• SPORTS IN EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • The need for sports is very important for mental and emotional development.
• SPORTS IN EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • If children grow up in a playful and cheerful environment from an early age, their minds will be high.
• SPORTS AND DISCIPLINE

  •  Discipline not only for just individuals but for the overall development of the entire country and nation is a major tool.
  • Sports is the lighthouse of discipline. Regular sports bring discipline to the body and mind.
• SPORTS AND CHARACTER

  • Sport is an eternal source of endless joy. It is through this joy that the mind and character of the human being arise.
• SPORTS AND EDUCATION

  • Education is not just a promise of passing the test, not even a living thing, but the ground of mental exercise.
  • At the touch of sports, education gets perfection, therefore, in the modern education system, sports draws more attention.
•  SPORTS IN DISEASE PREVENTION

  • Our hearts require a certain amount of daily works. During the game, hearts pump more blood.
  • Therefore, the heart has the opportunity to work as needed and stay healthy.
• CAREER PATH

  • Sports can also be chosen as a career. Sport persons are heroes of national and regional importance who are looked up to. They are role models for many and are imperative people who do the nation proud throughout the world.
• David Foster of England introduced the first action game of tennis on a table in 1890.
• Meaning of ITTF - International Table Tennis Federation
• 1926 - Formation of the International Table Tennis Federation
• • 1937 Introducing a time limit on games
• • 1937 Lowering the height of the net