ASSIGNMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Submitted by: Gian E. Torrefranca

1. WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL SIZE WIDHT OF THE TENNIS COURT FOR THE SINGLES
AND DOUBLES MATCH?
Answer: The court is 78 feet (23.77 metres) long. Its width is 27 feet (8.23 metres) for singles
matches and 36 feet (10.97 metres) for doubles matches.

2. WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL FULL SIZE DIAMETEROF THE CORD OR METAL CABLEOF
TENNIS NET?
Answer: If a doubles net is used, then the net shall be supported, at a height of 3 feet (1.07 m),
by two singles sticks, the centres of which shall be 3 feet (0.914 m) outside the singles court on
each side. The net posts shall not be more than 6 inches (15 cm) square or 6 inches (15 cm) in
diameter.

3.WHAT IS THE EXACT HEIGHTOF THE NET?

Answer: The table or playing surface is uniformly dark coloured and matte, divided into two
halves by a net at 15.25 cm (6.0 in) in height. The ITTF approves only wooden tables or their
derivates.

THE HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

The sport originated in Victorian England, where it was played among the upper-class as an
after-dinner parlour game.It has been suggested that makeshift versions of the game were
developed by British military officers in India in around 1860s or 1870s, who brought it back
with them.[6] A row of books stood up along the center of the table as a net, two more books
served as rackets and were used to continuously hit a golf-ball.[7][8]
It had several different names, including 'whiff-whaff'. The name "ping-pong" was in wide use
before British manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. The name "ping-pong"
then came to describe the game played using the rather expensive Jaques's equipment, with other
manufacturers calling it table tennis. A similar situation arose in the United States, where Jaques
sold the rights to the "ping-pong" name to Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers then enforced their
trademark for the term in the 1920s making the various associations change their names to "table
tennis" instead of the more common, but trademarked, term.

The next major innovation was by James W. Gibb, a British enthusiast of table tennis, who
discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip to the US in 1901 and found them to be ideal for the
game. This was followed by E.C. Goode who, in 1901, invented the modern version of the racket
by fixing a sheet of pimpled, or stippled, rubber to the wooden blade. Table tennis was growing
in popularity by 1901 to the extent that tournaments were being organized, books being written
on the subject,[7]and an unofficial world championship was held in 1902.

In 1921, the Table Tennis Association was founded in Britain, and the International Table Tennis
Federation (ITTF) followed in 1926. London hosted the first official World Championships in
1926. In 1933, the United States Table Tennis Association, now called USA Table Tennis, was
formed.[4][11]

In the 1930s, Edgar Snow commented in Red Star Over China that the Communist forces in
the Chinese Civil War had a "passion for the English game of table tennis" which he found
"bizarre".[12] On the other hand, the popularity of the sport waned in 1930s Soviet Union, partly
because of the promotion of team and military sports, and partly because of a theory that the
game had adverse health effects.

In the 1950s, paddles that used a rubber sheet combined with an underlying sponge layer
changed the game dramatically, introducing greater spin and speed.These were introduced to
Britain by sports goods manufacturer S.W. Hancock Ltd. The use of speed glue increased the
spin and speed even further, resulting in changes to the equipment to "slow the game down".
Table tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988.
THE MAIN EQUIPMENT FOR THE TABLE TENNIS:

*BALL

*TABLE

*PADLE/RACKET