TABLE TENNIS

FACILITIES AND
EQUIPMENTS

EQUIPMENT

(INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD)

1. BALL

2.7 GRAMS
DIAMETER OF 40MM.
MADE OF CELLULOID
PLASTIC(2015)

2.PADDLE

(INTERNATION
STANDARD)

TERMS:
RACKET(ITTF)
BAT(BRITAIN)
PADDLE(U.S.)

PARTS OF THE PADDLE

1. HEAD
OR FACE

2.
THROAT
3.
HANDLE
4. BLADE

OTHER INFO ABOUT THE

PADDLE:
ACCORDING TO THE ITTF
REGULATIONS, AT LEAST 85%
OF THE BLADE BY THICKNESS
SHALL BE OF NATURAL WOOD.

OTHER INFO ABOUT THE

PADDLE:
THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THE BLADE IS
ABOUT 17 CENTIMETRES (6.7IN)
LONG AND 15 CENTIMETRES (5.9IN)
WIDE. ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL
RESTRICTIONS ONLY FOCUS ON THE
FLATNESS AND RIGIDNESS OF THE
BLADE ITSELF, THESE DIMENSIONS
ARE OPTIMAL FOR MOST PLAY STYLES.

3. TABLE

THE TABLE IS 2.74M (9.0FT) LONG,

1.525M (5.0FT) WIDE, AND 76CM
(2.5FT) HIGH WITH ANY CONTINUOUS
MATERIAL SO LONG AS THE TABLE
YIELDS A UNIFORM BOUNCE OF ABOUT
23CM (9.1IN) WHEN A STANDARD
BALL IS DROPPED ONTO IT FROM A
HEIGHT OF 30CM (11.8IN), OR
ABOUT77%.

OTHER INFO ABOUT THE

TABLE
THE TABLE OR PLAYING SURFACE IS
UNIFORMLY DARK COLOURED AND MATTE,
DIVIDED INTO TWO HALVES BY A NET AT
15.25CM (6.0IN) IN HEIGHT. THE
ITTFAPPROVES ONLY WOODEN TABLES OR
THEIR DERIVATE. CONCRETE TABLES WITH
A STEEL NET OR A SOLID CONCRETE
PARTITION ARE SOMETIMES AVAILABLE IN
OUTSIDE PUBLIC SPACES, SUCH AS PARKS.

PICTURE OF THE TABLE

FACILITIES

PLAYING AREA
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS,
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
& OLYMPIC GAMES
14M X 7M(46FT X 23 FT)

PLAYING AREA
NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS
12M X 6M(40FT X 20FT)
NATIONAL LEAGUE/
REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES
10M X 5M(33FT X 16FT 6IN)

PLAYING AREA
LOCAL LEAGUE/
TOURNAMENT
9M X 5M(30FT X 16FT 6IN)
RECREATIONAL/ COACHING
8.5M X 4M(28FT X 13FT)

TABLE TENNIS
TRIVIA

 TABLE TENNIS WAS BANNED IN

THE SOVIET UNION FROM CA
1930 TO 1950. THE SPORT
WAS BELIEVED TO BE
HARMFUL TO THE EYES.
TABLE TENNIS BECAME A
MEDAL OLYMPIC SPORT IN THE
1988 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN
SEOUL.

 EARLY TABLE TENNIS PADDLES WERE

NORMALLY MADE OF CORK,
CARDBOARD, OR WOOD, AND
COVERED WITH CLOTH, LEATHER OR
SANDPAPER.
TABLE TENNIS IS THE MOST POPULAR
RACQUET SPORT IN THE WORLD AND
RANKED SECOND OVERALL IN TERMS
OF PARTICIPATION. OVER 10 MILLION
PLAYERS COMPETE IN SANCTIONED
TOURNAMENTS EACH YEAR.

 A MODERN TABLE TENNIS MATCH AT

THE ELITE LEVEL LASTS ON THE
AVERAGE ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TOP
PLAYERS OFTEN SMASH THE BALL AT
SPEEDS EXCEEDING 100 MILES PER
HOUR.
HOW MANY BALLS CAN TWO PLAYERS
HIT BACK AND FORTH IN 60 SECONDS?
THE CURRENT RECORD IS 173 SET BY
JACKIE BELLINGER AND LISA LOMAS IN
1993.

 A MODERN TABLE IS 9 FEET

LONG, 5 FEET WIDE, AND 2.5
FEET HIGH. THE NET IS 6
INCHES HIGH.
CHINA, SWEDEN AND SOUTH
KOREA ARE CURRENTLY THE
WORLD POWERS IN TABLE
TENNIS.