P. E. ( Table Tennis )

Question 1

also known as ping pong

Answer 1

TABLE TENNIS

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE

• a sport in which two or four players hit a heavy ball back and forth across a table using a small bat/paddle

Answer 2

False
- it should be a lightweight ball

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE

• The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

TRUE OR FALSE

• The player must allow a bounce off on his/her side of the table before returning the ball.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

When and where did the sport (table tennis) start?

Answer 5

England, towards the end of the 19th century

Question 6

TRUE OR FALSE

• after lunch, some upper-middle class Victorians decided to turn their dining room tables into miniature versions of the traditional lawn tennis playing field. Several different every-day objects were employed in constructing the sport.

Answer 6

False
- after dinner*

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE

• Victorians used a line of books as the net, rackets were lids from empty cigar boxes, and a little later, parchment paper stretched around a frame. The ball would be either a ball of string, or perhaps more commonly, a champagne cork or rubber ball

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Other names of table tennis

Answer 8

• whiff whaff
• gossima
• flim flam

Question 9

EQUIPMENT

Answer 9

• table
• ball
• net
• rackets

Question 10

EQUIPMENT

• it is (9 ft) long, (5 feet) wide, the height from the floor is 2ft. 5 inches

Answer 10

Table

Question 11

EQUIPMENT

• The height of the ____ from the table is 6 inches

Answer 11

Net

Question 12

EQUIPMENT

• has a weight of 2.7 gram with 40 mm diameter ball

Answer 12

Ball

Question 13

EQUIPMENT

• made of a high-bouncing gas-filled celluloid ball, colored white or orange, with a matte finish

Answer 13

Ball

Question 14

EQUIPMENT

• Players are equipped with a _____ composed of a wooden blade covered with rubber on one or two sides depending on the grip of the player.

Answer 14

Racket

Question 15

EQUIPMENT

• Materials incorporated into table tennis blades today include kevlar, titanium, arylate, aramid, and aluminum. cork, glass fiber, and carbon fiber

Answer 15

Racket

Question 16

EQUIPMENT

• The wooden portion of the _____, often referred to as the “blade”

Answer 16

Racket

Question 17

EQUIPMENT

(True or False?)
- The average size of the blade is about 17 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide

Answer 17

True

Question 18

KINDS OF GRIP

Answer 18

• shakehand grip
• penhold
• seemiller grip
• v-grip tecnique

Question 19

KINDS OF GRIP

• typical European type grip where the head of the racket faces up, and your hand looks like it’s ready to shake a person’s hand

Answer 19

SHAKEHAND GRIP

Question 20

KINDS OF GRIP

• Asian-style grip of holding the racket, where the head of the racket is facing down and is held the way a person holds a pen or pencil.

Answer 20

PENHOLD

Question 21

KINDS OF GRIP

• this grip is actually a variation of the Shakehand grip

Answer 21

SEEMILLER GRIP

Question 22

KINDS OF GRIP

• However, in this grip technique, the forefinger-tip is positioned close to the edge of the paddle or sometimes even around the edge of the paddle. Both the thumb and index fingers hold either side at a 90-degree turn

Answer 22

SEEMILLER GRIP

Question 23

KINDS OF GRIP

• a player would hold the blade between one’s index finger and middle finger almost making a V shape.

Answer 23

V-grip tecnique

Question 24

This is the first and most basic ping pong practice drill is to simply bounce the ball up and down on your racket without letting it hit the floor.

Answer 24

BALL CONTROL