PEH FLASHCARDS
legal serve that is not touched by receiver,
winning the point
Ace
Shot done with racket to left of
elbow for a right-hander, reverse for a
lefthander
Backhand
Wooden part of racket
Blade
Quick, off the bounce return of an
aggressive drive done by just holding the racket
in the ball’s path
Block
is a heavy underspin shot. Usually
executed away from table & below tabletop. A
chop forces ball to drop downwards when it hits
an opponent’s paddle
Chop
Stroke that’s hit diagonally from
corner to corner
Cross-court -
Short placement - very close to the
net. Key point in making a drop shot is to not
allow ball to fall off table after first bounce. i.e.
Drop shots should bounce at least twice on the
opponents side of the table before falling off
Drop shot
Any shot done with racket to the
right of elbow for a right-hander, reverse for a
lefthander
Forehand
Hand not holding racket
Free Hand
ITTF
International Table Tennis Federation -
international governing body of the table tennis
Rally where the result is not scored
Let -
if the ball touches the net, provided
the service is otherwise good, the serve is
replayed- or – if your opponent is not ready, the
serve is replayed
Let serve
Defensive shot used against high-speed
shots, where ball returned very high in the air
Lob
Beginning of the game, when both sides
have no score
Love-love
an alternative name for racket
Paddle
