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History Of Table Tennis

In 1880 Table Tennis originated as a sport in United Kingdom. Table Tennis was played between the upper class as an after dinner parlor game. Two books, which serves as a racket and no of book in the Centre of table which serves as a net and that game is played with gulf ball. After that table tennis was played with paddles made of cigar box lids and balls made of champagne corks. Table Tennis get fame day by day so people who play this game then decided that there should be some equipment for this game. So rackets were designed. Early rackets were often pieces of parchment stretched on a frame, and the sound generated in play gave the game its first nicknames of “wiff waff” and “ping pong”.



In 1901, James Gibb, who discovered novelty celluloid balls on a trip and found them to be ideal for the Table Tennis. 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, rubberto the wooden blade. Table tennis was growing in popularity by 1901 to the extent that table’s tennis tournaments were being organized, books on table tennis were being written, and an unofficial world championship was held in 1902. Up till 1900 it was believed in Russia that this game has bad affects on eyesight so this game was banned in Russia up till 1900.

In 1921, the Table Tennis Association was founded in Britain, and the International Table Tennis Federation 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.