First, Ping-Pong, popularly known as Table tennis, is the world's most popular racket game and is ranked second in terms of participation.

It should be noted that the sport made a name for itself at the London Olympics in 1926, but due to some sports-related questions, you had to wait a long time to participate, and that happened at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. With all the adversity the game has. to be recognized in the world deserves respect.

Below are some interesting facts about table tennis:

1. Table tennis has British origins. As the origin of table tennis remains unclear, historians link it with Victorian England. Initially, Great Britain was particularly interested in grass events such as tennis. Later, they brought the game home in the name of table tennis.

2. According to the Olympic Library, more than 10 million athletes participate in various table tennis tournaments each year.

3. The game has three seasons.

The first period is called the bat period, and that was from the 1920s to the 1950s. This season, rubber racket pimples are used. In addition, the tables were often repainted, and the net was about two and a half inches [6.75 cm] high. These unfriendly factors slowed down the game, which is why it took more than an hour to decide one point at the 1936 world championships in Prague. This led to the ITTF reducing the size of the net to 6 inches in 1938, and vice versa. time, the popular fingerprint service among US players was banned.

The next season was the bat sponge season; during this time, a wooden tape bound with a thick foam sponge was developed.

And the last one is the age of speed glue and the era of tennis technology. Using glue to fix bike tires has become an important part of the game. Significantly increase paddle rotation and speed. The invention was made by Tibor of Klampar of Hungary and Dragutin Surbek of Yugoslavia, and it was called a quick glue. Soon, the renaming has been renewed in many ways, and it has been welcomed at all table tennis events.

Ashland Table Tennis Club
Players at the Ashland Table Tennis Club. Photo Credit - Joseph Hunkins. Interesting facts about table tennis.
4. The first oar was behind a box of cigarettes, and the first net was a stack of books. Surprisingly, the first ball was champagne.

5. This game is the third-largest in terms of participation in soccer and cricket.

6. The Guinness Book of Records World’s Record once hosted the longest meeting of Peter Ives and his son Daniel in England. Their rally took 32,000 hits. A father and son who played 8 amazing hours, 40 minutes and 5 seconds, did not even stop for a bath.

7. The longest table tennis point was played for 2 hours and 12 minutes, and it happened during a tough bat.

8. The first country to dominate the sport was Hungary, and it was a time of heavy bats.

9. Table tennis was first screened at the 1988 Olympics.

10. China leads the way in the number of table tennis players. It has 100 million table tennis players. That is why, at the moment, Asia is considered to be the leading destination for sports.

11. The internationally recognized sports federation is known as the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and was founded in 1926. The body is made up of 226 member states.

12. The match began with a US-China peace deal during the Cold War. In 1971, when the Cold War between China and the US was at its height, the game was used to shut down frozen relations between the two countries. The two players from the two countries were kind to each other, and instead of treating each other with suspicion, the players gave each other presents. That led to Chinese Mao inviting an American table tennis team to China, and he paid for all the travel expenses. The show's ping-pong series was held under the theme “Friendship First and Second Competition.” Thus, the United States and China were able to heal after so many years of continuous conflict.

US President Nixon shakes hands with Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai during a visit to China in 1972.

13. Janove Walder is considered the best athlete in the sport. She is from Sweden. He has won more awards than any other player. And he is often referred to as "Mozart's table tennis."

14. China has great power when it comes to table tennis. Sweden and South Korea have also produced several world-class table tennis players.

15. A modern tennis table is 76 cm long, 1.525 m wide, and 2.74 m high. On the other hand, the net is 15.25 cm high and the ball diameter is 40 mm.

16. From 1930 to 1950, the Soviet Union banned the game because the authorities associated it with various eyeballs. But after 1950, the ban was lifted.

17. According to the rules of the game, if the ball is lowered from 30.5 cm high, it should jump between 24-26 cm.

18. Since 2015, table tennis balls are made of plastic instead of celluloid, and the colors of the ball are orange or white, with a matte finish. The color of the table determines the choice of the ball.

19. At higher levels, table tennis lasts 30 minutes. Professional players can smash the ball at speeds of more than 160 km per hour.

20. The record for most footballs is 173 times in 60 seconds, and this was done by Jack Bellinger and Lisa Lomas in 1993.