Did you know?

The origins of Table Tennis are in England in the 1880's as an after dinner amusement game. A Champagne cork was used as a ball and a cigar box as a bat.

The current superpowers of international table tennis include China, Germany, Belgium and South Korea.

World class players can put up to 9000 rpm of spin on a table tennis ball.

The name Ping Pong is trademarked by Parker Brothers of the USA who wanted huge sums of money for the rights of that name. That is why the game world wide is called Table Tennis.

Table Tennis was banned in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1950 as the sport was believed to damage the eyes.

Top players often smash the ball at speeds exceeding 100 mph .

Table Tennis is the most popular racquet sport in the world and ranked second overall in terms of participation.

Over 40 million players compete in sanctioned tournaments each year.


Table Tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.

The "shake hands" grip is the most popular grip.

Over the years Table Tennis has been known as: Flim-Flam, Whif-Whaf, Gossimer, Parlour Tennis, Indoor Tennis, Pom-Pom, Pim-Pam, Netto, Royal Game, Tennis de Salon to name but a few.