/kloc-one day at the end of 0/9, two young people went to a restaurant for dinner after watching Wimbledon. They are talking excitedly about tennis skills and tactics, but this is not enough. They use cork bottle caps as balls, tables as tables, a thread as a net in the middle, and cigar box lids as balls. When the female shopkeeper saw this scene, she couldn't help but blurt out: "Table tennis". The English name of table tennis came from this and has been used ever since. At first, table tennis was very popular among British college students, and then it gradually penetrated into all parts of Britain.

Table tennis, known as China's "national ball", is a world-popular ball game, including attack, confrontation and defense. Table tennis organizations include the International Table Tennis Federation, the Asian Table Tennis Federation and the Chinese Table Tennis Association.

Table tennis related introduction

The name "ping-pong" comes from 1900, which is named after the sound of "ping-pong" when hitting. In Chinese mainland, "table tennis" is its official name, as are China, Hongkong and Macau. 1926 65438+ 10, an international table tennis competition was held in Berlin, Germany, with 64 male athletes from 9 countries participating. In February of the same year, the International Table Tennis Federation was formally established, and the European Championship held in London was named the first World Table Tennis Championship.

China occupies a high position in the history of table tennis. Since 1960s, China table tennis players have won most of the world table tennis championships, and even won all the championships in the whole competition for many times. Rong Guotuan is the first table tennis world champion in China. Deng Yaping, president of the International Olympic Committee, personally presented her with the gold medal.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Table Tennis (Ball Games).