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Table tennis originated in England at the end of the 19th century. Originally just a mobile game, the ball was made of a light and elastic material, and the wooden board such as the lid of the cigar box was played on the table like a tennis ball, so it was called "table tennis".

Around 1900, due to the development of light industry, the ball was changed to a hollow ball made of celluloid. Since then, table tennis has gradually developed. The first major table tennis tournament was held in London, England, in December 1900.

In 1926, the International Table Tennis Federation was officially established and decided to hold the first World Table Tennis Championships.

In the early days, the rackets used by players were made of wood in a variety of shapes, and the speed of hitting the ball was slow. The power is small, and there is no rotation; The style of play is also monotonous, just pushing the ball around. In 1903, the Englishman Goode invented the rubber racket, which strongly promoted the development of table tennis technology.

From 1926 to 1951, most of the world's competitors used rubber paddles with cylindrical particles on the surface. In the early fifties, the Austrians invented the sponge racket, which was used by Japanese athletes in world competitions, and won four championships in the XIX World Championships in one fell swoop, breaking the monopoly of European athletes. From 1952 to 1959, Japan won 24 of the 49 world championships, accounting for 47%.

This is the first time that the level of table tennis has been greatly improved.

In 1959, after Rong Guotuan won the men's singles championship at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships, Chinese athletes began to appear on the international table tennis stage. It has gradually formed a direct shooting and fast attack style with the technical style of "fast, accurate, ruthless, and change". In the 26th World Championships in 1961, the Chinese team not only passed the European barrier, but also defeated the Japanese players who played the "arc ball" style of play in the long draw of the far platform, and won the men's team world championship for the first time.

And won the first place in a row.

Two. Ten. 7. 28th Men's Team Champion.

Table tennis! Copy table tennis is known as China's "national ball" du, which was introduced to China in 1904 by Shanghai businessman Wang Daowu. Soon after the Europeans created a new way of playing arc combined with fast attack and fast attack combined with arc circle, Chinese athletes created a straight board cutting fast attack technique that represented the Asian style, making the world table tennis present a new situation of confrontation between Europe and Asia, and made outstanding contributions to the development of world table tennis.

The Chinese table tennis men's and women's teams have won all the championships in world-class competitions many times, and a large number of dazzling stars have emerged, which also have a huge impact on the technical and tactical style of the world table tennis world. In the 70s of the 20th century, when Sino-US relations were extremely tense, China invited the American table tennis team to visit China, and then the Chinese table tennis team paid a return visit. This has become a new starting point for improving Sino-US relations.

Soon after, Nixon visited China, which was the first visit to China by the United States. Therefore, people call this historical event "ping-pong diplomacy".

United Kingdom: Table tennis is a skill sport that fights against the net, and the game is to hit the opponent's table according to the rules to force the opponent to return the ball out of bounds, fall into the net or foul.

There are many theories about the origin of table tennis, but the most popular theory is that table tennis originated in England at the end of the 19th century and is derived from tennis.

It is said that one day at the end of the 19th century, London experienced a rare sweltering heat. After watching Wimbledon tennis, two young men of the British high society went to eat in a single room in a fine restaurant. First, they used the wooden lid of the cigar cigarette as a fan, and then discussed tennis techniques and tactics, picked up the cork of champagne and used it as a ball, used the large dining table as a table, pulled a thin rope in the middle as a net, and used the cigarette case lid as a racket to hit the ball.

The waiter cheered on the side, and the female shopkeeper who rushed to hear the sound saw this scene and couldn't help blurting out "table."

tennis", which named table tennis "table tennis".

Originally, table tennis was just a court game, and the name was not table tennis, but "flim-flam", also known as "goossime". Later, an American named Hyatt invented a toy hollow ball called "celluloid". Around 1890, the Englishman Jims Gibb (James

Gibb) was traveling to the United States when he saw a toy ball made of celluloid and brought it back to the United Kingdom to replace the original solid ball.