1. Chinese Table Tennis 乒乓球 By Spencer Hall 12/6/10

2. Table Of Contents The invention of table tennis Why Chinese people are good at table tennis How to play ping pong

3. The invention of table tennis The game of table tennis came from the sport of lawn tennis. Table tennis was invented by an Englishman named David Foster in 1890. Ping pong was a trademarked name for table tennis.

4. Why is the Chinese national team so good? Chinese players are so good because they do 7 hours of practice a day including a focus on the basics of ping pong. Players are picked at a young age and the talented ones go to sports schools. Members of the team have professional practice partners and the professional practice partners mimic the opponents style of play.

5. How to play ping pong The server serves the ball to the opposing player who tries to hit the ball back to him on the table. The player who hits it off the table loses the point to the other player. The game is counted by ones up to 11 points.