1. Bridging the Gap Table Tennis & Basketball By: TEAM TEBOW TIME Jake Bajeman, Krysten Call, Justin Halvorson & Yuri Panzhin

2. Bridging the Gap or Not?

3. Objectives Brief History: o Table Tennis o Basketball About Table Tennis About Basketball Comparing the two sports Question and Answer

4. History: Table Tennis o Where did it come from? o Originated as a sport in Britain in the 1880s o Was played among upper class as an after dinner game “wiff –waff” o Now: o Commonly known as Ping Pong in the US o It is controlled by the ITTF which was founded in 1926 o Includes 215 member associations o Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h_35S1IhRohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h_35S1IhRo

5. Table Tennis History cont. Became an Olympic sport in 1988 After 2000 Summer Olympics changed size of ball to 40 mm instead of 38 and went from 21 pt game to 11 pt. Now testing 44 mm ball “large-ball”

6. History: Basketball Created by Naismith in 1891 1909 – first international match in St. Petersburg June 18 1932 – FIBA formed 1936 Berlin Olympic games – U.S. won, Canada runner-up First World Championships – 1950 Argentina Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io35RCBMQJw &feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io35RCBMQJw &feature=related

7. Table Tennis Who do you think of when you think of table tennis? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=KW_6Lzr47iU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8IVASo0umU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJn5L1nrkL4

8. Table Tennis: World Champions 1926, London, England (Dec 6 – Dec 12) 2011, Rotterdam, Nederland (May 8 – May 15) Chinese players won men’s World Championships 60% since 1959

9. Olympic Games Table tennis became Olympic sport in 1988 in the Olympics (Seoul, South Korea) Men’s Singles: Gold: Yoo Nam Kyu (KOR) Silver: Kim Ki Taek (KOR) Bronze: Erik Lindh (SWE)

10. Accessibility of Table Tennis World Wide Required equipment: Ball, Table, Racket Indoor sport Require facilities

11. Competition & Excitement Widely played only in several countries: China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan. Only 2-4 people can participate at the same time Lack of excitement unless players are high level Not enough variety

12. Skill Set to Play the Game Offensive strokes Defensive strokes Various spins Practice and dedication even at the amateur level Table Tennis Spectacular

13. Other Factors TV Broadcasts Audience Popularity Smaller Scale Tournaments Clubs

14. Bridging the Gap Table tennis does not bridge the gap We cannot call it an international sport

15. Basketball Who do you think of when you think of Basketball? Michael Jordan Lebron James http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLbSjZ3oViA

16. Early American Dominance 56 countries have participated in the Summer Olympic games for Men’s basketball. Primarily dominated by the Americas but European countries have had success the past 20 years.

17. Rank NationGoldSilverBronzeTotal 1 United States192324 2 Soviet Union44412 3 Yugoslavia1528 4 Argentina1012 5 Unified Team (EUN) 1001 6 Australia (AUS)0314 7 France0202 Italy0202 Spain0202 10 Brazil0145

18. Recent Trends Fiba (International Basketball Federation) o Controls Amateur basketball for the world. Have seen an increase in FIBA participation. NBA players playing abroad o Has been a topic of conversation b/c of the NBA lockout situation. 51 European players in NBA currently o France is the leader with 11. 10.3/19 o Lowest rating for a primetime telecast since 1988 Summer Olympics. o The victory by the "Redeem Team" over Spain is part of late night coverage and is the only event broadcast live by all affiliates in all time zones. o NBC kicked off the day's coverage with the US Women winning gold in Basketball.

19. 1 United States (USA)6118 2 Soviet Union (URS)2013 3 Unified Team (EUN)1001 4 Australia (AUS)0314 5 Brazil (BRA)0112 Bulgaria (BUL)0112 China (CHN)0112 Yugoslavia (YUG)0112 9 South Korea (KOR)0101 10 Russia (RUS)0022

20. Big Moments in World Basketball 1) Yugoslavia was a player in the late 80’s and early 90’s until the Balkan war. (Vlade Divac, Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoc) 2) USSR upsets USA in 1972 (controversy) 3) Better Foreign play led to the USA using professional athletes…(Dream Team) 4) 2004 Olympics (5 continents medal) o Men’s Gold-Argentina Silver-Italy Bronze- USA o Women’s Gold-USA Silver-Australia Bronze-Russia

21. Worldwide Participation As of March 9, 2006, the NBA featured 82 international players from 38 countries and territories on official rosters (active and inactive) for the 2005-06 NBA season. Hakeem ‘The Dream” Olajuwon, Nigeria Dirk Nowitzki, Germany Patrick Ewing, Jamaica Pau Gasol, Spain Steve Nash, Canada Dominique Wilkins, “The Human Highlight Film,” France Dikembe Mutombo, Democratic Republic of Congo Yao Ming, China Tony Parker, Belgium Manu Ginobili, Argentina

22. Money Makes the World Go Round What are the NBA Players Making? o 1)Deron Williams – $10.3 million per season NBA salary equivalent o 2) Mehmet Okur – $10 million o 3)(tie). Nenad Krstic – $8.9 million & Rudy Fernandez – $8.9 million o 5) Ersan Ilyasova – $8.1 million o 6) Juan Carlos Navarro – $7.5 million o 7) Vassilis Spanoulis – $7.2 million o 8) Dimitris Diamantidis – $6.1 million o 9) (tie). Mike Batiste – $5.8 million & Milos Teodosic – $5.8 million

23. Expert Opinions Basketball taking over the world? “…if you look around the world and get the statistics of what's the most popular sport in the age group 14-18, it's basketball across all genders." 11% of the world plays basketball. Basketball has even replaced football as the most popular sport in areas like Asia and Australia and is on the way to surpassing football worldwide

24. Most Played Sport Number of 14-17 year olds who had played each of the major sports: Basketball 9,182,000 Football 7,184,000 Volleyball 5,558,000 Soccer 5,498,000 Baseball 5,464,000 Softball 3,970,000 Hockey 2,477,000 Where football may be the most popular sport…basketball is the most played sport.

25. COMPARISON TABLE TENNISBASKETBALL PARTICIPATION IN SPORT SPORT REVENUE WORLD RECOGNITION EVENT ATTENDANCE PLAYER RECOGNITION

26. Questions?