Table Tennis - Hobbies

The average reasonably good player stands behind the table and two or three feet back. Since he needs swinging space behind him, the room should be no less than twenty-one feet long. In room width, twelve feet, allowing three and one-half feet on each side of the table, is ample. Though the regulation table measures five by nine feet, tables that are four by eight are also manufactured.

Good, hard-hitting players, however, may stand as much as twenty-five feet behind the table, since the laws of the United States Table Tennis Association prohibit strictly defensive matches. The laws require a playing area of twenty-five by sixty feet.

Frequent practice will enable you to put a spin on the ball, causing it to bounce erratically. On relatively soft-hit balls, the bounce will be to one side or the other. On hard-hit balls, back-spin will cause a high bounce with little or no forward motion; top spin will produce a low bounce and an accelerated forward motion.

Table Tennis Topics, an interesting and helpful magazine, is published by the U.S. Table Tennis Association, which also is the governing body of the sport in the United States.

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