Table Tennis Rules continued

Now continuing with the rules of Table Tennis.
The Racquet:
can be any size, shape or weight but the blade shall be flat
and rigid. At least 85% of the blade by thickness shall be
wood. A side of the blade used for striking the ball shall be
covered either by regular rubber with pimples outward
having a total thickness, including adhesive, paste or glue
of not more than 2mm. The blade can also be covered with
"sandwich rubber" with pimples inward or outward having
a total thickness of not more than 4mm.
The pimples on the regular rubber can be evenly
distributed with not more than 50 per sq. cm. and not less
than 10 per sq. cm. The sandwich rubber can be a layer
of cellular rubber with a single layer of ordinary pimpled
rubber, not being more than 2mm in thickness.
The covering material can not extend beyond the outer
edge of the blade. The part nearest the handle, held be the
fingers can be left bare or covered with any material.
The blade and any layer of the blade shall be of even
thickness and continuous over the blade.
The surface of one side of the blade must be bright red,
and the surface on the other side must be black. Due to
wear and tear on the surface of the blade this rule may be
slightly bent because the color may not be completely
uniform.
A player must always show his racquet to the umpire and
his opponent before a match and if he changes his racquet
during a match.

Ping Pong Paddle Buying and Fixing

Before I continue with the rules of Table Tennis I would like
to tell you of a business I am starting with the help of Google
Adsense.
I would like to take your old or hard rubber paddles or
racquets and fix them by replacing the hard rubber with
soft rubber layers that are used in table tennis today. I will
not only be fixing racquets for the individual who sends me
his racquet but I will also buy hard rubber racquets from
those of you who no longer need them. To put the soft
rubber layers on the wooden frames they have to be pasted
snuggly so that they do not overlap. For those of you who
would like your racquet fixed and returned I will charge only
a fraction of the price of a new or refurbished racquet.
These racquets can be valued at $100.00 or more depending
on the model and the soft rubber used. In fact you can name
your own price and we can compromise on the cost. If you
use your racquet a lot or not very much we can come to an
agreement on the price. I think it would be very nice to use
a modern racquet or paddle and maybe get more enjoyment
out of the game than before. Please call me at 201-998-9250
or send me your racquet with instructions of what you want
me to do. Send to:
Steven Cist
pingpongman
97 Melrose Avenue
North Arlington, NJ 07031

The Rules of Table Tennis

The first thing I'd like to talk about is the basic rules of the game.
The table
is rectangular with
a length of 2.74 meters or 9 feet, a width of 1.525 meters or 5 feet, and 76 cm or 2.5 feet above
the floor. The sides of the table are not in play although the ball may land on a corner which
is on the legal playing surface. Here is something that is very important; the playing surface
may be made of any material but a standard ball must bounce at least 23 cm or 9 in from a 30 cm or 12 in height when it is dropped vertically. The playing surface may be uniformly dark
colored. Usually the surface is green or blue. The surface is divided into two equal parts
by a vertical net which is parallel to the end lines and must cover the entire width of the table.
The table also has a 2 cm wide white line that covers the outside of the 2.74 m edge and a
2 cm wide white line that covers the 1.525 m edge. For doubles the table has a 3 mm wide
center line which is parallel to the side lines. The center line shall be regarded as part of the
right half court.
The net
shall consist of its supporting posts, its extension and the clamps that hold it to the
table. These parts of the table may come into play but very rarely. The net shall be supported
by a cord running parallel to the end lines and shall be 15.25 cm high. The outer supports will
be 15.25 cm outside the side line. The top of the net over its whole length will be 15.25 cm or
6 in above the table. The lower part of the net shall be as close to the table as possible.
The ball
shall be spherical, with a diameter of 40 mm. There may be some of you who used the
36 mm ball, but they are no longer used in tournaments and also ball return machines have
started to use the 40 mm balls. The ball shall weigh 2.7 g or approximately .1 oz. The ball shall be made of celluloid or similar plastics and shall be either orange or white.

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Hello, welcome to my blog. I will be writing on this site everything you can think of about
Table Tennis or as it is called Ping Pong. I started this blog from the MegaTyping program I enrolled in. I hope you find it useful and entertaining.
I'd like to tell you a brief history of myself and my favorite sport. When I was six years old my father put two pieces of ply wood together on top of two "horses" . To my delight, I walked down the basement and saw my father standing their with an old ping pong paddle in his hand. Right then and there I knew I was going to love ping pong. We had these paddles that were so old and completely unlike the paddles of today. But boy did we have fun just hitting the ball back and forth. My father was kind to me at first, because I could barely see over the end of the table. Gradually as I got taller and became a better player we would really go after each other. I couldn't beat my father who was quite a ping pong player himself. But then when I was about 15 or so I finally beat him and I think he was more proud then I was.