Table tennis

Table tennis

Table Tennis is a sport, played on a table bisected by a low net, in which players hit a lightweight ball using small rackets to volley the ball back and forth with the object of completing a move your opponent is unable to return.

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half court

Sports; Table tennis

One side of the tabletop (court) divided from the other side by the centerline.

half volley

Sports; Table tennis

When a player returns a shot and hits the ball right after it has bounced off the tabletop.

hammer grip

Sports; Table tennis

This grip is when the player has all of their fingers around the handle of the paddle and has no fingers running up the side of the paddle. See Orthodox Grip.

hit

Sports; Table tennis

A powerfully hit ball, but not hit as hard as a kill shot.

inside pimples

Sports; Table tennis

The backside covering on a racket. It is a smooth rubber surface on a paddle blade, it can be sticky that is good for both offense and defense or it can be an anti-spin covering and is better for ...

kill shots

Sports; Table tennis

A ball that is hit very hard, so hard an opposing player can't return the shot.

let

Sports; Table tennis

This refers to a serve that touches the net but still goes over the net and lands in the opponent's side of the table. The serve does not count and serve is re-taken.