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Table Tennis Styles
Table tennis is unique among racket sports in that it supports a large variety of different styles of players. As players' levels increase, the diversity of styles decreases slightly, because technically weak styles are quickly eliminated; but, even at the very top of international table tennis, there are many dramatically different styles to be found. , attacking styles dominate most of the top places in the world. However, this may be due to the relative popularity of attack over defense, as defensive players are still able to reach the highest levels of international competition. This article describes some of the most common table tennis styles seen in international competition. These are stereotypes, and almost all players possess some combination of these styles, with a few added "special" shots of their own. Racket grips Competitive table tennis players grip their rackets in a variety of ways. The manner in which competitive players grip their rackets can be classified into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: Players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce once on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 226 member associations. The official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, with several event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Xin (table Tennis)
Xu Xin (; born 8 January 1990) is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 108 as of December 2022 for men's singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 in January 2013. He has won 17 World Tour Singles titles and has won the World Championships in men's doubles thrice, mixed doubles twice, and five times in the team event. In addition, Xu Xin along with Ma Long and Zhang Jike won the men's team gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Playing style and equipment Xu Xin is one of the few penhold grip players in China, especially among the younger generation who are mostly shakehand players. He follows the footsteps of other penhold champions such as Wang Hao and Ma Lin. With his long arms and frame, he is able to more easily reach balls hit wide. His long arms enable a graceful, unique forehand loop, with his arm almost fully outstretched. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Schlager
Werner Schlager (born September 28, 1972 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria) is a table tennis player and former world champion from Austria. Career Schlager began playing table tennis when he was six years old, learning from his father, Rudolph Schlager and brother, Harald Schlager who were also top Austrian players, making them ideal training partners. In fact, starting out, Schlager became well-versed playing both with and against long pips like his brother. After placing top in numerous singles and doubles tournaments, he won the 2003 Singles World Championship held in Paris beating South Korean Joo Se-Hyuk Joo Sae-hyuk (, ; born 20 January 1980) is a South Korean table tennis player. As a singles player, he was a silver medalist at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships, a bronze medalist at the 2011 Table Tennis World Cup, and a bronze medal ... in the final to clinch the world title. Werner Schlager was avidly renown for his immense skill in service and receive, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Saive
Jean-Michel Saive (born 17 November 1969) is a Belgian former professional table tennis. Saive competed at seven consecutive Olympics between 1988 and 2012, and he was also a winner in singles at European Championship 1994. Personal life Born in Liège, Saive began playing as a small boy. His father was the tenth-ranked Belgian player, and his mother won the Belgian ladies' doubles championships when she was pregnant with him. At the age of thirteen, Saive was the fourth-ranked Belgian player and joined the national team. His younger brother Philippe Saive is also a table tennis player. Career In 1985 Saive was ranked best player in Belgium, a place which he kept until 2011 without interruption. In 1994 he made it to world number one for 515 days (from 9 February 1994 to 8 June 1995 and from 26 March 1996 to 24 April 1996). Jean-Michel Saive won a total of 130 medals (51 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze) in international singles tournaments. Some of his important titles ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ ( be, Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around style, both offensive and defensive.Vladimir Samsonov nbcolympics.com Samsonov competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2016, placing fourth individually in , in addition to equal fifth in |
Wang Zeng Yi
Wang Zengyi (born 24 June 1983 in Tianjin, China) is a Chinese-Polish table tennis player. He competed for Poland at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... London 2012 As of August 2016, he is ranked the no. 46 player in the world. References 1983 births Living people Polish ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Zhi Wen
He Zhiwen (; born January 31, 1962), or Zhiwen He in Western name order, is a Chinese-born Spanish male table tennis player. In 2006 he was ranked #41 in the ITTF world ranking. Due to the difficulty of pronouncing his name in Spanish he has been given the nickname Juanito. He plays for Jura Morez TT club and his playing style is left handed short pips penholder. He represented Spain in the 2012 London Olympics where he lost to Romanian Adrian Crisan. Sporting achievements *1985: First position in the Championship of the World by team. *1991-2005: Champion of Spanish League. *1998: Twentieth position in the Championship of Europe by team. *1999: First position in mixed doubles and by team. *2000: Fifth position in the Championship of Europe in mixed doubles. :Ninth position the Championship of individual Europe in and double. :21st position in the Championship of the World by team. *2003: Seventeenth position in the World singles Championship. *2004: Thirtieth third positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seok Eun-mi
Seok Eun-Mi (born December 25, 1976) is a female South Korean table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ... player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She won the silver medal in the women's doubles competition together with Lee Eun-sil. External links * 1976 births Living people South Korean female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of South Korea Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in table tennis Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in table tennis 21st-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwak Bang-bang
Kwak Bang-bang (, born February 6, 1980, in Xuzhou) is a retired Chinese-Hong Kong-South Korean table tennis player. Born as Guo Fangfang in China, she played on the Hong Kong national team as Kwok Fong Fong from 2000 to 2005, and on the South Korea national team as Kwak Bang-bang from 2005 to 2008. She helped Hong Kong win two bronze medals at the 2000 Asian Table Tennis Championships, including the women's doubles bronze with Song Ah Sim. She helped South Korea win a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games. At the 2007 Asian Table Tennis Championships she won the mixed doubles gold medal with Oh Sang-eun Oh Sang-eun (; ; born April 13, 1977, in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. He is currently sponsored by the table tennis product company, Butterfly. His World Ranking had been in the top 10 since the 2005 World Champio .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwak, Bang-bang 1980 births Living people Chinese female table tennis players South Korean f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Ying (table Tennis, Born 1977)
Yang Ying () is a Chinese table tennis player, born 13 July 1977 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. She achieved gold medals at several World Table Tennis Championships in either doubles or team play. She played right-handed Chinese penhold style. Her main techniques were forehand and backhand speed drives. Since 2008 Yang has been working as a table tennis commentator for CCTV-5. Career performance *4th Table Tennis World Cup (1995) Women's Team Gold. *44th World Table Tennis Championship (1997) Women's Team Gold. *44th World Table Tennis Championship (1997) Women's Double Gold. *13th Asian Games (1998) Table Tennis Women's Team Gold. *45th World Table Tennis Championship (1999) Women's Double Silver. *27th Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ... (2000) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Tasaki
Toshio Tasaki is a male former international table tennis player from Japan. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Seiko Iseki, Kōji Matsushita, Hiroshi Shibutani and Ryo Yuzawa for Japan. He competed in three Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004. He plays a traditional penhold style (utilizing only 1 face of the blade) with short pips and is known for his frequent and strong backhand attacks. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References Japanese male table tennis players 1974 births Living people Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1998 Asian Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Jialiang
Jiang Jialiang (; born March 3, 1964) is a male former international table tennis player from China. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Table tennis career From 1982 to 1989 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships, in the Table Tennis World Cup, and in the World Table Tennis Championships. Since his retirement, Jiang has served as a color commentator for table tennis sporting events on Hong Kong television station TVB. The ten World Championship medals included five gold medals; two in the men's singles at the 1985 World Table Tennis Championships and 1987 World Table Tennis Championships and three in the men's team event. ITTF Legends Tour In 2014 and 2015, Jiang participated in the ITTF Legend Tour which featured table tennis legends such as Jan-Ove Waldner, Jean-Michel Saive and Jean-Philippe Gatien. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of indiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
