In table tennis, the most important rules are serving rules, and playing rules. All of the rallies start with a serve, so knowing a legal serve is crucial. Understanding some example of illegal serves will also help.
Beside the official table tennis rules, new players should learn the “etiquette rule” in table tennis. Etiquette rules are the unofficial rules that guide you to behave correctly in this sport.
Table tennis serve (or service) is very important. Based on Liu Guoliang’s advice, it takes more than 50% of exchange rallies in table tennis. Liu Guoliang once said that “Serving is the most important stroke in table tennis”.
Serve is easy to make but difficult to master. That’s the reason that you should always improve your from the fundamental skills to the advanced level.
Many amateur players ask “what is the serving rules in ping pong?”. Well, the rule is very simple. First, you must do a legal serve. Based on the rule of ITTF, a legal service has these criteria:
Second, after each point, we must change the server. You serve the first 2 points, and then your opponent serves the next two points. At 10-10, each player serves only 1 point.
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Score in a ping pong match: 21 (Old system) and 11 (Nowadays)[/caption]
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In history, table tennis set ends with 21 points. Today table tennis score is 11 points system.[/caption]
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Table tennis is a special sport. You can win this game by doing the illegal serve. By knowing the top 5 most common illegal service in table tennis, you can ask the opponent to stop doing these serves. First, we will talk about what is a legal serve. Then the most used illegal serve in … Read more Top 5 Illegal Serve In Table Tennis
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