WEEK 4

Topic: Table tennis

Subtitle: Table tennis

Objectives: At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Origin of table tennis
2. State players of table tennis
3. State modern rules of table tennis
4. List skills in table tennis

CONTENT

Origin of table tennis

Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets or bat. The name table tennis was adopted in 1921-22 when the old Ping-Pong Association formed in 1902 was revived. The Fe’de’ration Internationale de Tennis de Table (International Table Tennis Federation) was founded in 1926, the founding members being England, Sweden, Hungary, India, Denmark, Germany, Czechoslovakia Austria, and Wales.

In 1980 the first World Cup was held, and Guo Yuehua of.... View More