The history of the spread of the sport of table tennis
The game of table tennis was only known in Indonesia in 1930. At that time, the game of table tennis was only played by the Dutch, as a pastime or for recreation for the Dutch in meeting halls. Thus, it can be said that the game of table tennis at that time was not yet known by the Indonesian people.
Around 1900 the game of table tennis began to develop and spread to countries in Western Europe, Central Europe, and America. Then into Asia to China and Japan.
Then the idea arose to form the International Table Tennis Federation, which is known as the Internationale Table Tennis Federation, which is abbreviated as ITTF. The Table Tennis Federation in Asia was founded in 1952 under the name Table Tennis Federation of Asia.
Meanwhile, specifically in Indonesia, a table tennis association throughout Indonesia was established in 1958, which was named PTMSI (All Indonesia Table Tennis Association) which was previously named PPPSI (Indonesian Ping Pong Association).
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Equipment
a. Equipment and field (table)
1) Wooden bat (bat)
Table tennis bats are made of wood, weight, and shape do not have a certain size. While the other provisions are as follows.
- The wood of the table tennis bat must be dark or faded in color, must not be dazzling or shiny.
- A bat whose two sides are covered with rubber, the rubber layer and its protruding spots should not exceed 2 mm. When re-coated with foam rubber (sandwiches), the total thickness should not be more than 4 mm on each side.
2) Ball
Table tennis balls are made of celluloid or faded white plastic with a circumference of 11.43 – 12.06 cm and a weight of 2.40 – 2.53 grams. With the provisions, if a table tennis ball is dropped from a height of 30.5 cm on the table surface, the ball will bounce back up to a height of 20 cm and must not be more than 23 cm.
3) Nets or nets and poles
The net is installed in the middle of the table to divide the field or table into two equal parts.
Mesh Size:
- The length of the net and the rope is 182 cm.
- The height (width) of the net is 15.25 cm.
- The distance between the net poles and the table is 15.25 cm each.
4) Field or table
The table used is rectangular with a flat table surface and is dark/faded in color and should not be dazzling/shiny. Size:
- Length of table (edge) = 2.74 m.
- Width of the table (end line) = 1.525 m.
- Height of table = 76 cm.
- The thickness of the line on each side of the table = 2 cm.
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