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    Why is table table tennis so similar to ping pong? Well they are exactly the same thing! Table tennis/ ping pong began in the 1880s, and was later trademarked in the United states by Parker Brothers, the board game company. “Like most other sports, table tennis had humble beginnings as a “parlor game”” but really it was open to anyone with access to a table, paddle, and a ball. In 1922, The Ping-Pong Association was formed but got renamed to The Table Tennis Association because they are the same

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    Tactics Of Table Tennis

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    Tactics Table tennis tactics In table tennis there are many tactics that you can try to outwit or gain an advantage on your opponents. They are important and if a tactic does not work use a new or similar sever. Tactics • Make sure to vary your serves like the Topspin. Topspin on the ball makes it drop quicker so if someone is playing a distance from the table use this so this can’t in and hit the ball. • Stay close to the table so you can get to the ball quick and hit it back towards your opponents

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    Table tennis is characterized by numerous rules that govern how the game should be played. The game is mainly characterized by exceptionally fast reactions thereby making rules quite necessary. Players must allow the ball to bounce once on their side of the court before returning it to the opposite end. The initial serve is, however, exempted from this requirement. Points are scored if a team fails to keep the ball in play. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) instituted some key changes

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    Hockey, Tennis . Table tennis and Baseball Soccer or Football is a sport played between two different teams consists of eleven players with a ball. In Football World there is 250 000 players from 200 countries around the world. On 21st May ,1904 FIFA

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    we can see that each of the ball’s bounce heights did not vary significantly. Unexpectedly, the golf ball bounced the highest, smashing the tennis ball's results. While each of the balls shared similarity in terms of their bounce height, the golf ball was the only ball which bounced considerably higher than the others. The table tennis ball followed the tennis ball, but the ball which achieved the least height was the baseball. There was a significant difference between the bounce heights of the

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    July 3, 8 AM in the morning Woke up thinking that this camp is going to be amazing and it is going to be one of my most memorial times of my life. I got up and got ready to leave my home sweet home, I reached there and when I pulled up in the schools parking lot it was kind of awkward. When I reached their everybody was just watching me in the car but I shook it off because I thought that everybody probably had those moments, so I hopped off the car and loaded my luggage on the bus and stood there

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    Her soft blue eyes gaze out the glass windows as she watches the sun play ‘peek-a-boo’ behind the lush green trees. Sleekly, she winds down the clear barrier and allows the gentle morning breeze blow her bleached blond hair. “Olivia we’re here”, says Dad. A sudden jolt rushes down her back. She bites her lips. Her rosy cheeks start to loose colour faster than a blink of an eye. “Breathe Olivia, it’s going to be ok,” she tells herself. Haltingly she steps out of her father 's Jet Black Volkswagen

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    Hoon Xin Yu Assignment 2 – The Nyonya Shop (Final Draft) Up close, the shop is surprisingly grand and majestic, unlike the view I had from a distance with its baby-blue and lemon-green pastel exterior reminding me of a newborn’s nursery. Its vivid colours makes it easy to spot along the mundane East Coast Road, but the golden carvings of a wide range of flora and fauna that I now see in fine detail, add to this notion of grandeur. The shades grew bolder as I approach, shifting from the sweet candy-like

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    For the first time in my life I was away from my family. I was nervous, scared, anxious, and excited all at the same time. I went hiking at night, heard strange noises, and surrounded by unfamiliar faces. All the while I could hear my preschool teacher saying, “Sofia, do it scared!” On September 21-23, 2016 I went to Atwood Center in Rockford, IL. I was with my teachers Mrs. O and Mrs. Renfro, and others from Team 6-4. When we arrived at Atwood I met Allie and Nicole and we quickly became friends

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    Dog Handler

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    Back when I was a dog handler in Afghan, we ran into a lot of trouble. Part of my job is to help find mines and such for the bomb tech guys. First time back in the field in a while. What they don’t tell you about the military is that you may easily be stuck guarding a military prison or patrolling a the outer border of a base. It was my final year in the military and then I was gonna go to College, be an engineer. I never wanted to be an engineer, couldn’t think of what I wanted to do and I had to

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