Butterfly Table Tennis Equipment

Butterfly table tennis equipment is probably the most well known brand of table tennis equipment in the world.
The company - Tamasu Company Ltd - was founded by the Japanese international player Hikosuke Tamasu on the 19th December 1950.
Butterfly now manufacture world class table tennis equipment which is endorsed by many leading international players ... and it's sold all around the world.

Table Tennis Racket

The table tennis racket has changed many times during its 120+ years of development - from the first hollow drum racket to the sophisticated sponge racket of today.

Chinese table tennis players

The chinese table tennis players currently dominate the world game, although table tennis is also very popular in Europe.


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International Table Tennis Federation

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926, controls the sport of table tennis.
The ITTF headquarters are located in Switzerland.

Definitions

If you're going to be playing table tennis, it's useful to know some table tennis terminology..
A rally is the period during which the ball is in play. (The ball is in play from the moment a player intentionally starts his service, until the rally is decided as a let or a point).
A let is a rally of which the result is not scored.
A point is a rally of which the result is scored.

The object of the game

The object of the game is to score 11 points before your opponent.
If the score becomes tied at 10 points each, the first player or pair to establish a two point lead will win.
A match consists of winning the best of any odd number of games - usually 3, 5 or 7 games.
Players hit the ball back and forth over the net and must only allow a ball played towards them to bounce once on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side.
Points are scored when a player fails to return the ball in accordance with the rules of table tennis.
A point commences with a player serving with accordance to official table tennis..
Each player has two serves.
After each two points have been scored, the receiving player or pair becomes the serving player or pair, and so on until the end of the game, unless both players or pairs have scored 10 points.
If the score is tied at 10 points each, each player shall serve for only 1 point in turn.

The game

The game is played by two players (singles) or four players (doubles) who hit a 40mm diameter ball made of celluloid, back and forth over (or around) the net, using table tennis rackets made of wood covered with pimpled rubber.