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You only need to drag your mouse to move the racket toward the ball. The way you swing the racket affects the ball's direction. You can move the racket closer or further away for a more timed shot. Try to catch your opponent off-guard with a good angled hit to build up the points.

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.

Use your whole body when you stroke your forehand

This motion is coordinated with a transfer of your body weight from the back foot to the front foot. The harder you hit your forehand, the more forceful your weight transfer must be.

A serve that touches the net assembly (the net, net posts, and net clamps) on the way, but still touches his side first and then the opponent's side on the second bounce, is called a let serve (or just let) and must be replayed, with no change to the score.

The correct title for the sport in the UK and most of the rest of the world is "table tennis". This is because "ping pong" is a trade mark, number 233177, registered by the London toy importers and manufacturers Hamley Brothers on 20 September 1900 for their version of table tennis manufactured by John Jaques & Son.

He chose ping pong because it seemed like a sport that China could afford: no big expensive courts were necessary and the equipment could, when necessary, be easily and cheaply improvised. Added to that, table tennis required minimal physical effort and could be played by virtually everyone, young and old.

The People's Republic of China continue to have the world's four best table tennis singles players in both men's and women's rankings in the most recent world rankings list of 21 November 2023, with no change among the identities of most of the world's best players.

The game was invented in England in the early days of the 20th century and was originally called Ping-Pong, a trade name.

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Historians believe that the game's ancient origin lay in 12th-century northern France, where a ball was struck with the palm of the hand.

Tips for Winning Cup Pong

On your first turn, drag the ball directly along the vertical line to ensure it lands in one of the centermost cups. For the rest of your shots, aim toward the side that has the most cups. Go for the cups closest to you first rather than the ones farther back to get an edge over your opponent.

The first tactic you can use is to play the ball short and low over the net with a forehand or backhand push. If the ball is played short and low over the net the attacker will not be able to play a long stroke, so they will not be able to generate as much topspin.

The aim in table tennis is to strike the ball in a manner that the opponent fails to make contact with the ball, which earns the player a point. This can either be by sheer power, spin or other deceptive means.