When was table tennis invented?

It is not clear when table tennis was invented, but it gradually developed into what it is now. Table tennis originated in England. At that time, some college students in Britain used a dining table as a table, a book or two high-backed chairs as a net, balls made of cork or rubber, and long-handled oval hollow rackets made of parchment to racket balls around the table. At first, this game was not called "table tennis", but called "Flim-Flam", also called "Goossie". In short, there are all kinds of names. There is no uniform regulation on the size and height of table and net. Scoring methods include one game 10, 20, 50 or 100. There are no strict restrictions on the method of serving. You can hit the ball on your own table and throw it on the other table, or you can send the ball directly to the designated place or anywhere on the other table, but only at the height behind and above your table. Later, more people played this kind of ball; So it became family entertainment. 1900- 1902 was introduced to Japan; 1905- 19 10 was introduced to Vienna and Budapest. /kloc-around 0/890, Ames Gibb, a retired British cross-country runner, brought back a cello ball as a toy from the United States and came up with the idea of replacing cork balls and rubber balls with this kind of ball. At that time, it was called "ping-pong" because the small parchment racket used all over the world at that time made a "ping-pong" sound after hitting the ball and hitting the table, simulating its sound. Later it was also called table tennis (table tennis).

189 1 year, Charles Baxter, an Englishman, applied for a license for "table tennis" as a commercial patent with the registration number of 19070.

1902, an Englishman Goodia invented the rubber particle bat.

From 1904- 19 18, table tennis always stays in the competition stage. It was not until the 1920s that many ancient ball invitational tournaments were held that people gradually attached importance to it and regarded it as a sport, but it mainly spread among intellectuals, students and staff.

At the beginning of the 20th century, table tennis flourished in Europe and Asia. 1926, the international ancient ball invitational tournament was held in Berlin, Germany, and the International Table Tennis Federation was established. The organizers sent invitations to Germany, Hungary, Britain, Sweden, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark and India in Asia, and 64 male athletes from 9 countries participated in the competition. As India proposed to change the name of the "European Championship", ITTF immediately decided to rename the competition "The First World Ancient Ball Championship". At that time, there was no order book, so all the players had to stay at the scene and the referee was on call. Athletes can dress casually, including those wearing long skirts and trousers, ties and shoes. Tickets are free. At that time, the British "Times" reported the final and gave it favorable comments. The first World Table Tennis Championships wrote a new chapter in the early history of table tennis and laid the foundation for future world championships.