ERNEST
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Table Tennis
Table tennis, or better know as ping pong in United States, has been part of my life since I was 9 years old. Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using a small, round bat. It is a sports that I enjoyed most and have been playing competitively since I was 11. I had played tournament in the state level as well as competitions among private universities when I was in Malaysia.
Even though table tennis is a fast-paced sports, it is a sports suitable for all ages as the play area is smaller compared to most sports. If you have been playing table tennis or ping pong leisurely and you think you are pretty good at it, I would challenge you to try playing it as a sports.
**The 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championship (see image below) will be held in my home country, Malaysia next year, and for the second time (first being year 2000), I will missed it.
If you think table tennis is not a sports, please watch any of the video below:
What happen when table tennis meet soccer? It's HEADIS!
HEADIS (Header Table Tennis) is a hybrid of soccer and table tennis invented in 2006 by René Wegner, a Saarbrücken sports science student in Germany. This sport uses a table very similar to that of table tennis, but with the players striking a 7-inch rubber ball with their head. The tactics of tennis and table tennis are involved, as well as soccer element, the header.
The rules are similar to the table tennis ones with a few exceptions. The HEADIS ball is 7 inches, weighs about 100 grams, and is made out of rubber. Volleys (striking the ball before it hits the player's own side) are allowed, as well as touching the table with any part of the body. Each game is played to 11 points and up to 2 sets, although a player must be ahead by two points to win each set.
*Descriptions taken from Wikipedia