5 Official Table Tennis Rules You Should Know

Playing the game of Table Tennis, just like taking up any other sports, requires unique skills and discipline from the player or athlete. Also, as in other sports, there are rules to remember so as not to lose precious points based merely on technicality. Here then are some of the most important official table tennis rules a player and aspiring players should keep in mind. Oftentimes, the official table tennis rules discussed here will be compared to tennis rules where table tennis and consequently its rules are said to be based on.

Official table tennis rule on scores states that the first one to score 11 points wins but it also says that a player must win by two points in order to be declared the official winner. If the score is tied at 10 all then it is called a deuce. After a deuce, the players will now have to alternate in serving as opposed to 2 serves per player during the first 20 plays of the game. To win a match, a player must win best out of 3, best out of 5 or best out of 7.

Official table tennis rule on touching the ball says that only the paddle or racket can make contact with the ball and that the player can only hit the ball once and only when the ball is on his side of the court. During service, the ball should bounce on the player’s side of the court first before landing on any part of the opponent’s side of the court for singles but on the box diagonal to a server in a double’s game. A ball at play should land at your opponent’s court. This means that even if table tennis is derived from tennis, “volleys” are not allowed in a table tennis game.

Official table tennis rule on net serves states that a player is allowed unlimited number of net serves. In tennis, a double fault means that the opponent of the player who committed the double fault will score. A good return that hits the net post and lands clean on the opponent’s side is still considered a legal shot meaning that if the opposing team will not be able to return that shot then the player whose ball hit the net post scores.

Official table tennis rule on holding a racket or paddle states that it is still considered a good return even if a player is holding the paddle or racket with both hands. It is also allowed to switch hands meaning that a player can be using the right hand for the first few minutes but if he decides to switch using the left hand anytime within the game then the player may do so.

Official table tennis rule on the number of times a player can change rackets or paddle is very lenient. The player can change rackets as many times but it depends on the officials of the game. The strict component comes in when the officials say no to a player and this usually happens if they see that the player is just using the changing of rackets or paddles as a delaying tactic.

There are other table tennis rules to live by but these 5 are by far the most common among table tennis rules that affect a table tennis game.

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