Welcome to Table Tennis
Table Tennis plays on Wednesday nights between 6:30 PM and 9:30 PM at the Center on Halsted during the Summer season. Our Fall league typically operates between October and December while our Spring league runs March through May. The league operates recreational, intermediate, competitive, and advanced divisions so all types of players are encouraged to sign up!
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League Registration
New to Table Tennis?
For those of you new to Table Tennis here is some helpful info to get acquainted!
[toggle title=”What is Table Tennis?”]Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, players must allow a ball played toward them only one bounce 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 within the rules. The play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent’s options, giving the hitter a great advantage. When doing so the hitter has a good chance of scoring if the spin is successful.[/toggle]
[toggle title=”Is Table Tennis a Sport?”]Very much so, table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 218 member associations. The table tennis official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Since 1988, table tennis has been an Olympic sport, with several event categories. In particular, from 1988 until 2004, these were: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles. Since 2008 a team event has been played instead of the doubles.[/toggle]
[toggle title=”What Do You Need to Play?”]Just the three things you see here, 1) Table, 2) Racket & 3) Ball. All provided by AAC![/toggle]
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For additional information contact Kevin Hansen at tabletennis@sportsaac.com.