Table Tennis
Table Tennis at lakes leisure Kendal
Table tennis or ‘ping pong’ has also grown in popularity each year and continues to be one of the most played casual sports. Everybody likes a game of table tennis because it is easy to pick up and can be played by people of all ages. It doesn’t have to be too strenuous but if played competitively it can be an incredibly fast and energetic workout!
Table tennis at lakes leisure Kendal can be played in 45 minute slots and all the equipment you need can be hired at reception.
Click here to read the rules of table tennis and take a look below at some fun facts from the sport:
Table Tennis Facts
- World class table tennis players can put up to 9000rpm of spin on a table tennis ball. This is faster than McLaren F1.
- During the 1936 World Championships in Prague there was a point beyond imagination. The point lasted over an hour with more than 12,000 shots! It is believed the referee was replaced as he got a neck injury.
- Table Tennis balls are not hollow like you would think. They are pressurized with gas.
- Britain's last great tennis player, Fred Perry, won the World Table Tennis Championships in 1929. He only took up the game of tennis aged 18, but his exceptional speed (gleaned from table tennis) enabled him to play at Wimbledon two years later.
- The world class table tennis players of the world can hit a ball over 100 miles per hour!
Facts courtesy of www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk
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