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Every
game has its own characteristics for which the game is important.
Table Tennis also bears some important characteristics, which have
been made it modernized. The characteristics are,
a) It is a quickest game.
b) It is a most difficult game.
c) It is requires utmost intelligence in a limited time calls for
maximum speed or thinking.
d) It requires utmost endurance from a sportsman.
e) It requires utmost concentration of the player.
The above characteristics may be observed in any class tournament.
Briefing of the characteristics has given below for easily
understanding.
The quickness of the game means - quickness of reaction and
quickness of action. To start with reaction, a player will have to
focus his eyes on moment the ball and then after talking a quick
decision within a moment by his cerebral brains, an order will be
passed to the muscle. Next part is the implementation of muscle i.e.
speed of action.
Speed of action depends upon the strength of the muscle of the
player. It is not to raise or to move heavy materials but to move
his body and racket with maximum speed. So weight control is more
important. When a player is dashing sideways to smash the ball and
twisting the body and swinging the arm, the weight he is to control
more than three times of his normal weight.
It is very much difficult game. Due to modernization of Table
Tennis, now it is a speedy and fast game along with the different
types of spin. Sometimes, the bounces of the ball different types of
spin. Sometimes the bounces of the ball differs unknowingly due to
variety of racket surface which gives lots of troubles to the
opponent and only perfect regular training only can met the
challenge with these type of verities of game.
For the players of women category it is not so much tough as they
cannot produce high type of spin. A though nowadays ITTF is trying
to reduce the speed and spin of the game.
As the speed of thinking, quickness of reaction, action and fastness
is the main characteristics of Table Tennis, the intelligence of the
players and administrator is more important. Without intelligence of
the player, the playing and perfection of a competitive match will
be useless. So the finding out of an intelligent boy and girl who
has an interest in Table Tennis or any sports and who has the
capacity or physical condition to by a very good sportsman's will be
the most important work for the organizers.
The character of Table Tennis as a game always involves a short
distance maximum speed shit. That may by twisting of the body and
swinging of the arms in the minimum time. So during any competition
(8 A.M. to 10 P.M. everyday) a player will have to be in the best
physical condition for continuous several days up to the last moment
of the competition which is not required for any other game. So a
player need good physical condition to recover from tiredness with
very well trained lungs, heart, liver and kidneys i.e. all the
internal organs.
Last of all concentration is the most important characteristic. On
average the ball goes at 0.2 second a meter, reaction starts only
after 0.1 second. So after that, action will be started and
ultimately brain will pass an order to muscle for implementing the
action.
Finally high standard of the game may be attainable with the help of
joint study programme of players, officials, organizers and
scientists in spite of its various characteristics/aspects.
Ref. Important Characteristics of Modern Table Tennis - ICHIRO
OGUMURA (World Champion, 1954 and 1956)
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