half-courts by a white centre line, mm wide, running parallel with the side lines; the centre line shall be regarded as a part of each right half-court. •• The net shall be suspended by a cord attached at each end to an upright post . cm high, the outside limits of the post being . cm outside the side line.
Do You Know? Sharath Kamal is a famous Table Tennis player of India, who was conferred Padma Shri by the Government of India. Fig. .
: Net used in table tennis •• The top of the net, along its whole length, shall be . cm above the playing surface. Ball •• The ball shall be spherical, with a diameter of mm and weigh . g.
•• It shall be made of celluloid or similar plastics material and shall be white or orange in colour. Racket •• Racket may be of any size, shape or weight, but the blade shall be flat and rigid. •• At least per cent of the blade by thickness shall be of natural wood; an adhesive layer within the blade may be reinforced with the fibrous material, but shall not be thicker than . per cent of the total thickness or .
mm, whichever is the smaller. •• A side of the blade used for striking the ball shall be covered with either ordinary pimpled rubber, with pimples outwards having a total thickness including adhesive, of not more than . mm, or sandwich rubber, with pimples inwards or outwards, having a total thickness including adhesive of not more than . mm.
Fig. . : Table tennis ball Fig. .
: Table tennis racket Do You Know? Manav Thakkar of India secured top position in the junior world ranking of International Table Tennis Federation during the first month of . Activity . Check the Table Tennis tables of your school by bouncing a Table Tennis ball as per the rules.
Playing conditions The playing space shall be rectangular and not less than meter long, meter wide and meter high. The four corners