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when it started
ping pong started as a game the " higher class" would play after they ate dinner. they would turn their tables into a small tennis court and they would use kitchen utensils as paddles and rubber band balls or corks as the ball. -
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when is was actually "made"
ping pong actually "started" in the 1880s by an uppper class victorian gentleman. -
when it got its name
ping ping got its name from the sound the sport made when the game was being played. it was made by a trade mark group. -
being manufactured
engllish table tennis equipment wass first manufactured by the j. jaques and son LTD, -
The International Table Tennis Federation
table tennis ( ping pong ) was formed into the The International Table Tennis Federation in 1926 the first world table tennis championship. soon after tghey were put in the olympics. -
moving to america
Jaques sold the rights of ping pong to Parker Brothers in the United States. -
the paddle
S.W. Hancock Ltd., introduced rackets that had a rubber sheet along with an underlying sponge layer wraped around a peice of wood. -
a different t ball
James Gibb, visited the United States and discovered celluloid balls. the ball went from 38mm to 40mm. the ball was made bigger to slow down the pace of the game.
