Table tennis originated in England at the end of 19, and originated from tennis. Its development history is that 19 originated in Britain, 1900 was introduced to Japan, 1902 was introduced to China, and 1904 was introduced to Shanghai. After several major stages of development, it has developed into a well-known sport today and is also one of the Olympic events.

The origin of the name table tennis is because the original racket handle is very long, with parchment stuck on both sides and hollow in the middle. When playing with this racket, the sound is "ping" and when landing, it is "pong", so the name of table tennis was born. Later, a British sporting goods company used the word "ping-pong" as another name for advertising, and table tennis became famous all over the world.

When it comes to table tennis, it's not hard to think of montague, the father of table tennis. Montague was born into a noble family in England. At the age of 65,438+07, he was the chairman of the British Table Tennis Association. 65,438+02,65,438+0926, 22-year-old montague was elected president of the ITTF. He didn't retire until 1967. During his 40 years in power,