Paris 2024 Games : Table tennis, the basic techniques

Table tennis is one of the disciplines at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Here are its basic techniques in a videographic. VIDEOGRAPHIC

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00:00To serve in table tennis, a player stands behind the service line and throws the ball

00:10up in the air.

00:11The ball must go up at least 16 centimetres, and the player can only hit it when it comes

00:15back down.

00:20Player is not allowed to hide the ball from their opponent with their arm or hand.

00:25The ball must bounce off the table before passing over the net.

00:30There are several techniques for making the ball move in different ways.

00:38The topspin serve.

00:40The idea is to give the ball lift by hitting it on the back so it has spin.

00:58The backspin chop, when the ball is hit underneath from back to front, so it slows down by the

01:03time it reaches its opponent.

01:21The lateral or side spin can be combined with the topspin or backspin.