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In 2007, the governance for para table tennis was transferred from the International Paralympic Committee to the ITTF. [6] In February 2008, the ITTF announced several rules changes after an ITTF Executive Meeting in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China with regards to a player's eligibility to play for a new association. The new ruling was to encourage ...
Competitive table tennis players grip their rackets in a variety of ways. [2] [3] Almost all competitive players grip their rackets with either the shakehand grip or a penhold grip. Numerous variations on gripping styles exist. The rules of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) do not prescribe the manner in which one must grip the ...
World Table Tennis, stylized as WTT, is an organization created by the ITTF in 2019 that runs commercialized table tennis tournaments. [1] Its inaugural tournament was held in November 2020 in Macao. It is distinguished from the predecessor ITTF World Tour by various rules changes and big prize money for commercialized purposes.
Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, [3] with event categories in both men's and women's singles, and men's and women's teams since replacing doubles in 2008. Table tennis is governed by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926, and specifies the official rules in the ITTF handbook. [4]
Para table tennis is a parasports which follows the rules set by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The usual table tennis rules are in effect with slight modifications for wheelchair athletes.
By standard ITTF rules, a player has to win a set with at least being two points ahead, so in case the score of 10:10 is reached, the rules slightly change. Now, the service right changes at every point and the players who first has two points more than his opponent wins, e.g. scores to win could be 12:10, 13:11, 21:19 or 33:31 but not 11:10.
The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, was an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles.
ITTF may refer to: Information Technology Task Force , a body supporting ICT standardisation International Table Tennis Federation , an international sports governing body for all national table tennis associations