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	International Table Tennis Federation - Definition, explanation
		The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis associations.
		The seat of the ITTF is in Lausanne, Switzerland.
		The acting president of the ITTF is Adham Sharara, a Canadian.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/i/in/international_table_tennis_federation.php (130 words)

	Table tennis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Table tennis is one of the most popular sports in the world in terms of player numbers, as well as being one of the newest of the major sports.
		Table tennis is a sport where two or four players hit a ball back and forth to each other, with a racket on a table, in a manner similar to tennis.
		The table is 2.74 m (9 ft) long, 1.525 m (5 feet) wide, and 76 cm (30 inches) high with a masonite or similarly manufactured timber, layered with a smooth, low-friction coating.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Table_tennis (6104 words)

	Total Table Tennis - Ping Pong Tables and Table Tennis Paddles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Table Tennis can be classified as a major sport worldwide, with millions of participants, major tournaments(with its own superstars), and many other things that make a sport truly a class of its own.
		Table tennis truly is a sport for the masses, and its widespread adoption around the world is a testament for its versatility.
		Table tennis has evolved significantly since its surprise birth upon the sporting world, acquiring many revisions of rules and seeing an evolution of equipment as technology and playing styles changed.
	www.totaltabletennis.com /customer/history.php (398 words)

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		Table tennis is often played by persons with physical disabilities, who are accommodated through a system for classifying players, and by special rules for those playing in wheelchairs.
		The ITTF has an interesting way of testing for a property they call "veer," which reflects both the ball's sphericity and the distribution of mass, which might be nonuniform due to variations in the thickness of the wall or in the density of the material.
		On 1 October 2000, the diameter of the ball was increased to 40 mm from 38 mm.
	www.sizes.com /sports/table_tennis.htm (763 words)

	A "Racquet" Heard 'Round the World - the interntional popularity of table tennis - Brief Article Parks & Recreation ...
		USA Table Tennis, formed in 1933, is the governing body for the sport of table tennis and is a member of the ITTF.
		USA Table Tennis is also a Group A member of the United States Olympic Committee and will be overseeing all the preparations for the U.S. Teams as they compete in the upcoming Olympic Games in Australia.
		Table tennis is not a difficult game to learn to play in a short time; however, the nuances of speed, spin, and control do take lots of practice and patience.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1145/is_9_35/ai_66035651 (587 words)

	Table Tennis
		Table tennis is currently one of seven nationally popular sports in Special Olympics.
		Table tennis is a fast-paced sport which requires excellent hand eye coordination.
		Table tennis is in the winter sports schedule for Special Olympics Texas with statewide competition at the Winter Games in December.
	sotx.org /competitions/sports/tabletennis (225 words)

	Table Tennis
		Not a sound, except the ping and the pong of balls bouncing from from one end of the table to the other, and the concentration sweating from two players, was the experience entered into in the table tennis corner at Ex-FOL last week.
		Vanuatu table tennis is preparing for a national competition next month to select a national Olympic development team.
		Emelin Clochard, Vanuatu gold medalist in Table Tennis at the 12th South Pacific Games in Fiji, had resigned from the Origin Energy Gas Company and was not terminated as splashed across the Daily Post front page.
	www.news.vu /en/sports/tabletennis/index.shtml (631 words)

	Olympic Preview: Table Tennis
		Olympic table tennis is just like the game you're used to playing on the dusty table in your basement, except it's probably just a tad faster.
		Rules of table tennis clearly state that socks must be worn at all times.
		Also known as ping-pong because of the noise heard when the ball hits the paddle and then the table, table tennis was originally played with balls made of either cork or rubber and with rackets made of cardboard.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/ol-tabletennis.html (333 words)

	ITTF Congress - Zagreb 2007
		Table tennis is attractive at both the competitive and recreational level but pose many challenges due to the physical demands of performance as well as the injuries that can occur to participants.
		Because of these challenges, table tennis is of great interest to sports scientists, physicians, therapists, athletic trainers, and strength and conditioning coaches.
		ITTF Sports Science Congress will be organized under the auspices of the International Table Tennis Federation.
	sportikus.kif.hr /~ittfcongress (372 words)

	International Table Tennis Federation awards Vanuatu player
		Vanuatu's delegation in San Domingo was amazed when the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) official announced, "Yoshua Shing from the island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific" to go forward to receive a special award.
		Though young, they confirmed the possibility of the young lad becoming a future table tennis hero.
		The table tennis sport development officer Anolyn Lulu told Independent Sport that out of the 32 girls and boys, Prescilla Tommy was world ranked 21 and Yoshua Shing ranked 27.
	www.news.vu /en/sports/tabletennis/051127-International-Table-Tennis-Federation-awards-Vanuatu-player.shtml (256 words)

	BBC News \| TENNIS \| Table tennis gets bigger ball
		Table tennis is the third most popular racquet sport in the world
		Instead the ITTF has now decided to increase the diameter of the regulation ball from 38mm to 40mm.
		Mr Ransome said: "It is most likely that the AGM and National Council will agree to use the larger balls for competitions in our ranking points scheme from 1st September 2000, but allow local leagues and counties the option to continue for a period with the smaller ball for their internal competitions".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/sport/tennis/654102.stm (584 words)

	International Table Tennis Federation
		A constituent part of the ITTF Development Programme, the course was held at the request of the Laos Table Tennis Federation with the organisation being under the direction of the very efficient Vilaysouk Phimmasone, the National Association’s Secretary General.
		A total US$6500 for a special ITTF Development Project scheme, aimed at assisting a developing part of the world, was raised at a recent Charity Auction organised by the table tennis manufacturer Butterfly.
		Following discussions with Glenn Tepper, the ITTF Director of Development Programmes, the recipient is Embalenhle Township in Mpumalanga Province in South Africa, an underpriveleged area with an active table tennis program.
	www.ittf.com /stories/Stories_Intro.asp (888 words)

	MTTA.CA ~ Manitoba Table Tennis Association
		Table tennis certification programs exist for two types of officials: umpires and referees.
		International Umpire: Requires maintaining a practical record of matches officiated at National/International tournaments, with a minimum of two years as an active National Umpire before applying for the theoretical exam.
		International Referee: The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is responsible for certifying international referees.
	www.mtta.ca /officials.html (366 words)

	History of TT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Table Tennis is believed to have begun in England during the 12
		On January 15th, 1926, the International Table Tennis Federation was initiated by Dr.
		The USATT, formally called the USTTA (United States Table Tennis Association), was founded and ITTF-affiliated in 1933.This organization is the United State’s governing body for the sport and the backbone to more than 300 affiliated American clubs.
	www.sdtta.org /history.html (488 words)

	Table Tennis - International Competitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Table tennis has a strict code of conduct that penalises unsporting behaviour, but that does not stop players from engaging in psychological ploys to gain the upper hand.
		Like world cup for football, table tennis world cup represents the highest authority of this sport, and is the most competitive of all the men's table tennis games with its influence and reputation increasing with the years.
		Men's table tennis world cup 2000 is to be held in our city Yangzhou.It will be the first world level sport competition, and will surely draw attention from all over the world.
	www.irysec.vic.edu.au /stta/links/intercomp.htm (834 words)

	TableTennisOnline.com - Table Tennis Organizations
		The International Table Tennis Federation reports table tennis news from around the world and keeps track of tournaments, rankings and results.
		The USA Table Tennis is part of ITTF and was founded in 1933.
		This is the United States’ organization to promote and govern Table Tennis within the country and is made up with more than 300 American Clubs.
	www.tabletennisonline.com /TTplaces.html (224 words)

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		Table Tennis was included in the first Paralympic Games in 1960 and is practiced in 2006 by athletes from 104 different countries.
		The governing body for Table Tennis is the IPC through the IPC Table Tennis Technical Committee.
		The rules of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) also apply to the Paralympic Table Tennis competitions with slight modifications regarding the serve rules for athletes competing in a wheelchair.
	www.paralympic.org /release/Summer_Sports/Table_Tennis/index.html (259 words)

	T.G. Enterprises Table Tennis Equipment Company
		The USATT United States of America Table Tennis Association was founded in 1933 and is the national governing body (NGB) for all of the USA table tennis.
		The goal of the association is to promote table tennis, the worlds most popular racquet sport, in America and to provide all participants, recreational and professional, the best possible experience by advancing and administering the sport in a variety of ways.
		Table Tennis is the second most popular sport in the world next to soccer.
	www.esiee.fr /~bureaud/ft/www.pccnet.com.htm (1204 words)

	Table Tennis on TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		“Table tennis is the No. 2 participant sport in the world behind soccer, and we couldn’t be happier to have locked up the U.S. telecast rights to these globally popular events on The Tennis Channel,” says Steve Bellamy, The Tennis Channel President and Founder.
		Table tennis enthusiasts in the U.S. have been a largely under-served audience, and we’re excited to be able to bring these personalities to the forefront.”
		A popular, recreational sport, table tennis moved to the forefront of American culture in 1912, when board game giants the Parker Brothers introduced “ping pong.” Currently, sporting goods industry figures estimate more than 27 million table tennis participants in the U.S. every year, with 300,00 table tennis tables sold annually.
	www.usatt.org /news/tennis_channel_2003.shtml (813 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Sports \| The ball gets bigger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One of the first things Adham Sharara, head of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), did when he took over his new job three months ago, was to change the size of the ball so that TV viewers could easily follow its path.
		As a result of Sharara's determination to place Egypt more firmly on the table tennis map, one of the indoor halls at the Olympic Centre in Cairo will shortly become a centre for African players training in the sport.
		For two years, he forgot all about table tennis until he saw a number of tables at a school.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/457/sp3.htm (772 words)

	Leaning Table Tennis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Often people used ping pong and table tennis interchangeably but "table tennis" refers to the official sport.
		In 1922, it was recognized as a sport by the International Table Tennis Federation.
		The ITTF was created in 1926 that setup international competition around the world.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~rau (129 words)

	VL of Sport - Table Tennis
		Brady's Table Tennis an informative introduction to Table Tennis, with some local resources for Table Tennis fans in Pennsylvania.
		Table tennis rackets have a variety of surfaces: spinny, dead, knuckle-ball effects and others.
		International Table Tennis Federation -for fans and competitors; directory of associations, calendar of world events, results, rankings, archived information of registered events from 1997
	www.sportsvl.com /ball/tabletennis.htm (1145 words)

	TABLE TENNIS
		The competition shall be held in accordance with the General Rules of the Games and those of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
		The host organization shall provide table tennis balls and sufficient tables for the competition, as well as one or more tables for training.
		The competition shall be held in accordance with the General Rules of the Games and the Rules of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), except where the present competition rules provide otherwise.
	portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=18152&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (996 words)

	Sunraysia Table Tennis Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		FIVE TEAMS from Suuraysia Table Tennis Association participated in the 53rd Country Table Tennis Competition during the Queen's Birthday long weekend.
		Social Table Tennis is now available for the public each Monday at 7.30pm at the Irymple Leisure Centre.
		Table Tennis in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece.
	www.irysec.vic.edu.au /home.htm (172 words)

	Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The championships which will be held annually and conducted by the Chinese Table Tennis Association in collaboration with the Asian TT Union and International Table Tennis Federation.
		Under 9 champion of the all island table tennis championship in 2004.
		Former President of the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka in 1995/1996 and 1996/1997.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/08/25/spo07.htm (1084 words)

	Doubles contest faces the axe - Table Tennis -
		The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) wants to drop the doubles from the next Olympics in Beijing and stop China from winning so many medals.
		ITTF president Adham Sharara said the federation planned to replace the pairs in Beijing with a team event.
		Table tennis: China's 'gang of six' pass first test
	www.smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/24/1093246455377.html (341 words)

	:::NIU Table Tennis Home:::
		They are a discount equipment store and their motto is, "Our prices are lower than the lowest." They sell all table tennis equipment including robots and new/used tables.
		The USATT is the governing body of all things table tennis in the US.
		The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is the governing body for all College Table Tennis Compitition.
	www.sa.niu.edu /tabletennis/links.htm (277 words)

	Stag International - Hosted Under SIDBI Assistance Programme
		Stag International was established in 1973 with an ambition to supply the finest class sporting equipment to the glorious game of table tennis.
		In 1987 STAG created history by becoming the first Indian Table to be approved by the International Table Tennis Federation (I.T.T.F.).
		STAG Table Tennis Tables have been used in many international events like Commonwealth, All Arab, Gulf Club Championships, Asia Cup 96-97 Asian Juniors, South African Open, African Youth Championships '97 and most importantly World Star Circuit Championships.
	www.indiansources.com /stag.htm (245 words)

	Table Tennis \| 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Table Tennis competitions will welcome a maximum of 170 participants and will be separated into three divisions: Competitive, Recreational and Veteran.
		International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rules will be used.
		The Table Tennis schedule will be posted here after the close of the registration period in April 2006.
	www.montreal2006.org /en_table_tennis.html (865 words)

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