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  History of Table Tennis

The Table Tennis is a sport that originated in England in the second half of the nineteenth century. He arrived in Brazil in the first decade of the twentieth century, brought by British tourists. It is considered one of the most popular sports in the world.

Features of the sport: rules and equipament

Table tennis is played on a table that has 2.74 meters long by 1.45 meters wide. The table height should be at 76 cm from the ground. In the middle of the table is fixed network with 1.83 meter long and 15.25 cm high.

The objective of the game is to score points. This occurs when the opponent sends the ball off the table (opposite to yours) or when it does not reach the ball (since the ball has hit the side of his desk). The ball can only hit once for each side of the table. In drawing (start of play), the ball must touch once in each half of the table. If not, the player who made the drawing gives a point to the opponent. A player wins can win 3 sets (starting in 5 sets) or 4 (in rounds of 7 sets). Each set consists of 11 points. When there is a tie on 10 points, who wins put two point advantage over the opponent.

Besides the table and the network, the other equipamemtos required to practice this sport are the ball and rackets. The ball is made of celluloid or similar plastics material and must be 40 mm diameter. The racquet is made of 85% wood and there is no limit to the size thereof. A part of the racket hitting the ball is covered with rubber.

The game of table tennis can be played one against one (individual) or double dual against.

Badminton

History of Badminton

Badminton is a sport much like tennis, but instead of a ball is used a sort of shuttlecock. In practice this sport are required various skills such as agility, physical strength, speed, reflex, flexibility and endurance.

This sport was brought to England by British soldiers, who knew him in India during the British colonization of the (nineteenth century). In India, the game possessed the name of Poona. In 1873 came the official version of the game, through the English Duke of Beaufort.

Purpose and Rules

The game is accompanied by a referee that mark the points and apply the necessary rules. Each player uses a racket to hit the shuttlecock. The objective of the game is to get the ball touches the opponent's court, passing over the net. When this happens is accounted a point. When a player plays the ball out of the court, the point is counted for the opponent. The game is divided into three 15-point games. The game is won by the player or pair to win two or three games (sets). The female individual games are conducted in three games of 11 points.

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since 1964.

The team that wins the rally is awarded a point, and serves the ball to start the next rally. A few of the most common faults include:

• causing the ball to touch the ground outside the opponents' court or without first passing over the net;
• catching and throwing the ball;
• double hit: two consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same player;
• four consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same team.
• net foul: touching the net during play.
• foot fault: the foot crosses over the boundary line when serving

The complete rules are extensive. But simply, play proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to 3 times but individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively. Typically, the first two touches are used to set up for an attack, an attempt to direct the ball back over the net in such a way that the serving team is unable to prevent it from being grounded in their court.

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a good return. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs.





The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis"