Kyla Angel U.

Badrina

STEM 11-1

HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

Table tennis is first considered as a part of the timeless “parlor games” however

it requires the players to have at least one long table and a pair of paddle and a ball. It

is also known as PING PONG that was invented by English firm J. Jacques and Son at

the end of 1800’s

It’s popularity began in 1800’s when lawn tennis players decide to take their

game indoors during winter, and later trademarked by Parker Brothers, In 1901

tournaments were being conducted to different places while over 300 participants were

considered as part of the said history .In 1902 a Japanese professional took the game

back to japan shortly after Edward Shires, a salesman introduced it to the citizens of

Vienna and Budapest that makes it one of the most popular sport in the world. While

leagues sprang up in provincial towns as far sunderland.In 1922 Jock Hobbs the

criketer was known all over the world. 40,000 competitors was recorded from a

tournament sponsored by The Daily Mirror.

On April 24,1927,The English Table Tennis Organization was born. The first

world championship were held in 1927 and were won by Hungarian, Dr. Jacobi. The

1950’s game was turned upside down due to the invention of the sponge or the

sandwich wrapper or rubber.up until now it had been a simple affair with a universal

covering.
 Until this time Spin is only considered as a minor part in a game that had been

dominated by a defensive type of play.the thickness of the pad and rubber was

controlled however the nature of the game had been changed fast attacking speed and

spin style was established as a style of the modern game. Today table tennis is very

well established in England and other parts of the world. The culmination of this sport

has been its recognition as an Olympic Game Sport, that has been featured for the first

time last 1988 games in seoul.

Kyla Angel U. Badrina

Stem 11-1

History of Volleyball

Volleyball is considered as a team sport which is composed by 2 teams

separated by a net, and each team is consist of 6-10 players that includes the main

players and the reserved players.

On feb. 9,1895 in Massachusetts, a YMCA physical education director namely

William G, Morgan, created a ball game called mintonette that is derived from

“badminton”. This sport was created as an indoor game that can be played by any

number of players.The first rules written down by morgan was consist of, the net should

be 6ft x 6in. and the players should keep the ball lifted especially when it id thrown out

to their own side of the court and hitting a ball into the net was considered as foul

except in the case of first try serve.

While watching the first exhibition match in 1986 at the Spring Field College,

Alfred Halstead noticed the volleying nature of the game. That’s why the mintonette was

changed in to Volleyball that was originally spelled out with two words. Further more the

rules of the game was also modified by the international YMCA Training School.

The first official ball used in volleyball is disputed. Some sources says that

Spalding created the first official ball in 1896, while others claimed that it was released

last 1900. IN 1916 Volleyball has reached the other parts of the globe including the
Philippines. However the rules also evolved over time. In addition to that the spike and

the power of the set has been introduced. In 1917 the scoring was changed from 25

points to 15 points. In 1919 American Expeditionary forces distributes 16,000 volleyballs

to their troops and allies which sparked the growth of the said sport

The next country outside the USA that adopted volleyball is Canada in 1900

while the first world championship was held in 1949 for men and 1952 for women.