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Even though most Americans think of table tennis as merely a basement recreational activity, it is an impressive # 2, behind soccer, in terms of ALL organized sports in the world. What is even more impressive, is that table tennis is the youngest of the world’s major sports. At the competitive level, players hit the ball in excess of 150 km per hr. across the table.
Since 1926, when the International Table Tennis Federation was formed, the sport itself has made tremendous progress in virtually all parts of the world. Among the "developed" nations, America is the last to discover the sport on a major scale. The ITTF now includes 127 National Associations today. Unlike baseball or football which is only played in some parts of the world, ITTF affiliated nations are found on every continent on earth.
Thanks to the "Ping Pong Diplomacy" of 1971, it is well known that the Chinese rate table tennis as their national pastime. Other Asian countries have adopted table tennis as their national sport. Japan has more than 1,500,000 players and in Korea, table tennis is sponsored by national banks and airlines. In Europe, table tennis has seen a rapid growth in just the last 25 years. In the 1950’s, this sport was literally unknown in Sweden but today, it is their 3
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- San Diego Table Tennis Association
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- San Diego California
- United States 92190
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