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Table tennis (terms & technique): The fast attacking shot is the drive (counter). The short ball over the net is the drop (stop). The overhead shot is the smash. Besides the 'shakehand' grip there is the Asian 'penholder' grip, holding the bat like a pen. The Asian grip is the penholder. The sideways spin is sidespin. The rubber with outward pimples is pimpled rubber. A table tennis ball is 40 millimetres in diameter. Good to know: The drive is the fastest attacking shot in table tennis. The push-drop falls just behind the net: the delicate reply when the opponent is far behind the table. The smash punishes a ball played too high. The shakehand grip is standard in Europe; it allows forehand and backhand with the same side of the bat. The penholder grip is common especially in Asia. Combining types of spin makes the ball's bounce very hard to read. Pimpled rubbers create unusual spin and unsettle the opponent. Since 2014 the balls have been plastic instead of celluloid. Once you know them, you suddenly spot them everywhere again.
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Drive
The hit is struck flat and lightning-fast right off the bounce: the ball tops 100 km/h.
💡 Did you know? The drive is the fastest attacking shot in table tennis.
Drop
The push-drop falls just behind the net: the delicate reply when the opponent is far behind the table.
Smash
The smash finishes high balls spectacularly: full force, steeply down into the opponent's court.
💡 Did you know? The smash punishes a ball played too high.
Shakehand
Besides the 'shakehand' grip there is the Asian 'penholder' grip, holding the bat like a pen.
💡 Did you know? The shakehand grip is standard in Europe; it allows forehand and backhand with the same side of the bat.
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