how to score ping pong
The main ways to score ping pong include legal serves, legal returns, and opponent errors.
Legitimate Serves: The ball is served in the palm of the hand other than the racketeer's hand, which must be open and flat, with the ball rising no less than 16 centimeters from the palm of the hand, and without touching any object until the ball has been struck. On the serve, the ball must be thrown upwards almost vertically without spinning. If the serve complies with the rules and is successfully returned by the opponent, and the opponent fails to return it legally, the player who served the ball scores a direct point.
LEGAL RETURN: A legal return means that after the opponent has served or returned the ball, the player must hit the ball so that it goes directly over or around the net device before touching the opponent's table area. If the opponent returns the ball out of bounds, over the net, fails to hit the ball within the time limit, or hits the ball foul, etc., the team making the legal return scores.
Opponent's Error: During the match, if the opponent's serve is blocked, irregular, out of bounds, out of the net, etc., the player who returns the ball legally scores the point.
Special circumstances: e.g., scuffed balls and scuffed tennis balls. The ball touches the edge of the playing surface and the opponent fails to legally return the ball, the hitting team scores; the ball touches the net and falls within the effective area of the opponent's playing surface in the process of serving or hitting, if the opponent fails to legally return the ball, the hitting team scores.
Rules and Scoring
Singles matches: Usually played in a best-of-seven format, with each set being decided by 11 points; the first player to score 11 points and be at least 2 points ahead of his/her opponent wins the match. If the score is tied at 10, one of the teams must be ahead by 2 points to win.
Doubles: The same 11-point system is used as for singles, but in doubles, each player takes turns hitting the ball.
Team Competition: Usually a best-of-five or best-of-seven format, with singles and doubles matches being scored in the same way as singles.
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