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Tag: table tennis

Ping Pong Patches (traumatic accidents with table tennis balls)

December 11, 2017 Martin Gardiner

Some sports related injuries are less common than others. For example, there is only one* formally documented case of ‘Ping Pong Patches’ (Scott MJ Jr, Scott MJ III, Cutis, 1989; 43 : 363 – 364.) in the medical literature. Sadly, the online database for Cutis only goes back as far as year 2000. But fortunately, […]

Research Newsaccidents, injury, ping pong, skin, table tennis

Slowing down ping pong for TV (study)

August 10, 2017 Martin Gardiner

“The medial [sic] appeal of table tennis seems to go down in terms of TV hours, at least outside Asia. One of the reasons is the fact that the speed of the game is nowadays so high that it is very hard for spectators to follow the balls.” So, in terms of slowing down the […]

Arts and Scienceball, games, net, ping pong, Size, sport, table, table tennis
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