scholarly journals Czech and Polish Table Tennis Players of Jewish Origin in International Competition (1926-1957)

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-75
Author(s):  
Wiesław Pięta ◽  
Aleksandra Pięta
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
International Competition ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Jewish Origin ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
The World ◽  
World Champion

Czech and Polish Table Tennis Players of Jewish Origin in International Competition (1926-1957)The beginnings of the 18th century marked the birth of Jewish sport. The most famous athletes of those days were boxers, such as I. Bitton, S. Eklias, B. Aaron, D. Mendoga. Popular sports of this minority group included athletics, fencing and swimming. One of the first sport organizations was the gymnastic society Judische Turnverein Bar Kocha (Berlin - 1896).Ping-pong as a new game in Europe developed at the turn of the 20th century. Sport and organizational activities in England were covered by two associations: the Ping Pong Association and the Table Tennis Association; they differed, for example, in the regulations used for the game. In 1902, Czeski Sport (a Czech Sport magazine) and Kurier Warszawski (Warsaw's Courier magazine) published first information about this game. In Czech Republic, Ping-pong became popular as early as the first stage of development of this sport worldwide, in 1900-1907. This was confirmed by the Ping-pong clubs and sport competitions. In Poland, the first Ping-pong sections were established in the period 1925-1930. Czechs made their debut in the world championships in London (1926). Poles played for the first time as late as in the 8th world championships in Paris (1933). Competition for individual titles of Czech champions was started in 1927 (Prague) and in 1933 in Poland (Lviv).In the 1930s, Czechs employed an instructor of Jewish descent from Hungary, Istvan Kelen (world champion in the 1929 mixed games, studied in Prague). He contributed to the medal-winning success of Stanislaw Kolar at the world championships. Jewish players who made history in world table tennis included Trute Kleinowa (Makkabi Brno) - world champion in 1935-1937, who survived imprisonment in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp, Alojzy Ehrlich (Hasmonea Lwów), the three-time world vice-champion (1936, 1937, 1939), also survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Ivan Andreadis (Sparta Praga), nine-time world champion, who was interned during World War II (camp in Kleinstein near Krapkowice).Table tennis was a sport discipline that was successfully played by female and male players of Jewish origins. They made powerful representations of Austria, Hungary, Romania and Czech Republic and provided the foundation of organizationally strong national federations.

scholarly journals Activist's table tennis activity as a programming object

2021 ◽  
pp. 101-105
Author(s):  
Roman Stasyuk ◽  
Yurii Ostapenko ◽  
Eleanora Simbirska
Keyword(s):  
Table Tennis ◽  
Sports Training ◽  
Logical Scheme ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Programmed Learning ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Game Activity ◽  
Motor Problems ◽  
Preparatory Stage ◽  
Probable Nature

The article considers the issue of improving the system of sports training of players in table tennis on the basis of the principle of programmed learning, which is implemented in the form of a comprehensive method of training process. Programmed training in sports training of table tennis players at the preparatory stage is optimized using a system of tools and methods built in the form of a structural-logical scheme is an important area of research. Methodological ways of building a system of sports training of table tennis players on the basis of the method of programmed learning are revealed, which made it possible to determine the principles of building target tasks, which are a certain block of physical exercises structured with a single goal setting. It was necessary to summarize the experience of modern methods of organization for the construction of programmed training in sports training of table tennis players by implementing the principles of complexity and coherence of training activities. At the present stage of development of game sports fundamental knowledge of the content of game, systems of preparation, various, flexible and highly automated skills and perfect activity of functional systems of an organism is especially necessary. Difficulties that turn out to be unpredictable by a program of tactical actions are usually related to informative influences. This is due to the probable nature of the game activity, which, first of all, concerns the information aspect. Despite a certain number of standard game actions, which were mentioned above, the actions of athletes who play sports are based on the response to changes in the situation, the conditions of wrestling. With such a variety of forms of manifestations of the player's actions are constantly associated with the solution of situational motor problems that require the use of programming mechanisms.

Different Techniques Comparison in Biomechanical Analysis of Ping Pong

2012 ◽  
Vol 166-169 ◽  
pp. 3106-3109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bi Jian Mao
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Biomechanical Study ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Core Technology ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
The World ◽  
Ball Contact ◽  
Speed Parameter ◽  
Male Subjects

Ping Pong has been considered as one of the most popular sports in the world. Fast break and curving ball technology is this game’s core technology, it will be very important to deeply understand this through biomechanical study. In this research, we based on fast break and curving ball features of kinematic to reveal the table tennis forehand techniques. High speed motion analysis was recorded from eight male subjects. The action was divided into three major phases: back swing, attack and follow through. At the end of back swing stage, break and curl technologies, the speed parameter shows some differences. While the fastest speed in ball contact frame, the speed of curling ball was significantly higher than the fast break. Further study could be carried out in detailing analysis at sub-stage of the action for integral considering.

The Poetry of Ping-Pong

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Zeitlin
Keyword(s):  
Table Tennis ◽  
New Yorker ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Yorker

In this chapter, the author looks at the poetry of Ping-Pong, his favorite sport. According to Marty Reisman, the game of Ping-Pong died in Bombay, India, in 1952. Reisman, nicknamed “The Needle,” was favored to win the World Table Tennis Championship that day. The author says he has always loved Ping-Pong because you can get into a rhythm, hit the ball back and forth across the net for hours, with any racquet, and simply talk. Ping-Pong, like poetry, is a players' sport, not ideal for spectators. Bob Mankoff, the cartoon editor of The New Yorker, claims that there is palpable humor in the game. With Ping-Pong, the author insists that we are all capable of attuning ourselves to the hidden life of sports, a relationship that is about kinesthesia and embodiment.

scholarly journals Ultrasound-driven Curveball in Table Tennis

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (ISS) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Tao Morisaki ◽  
Ryoma Mori ◽  
Ryosuke Mori ◽  
Kohki Serizawa ◽  
Yasutoshi Makino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Study ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Concept System ◽  
Remote Manipulation ◽  
System A ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
Specific Device ◽  
Physical Abilities

Augmented Human (AH) is a research field enhancing human physical abilities or supporting human activity using advanced technologies. As one of the AH approaches, previous studies have attached an actuator to a human body or tools used for an activity. The attached actuators are used to control their movements to support an activity. In this study, instead of attaching actuators, we propose to directly apply noncontact ultrasound force to a lightweight tool to manipulate it. The advantage of using noncontact force is that users do not need to wear a specific device and to process tools used for the activity. As a proof-of-concept system, we developed an ultrasound-based curveball system by which table tennis players can shoot a curveball regardless of their physical ability. In the system, a moving ping-pong ball (PPB) is a target tool for remote manipulation. The system curves the trajectory of a moving PPB by continuously focusing ultrasound on it. Users can control the curve timing and the curve direction (left or right) using a racket-shaped controller. In the user study, we conducted an actual table tennis match using the curveball system and qualitatively confirmed that the player using the system had the upper hand. Another user study using a ball dispenser quantitatively showed that the ultrasound-driven curveball increased the number of mistakes of the opponent player 2.95 times. These results indicate that the proposed concept is feasible.

When Sports Challenge Authority: A Case Study of Gatekeeping During the 2017 Chinese Ping-Pong Boycott

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-551
Author(s):  
Qingru Xu ◽  
Andrew C. Billings
Keyword(s):  
Mainland China ◽  
Head Coach ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Chinese Media ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Media System ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
Media Institutions

At the World Tour Platinum China Open in 2017, 3 leading Chinese table tennis players and two coaches withdrew from the Games to protest the sudden removal of Head Coach Liu Guoliang, triggering unprecedented public uproar online. Applying gatekeeping theory, this study explored how mainland Chinese media controlled information flow during the crisis. A thematic analysis uncovered 3 primary gatekeeping behaviors: repetition, selection, and manipulation. Findings suggest that the party-state, not media institutions, was the dominant gatekeeper in mainland China. The Chinese media system and sports system were both subject to strict government control during a crisis that challenged authority.

On retroeconomy

2017 ◽  
pp. 148-159
Author(s):  
V. Papava
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
International Competition ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Role Of The Government

This paper analyzes the problem of technological backwardness of economy. In many mostly developing countries their economies use obsolete technologies. This can create the illusion that this or that business is prosperous. At the level of international competition, however, it is obvious that these types of firms do not have any chance for success. Retroeconomics as a theory of technological backwardness and its detrimental effect upon a country’s economy is considered in the paper. The role of the government is very important for overcoming the effects of retroeconomy. The phenomenon of retroeconomy is already quite deep-rooted throughout the world and it is essential to consolidate the attention of economists and politicians on this threat.

Trading Barriers

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret E. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
International Competition ◽  
International Economy ◽  
Trade Barriers ◽  
Foreign Competition ◽  
Capital Movements ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
Business Support ◽  
The World ◽  
At Home

Why have countries increasingly restricted immigration even when they have opened their markets to foreign competition through trade or allowed their firms to move jobs overseas? This book argues that the increased ability of firms to produce anywhere in the world combined with growing international competition due to lowered trade barriers has led to greater limits on immigration. The book explains that businesses relying on low-skill labor have been the major proponents of greater openness to immigrants. Immigration helps lower costs, making these businesses more competitive at home and abroad. However, increased international competition, due to lower trade barriers and greater economic development in the developing world, has led many businesses in wealthy countries to close or move overseas. Productivity increases have allowed those firms that have chosen to remain behind to do more with fewer workers. Together, these changes in the international economy have sapped the crucial business support necessary for more open immigration policies at home, empowered anti-immigrant groups, and spurred greater controls on migration. Debunking the commonly held belief that domestic social concerns are the deciding factor in determining immigration policy, this book demonstrates the important and influential role played by international trade and capital movements.

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