Musculoskeletal system
It bears the main burden when practicing any sport (except chess).
AT table tennis the human skeleton develops absolutely harmoniously, in contrast to power sports, the development of the skeleton in table tennis is absolutely safe, because. the load on it is minimal, but constant.
Thanks to table tennis, the bones of all departments are strengthened, because. receiving different serves forces the athlete to take different poses for more efficient ball handling.
Develops extreme flexibility of the body. People who regularly play table tennis are much less likely to suffer from diseases of the musculoskeletal system and can actively move until old age.
Movement coordination.
One of the first things taught during table tennis training is the ability to be in the right place at the right time and in the right stance. A more or less advanced player knows how to distribute his weight very quickly to effectively receive the ball. At first, he needs to think before taking a certain position of the body, but after a few workouts, the athlete already automatically gets into such a stance in which he will be absolutely stable to work out any serve. Considering that the speed of the game can be very high, the ability to quickly take the right stance is the key to the success of the game.
Thus, table tennis players have the best coordination of movements among all athletes (except tightrope walkers).
The cardiovascular system.
The fast paced game of table tennis provides an absolutely smooth yet intense workload on the heart. The cardiovascular system of a table tennis player is always in good shape!
Respiratory system
Playing table tennis, due to the high pace, has a very good aerobic effect. The respiratory system is developing. After the first two minutes of training, a person’s heart activity and blood circulation intensity increase, which increases oxygen consumption. After about half a minute of training, oxygen consumption reaches half the possible limit, and by the end of the third minute it approaches the maximum level of consumption and breathing rate. In terms of the level of oxygen consumption, people involved in table tennis are not inferior to athletes from water polo.
fine motor skills
The fine motor skills of the hands of a table tennis player are very developed, because receiving and practicing the ball requires a very quick and clear installation. right position racket, which changes thousands of times during the game. Table tennis players have great handwriting!
The development of vision.
The ball in table tennis moves at high speed and in a variety of directions The player at the table follows the ball with his eyes, which at high speed either moves away from the eyes, or approaches them, constantly changing its trajectory. This is the best gymnastics for the eyes and the development of vision. Doctors very often prescribe this sport to people suffering from impaired vision.
All table tennis players have excellent eyesight!
Analytical mind.
When playing table tennis, a lot depends on the ability to predict the opponent's actions and make the right decisions.
In which direction will the ball be swirled now, to which corner will it be sent, with what force, what combination was the opponent thinking, how to outwit him? All these moments in the brain of a person playing table tennis are calculated very quickly. Therefore, playing table tennis is a constant work of the brain.
Tennis players are smart people!
The ability to concentrate and hold attention.
I relaxed for a moment and the point was lost. The table tennis player is very attentive to every minimal movement of the opponent. After all, the shortest movement of the racket can spin the ball to incredible speed in one direction or the other. And you can determine in which direction the ball is spinning only by the movement of the player, this cannot be determined by the ball! In addition, you must always keep the big picture of the match in mind. Current game score, total score, position in the standings, etc. This sport is recommended for people who control serious equipment, on whose attention the lives of other people depend - dispatchers, operators, etc. Tennis players are very collected people!
The ability to control emotions.
Any match with any opponent can be lost if the player gives vent to his emotions. And you can always save the most difficult situation if emotions are under control. And imagine the players at the world championships, the responsibility to which lies with the whole country. Table tennis players are the most cold-blooded people.
training effect.
Among people far from table tennis, there is an opinion that this is a simple, not even a serious sport. People often come to us for the first workouts, without a sports uniform, and sometimes even in heels ... We officially declare: among all sports, table tennis is almost equal in energy consumption to a large one and significantly exceeds many other sports! See for yourself in the picture below.
Agility and speed of reaction.
The speed of the ball can reach 120 km / h, and the initial 200 km / h, the number of hits on the table during the game is 100-120 per minute. At this speed, take and process the ball so that it hits the desired point on the table.
Basis for other sports.
Table tennis develops a variety of systems of the human body. That is why boxers, other athletes, employees of special forces are engaged in it as an additional training. units and even astronauts.
Positive emotions.
Table tennis is perhaps the only game that gives its players so much positive emotions. It is easy enough to learn, and any success is a joy.
Table tennis for children.
Table tennis is recommended for a developing organism. in this sport, all the most necessary loads on different departments and systems of the child's body are collected. It develops vision, coordination of movements, the musculoskeletal system, and also infects children with determination and the spirit of competition.
Table tennis for the elderly.
With the right approach and correct selection Table tennis equipment is one of the safest and most portable sports. So, in many hospitals there are tennis tables and this sport is shown to people rehabilitating after serious injuries. Once, having acquired the skill of playing table tennis, people continue to play it until old age.
Table tennis is a game for everyone! Play with us!
Every year Sotsium hosts a table tennis tournament. Fans of this game converge at the tables during breaks and after a working day. In a word, in our group of companies it is a corporate sport. No wonder: playing table tennis trains not only the body, but also qualities that are very useful at work.
Natalia Gorbovskaya
The corporate sport has a new fan - Natalia Gorbovskaya, head of the FEO "KB-1", recently joined the ranks of tennis players. She prepared this article.
Table tennis as fitness and professional skills training
Playing table tennis is useful, it turns out, not only to maintain good physical shape and health. This game helps to hone skills that come in handy in the professional field and difficult life situations.
The ability to make quick decisions and instantly react to the situation - these are the qualities of avid ping-pong players.
Table tennis was invented by the British, in Russia they learned about this game towards the end of the 19th century. At that time, around the world, it was looked at solely as entertainment. In 1988 table tennis was included in the Olympic sports.
During the game, it is also important to "deceive" the enemy, to confuse with the help of deceptive tricks and feints. And most importantly - do not lose your temper for a second, otherwise you will be the loser. So the scheme of the battle at the tennis table is easily projected onto any professional activity.
Table tennis develops mindfulness, stress resistance. After all, the game is played at an extremely fast pace - up to 173 beats per minute (this is the world record set in 1993). For professional athletes, the ball flies over the net at a speed exceeding 160 km/h!
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On average, 200-500 kilocalories are burned per hour of play. Table tennis "eats" even more energy than basketball. The movement of players around the table can be compared to running a distance of 4-7 kilometers, depending on the intensity of the match.
Drive passion, strengthening the cardiovascular system, excellent shape, training the qualities necessary for a successful career - that's what table tennis is! And there are no age restrictions for this game: it's never too late to learn how to play ping-pong.
In the common people, another name has been assigned to this sport - “ping-pong”. Despite the fact that professional players do not welcome this name, it has been around for over 100 years and has become firmly established in everyday life. This is an onomatopoeia that reproduces the impact of the ball on the table, like other, already forgotten names of table tennis: “wim-vam”, “flim-flam”.
Tennis players of "Socium"
We are very happy that this sport is popular in our holding.
The first table tennis tournament among the employees of the Sotsium group of companies was held in December 2015.
If among men for the third year in a row the first place is firmly held by Gennady Sergeev(ChOP "VPK-Safety"), then among women the championship passed from Lydia Neretina(JSC "SOCIUM-A") to Ksenia Popova(LLC "SOCIUM-STRUCTURE") and back.
Modern sport today is a huge variety of different disciplines and areas, each of which has its own characteristics. One of these sports is table tennis, which has long been popular among many people around the world. different ages. This sports game has large quantity advantages, among which the most significant is the benefits of table tennis, which made it so widespread.
Energetic game
Like other sports, table tennis is an energetic game that allows you to always be in good shape and keep yourself in shape. At the same time, it has practically no age restrictions, so you can play table tennis at any age. So, everyone can take advantage of this game and benefit from it.
Today
Today, this board sports game is especially widespread among children. The benefits of table tennis for children are numerous. First of all, it is the development of a large and fine motor skills, improve coordination and reaction in children. In addition, table tennis is always a movement that is necessary for the physical development of a child.
However, table tennis is useful not only for children, but also for adults.
In this case, the advantages of this board game are even more numerous and varied. Table tennis requires a lot of energy, so while enjoying this game, you can easily maintain good physical shape. Table tennis is a huge health benefit for the player. This game allows you to improve the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, which is important at any age. Thanks to the mobility of table tennis, the respiratory system begins to function even more intensely, while oxygenating the entire body. At the same time, this game develops the attention, coordination and reaction of the player.
Disease prevention
In addition, table tennis is recommended for people suffering from various visual impairments, including hyperopia, myopia and others. In this case, the benefit of table tennis lies in the constant training of the eyes - watching the tennis ball, the player's eye muscles gradually relax, which relieves fatigue and improves vision. Table tennis is also useful for hypertensive patients - a gradual improvement in blood circulation allows you to stabilize blood pressure. Regular table tennis games contribute to overall health improvement, as well as allow you to keep fit and get a lot of positive emotions while playing. At the same time, regardless of the level of preparation of the player, there is always a benefit from this game.
Table tennis is a sport for both professionals and amateurs.
Ping pong is not only a fun but also a healthy game. It has a positive effect on many body systems and gives a powerful psychotherapeutic effect.
physical benefit
1. Dexterity, speed of reaction. 120-170 km / h - a table tennis ball can develop such a speed, and the trajectory changes after each hit. The opponent has to make decisions almost every second and manage to make the right move. Professional table tennis players have the best coordination of movements, second only to tightrope walkers. It is no coincidence that boxers regularly play ping-pong in order to develop a high reaction speed.
2. Training of the vestibular apparatus. To move clearly and constantly follow the ball, which changes direction and moves at an incredible speed - best exercise for the development of the vestibular apparatus. Ping pong is recommended for anyone who suffers from motion sickness.
3. Good vision. One of the most useful exercises for the eyes, it is to alternately look at an object next to you, and then at a distance. When playing ping-pong, a person constantly follows the ball with his eyes, which is either close or far. In this case, the ball also moves in different directions. Such training for the eyes helps maintain excellent vision, relieves fatigue after prolonged work with a computer. Ophthalmologists recommend table tennis lessons for both myopic and farsighted, as well as after eye surgery.
4. Healthy heart, endurance. The fast pace of the game and intense uniform load help strengthen the cardiovascular system, bring blood pressure back to normal. Blood circulation increases already in the second minute of training, so oxygen consumption also increases. This effect is given different types aerobic exercise, but only in table tennis the volume of oxygen consumption reaches such high rates (higher - only in water polo).
5. Development of large and fine motor skills. The game of ping-pong hones the movements of the brushes to jewelry perfection. During one set, the player changes the position of the hand holding the racket several hundred and even thousands of times. Ping pong contributes to the formation of accurate calligraphic handwriting, helps in the development of artistic abilities. Ping-pong is especially recommended for children who have difficulty reading and writing.
6. Muscle strengthening. When playing table tennis, the athlete keeps his legs in a half-bent position and is mainly on his toes - this helps to use the muscles of the legs especially effectively. And each blow is accompanied by a quick turn of the torso, sometimes even very sharp. It is this movement that develops the oblique abdominal muscles well and forms a beautiful press.
7. Slimming. In terms of energy costs, ping-pong takes 5th place (located between tennis and breaststroke swimming). Aerobic exercise, a fast pace and the absence of long pauses helps to quickly lose extra pounds.
8. Flexibility. Table tennis develops and maintains high joint mobility. Involved wrist, elbow, shoulder and hip joints, spinal column. Flexibility helps the player react to the movement of the ball with lightning speed and respond with an accurate shot. And in life, flexibility makes it possible to maintain an active lifestyle until old age.
Psychotherapeutic benefits
1. Self-control. In table tennis, split seconds are everything. Therefore, even a fleeting irritation can lead to defeat. Ping-pong players are able to control their emotions to such a level that in everyday life they rarely lose their temper.
2. High concentration of attention. The player constantly keeps in mind the overall picture of the match, and remembers the score, and sorts out possible techniques. However, at the same time, he still continuously watches the ball, not losing sight of it even for a split second. And the game goes at an incredible speed. The utmost concentration of attention is a necessary component of success in table tennis. Therefore, specialists who work in areas where people's lives are at stake (dispatchers, operators of dangerous equipment) are recommended to play ping-pong regularly.
3. Development of analytical and operational thinking. A table tennis player must, like a chess player, think several moves ahead. But at the same time, there are no pauses in ping-pong to reflect. In addition, in table tennis it is important to “catch” an opponent in time and outwit him. Solving such problems at a fast pace helps develop thinking, the game teaches you to predict.
4. Removal of chronic fatigue syndrome, treatment of stress. While playing table tennis, it is impossible to think about anything but the game itself. There is simply no room for all other thoughts. Once a set is completed, the problems don't seem to be that big, and it's not uncommon for the best solution to come along. Intense physical activity also helps to relieve tension, and the joy of victory lifts your spirits.
Table tennis is a game for those who care about their health.
Table tennis is one of the most exciting, interesting and affordable sports games. It has practically no contraindications, and everyone can learn to play it, starting from any age. Enthusiastically hitting the ball, you will not only feel incomparable pleasure, but at the same time you will be able to strengthen your physical and mental health. Table tennis is an exciting, developing and useful game for everybody.
Benefits of table tennis
Table tennis has a beneficial effect on the development of mobility of the hands and hands, develops fine motor skills of the hands, strengthens the muscles of the hands and wrists. It helps to increase the speed of hand movement, develop attention and reaction. While playing table tennis, your leg muscles get a good load and become stronger. The cardiovascular and respiratory systems begin to function better, enriching the body with oxygen.
Table tennis develops dexterity, eye, flexibility. Thanks to the development of reactions, our brain learns to control the body even faster. Playing table tennis, you develop the hip, wrist, elbow and shoulder joints and even the articulation of the spine. There is a phrase "A person is healthy as long as his spine remains flexible." This is another reason why table tennis has a positive effect and improves our health.
Table tennis for a good mood
One of the advantages of table tennis is the ability to relax and distract from everyday worries that do not always give us pleasure. After all, pleasure is the secret of our health. If you do even the most serious things with pleasure, you will not feel any burden. Since many of us are deprived of such an opportunity, there is only one way out to get the missing pleasure from playing table tennis.
Table tennis help
By playing, you can stabilize your blood pressure. If your eyes hurt and get tired quickly, table tennis eyes are simply irreplaceable for you. After all, during the game, your eyes will have to follow the movements of the ball all the time, and you will not find the best training for the eyes. Playing table tennis relieves stress and fatigue, helps to normalize blood circulation. Thanks to the very competitive spirit of the game, your body will gradually learn to cope with stress, react to everything that happens less painfully.
It will be useful for those who suffer from farsightedness, myopia, those who have undergone eye surgery. Old and young, people of all ages. People who suffer from respiratory failure have problems with the musculoskeletal system. Who lacks strong-willed qualities, table tennis will become an indispensable tool in their development. It will help to cultivate such qualities as perseverance, endurance, courage, self-control, perseverance, determination and courage, independence and initiative, because during the game you will have to make decisions that will help you play better and better. Table tennis will help develop such a quality as the will to win, and most importantly, determination.
Table tennis contraindications
Table tennis is contraindicated for people suffering from scoliosis due to the low table and the movements of only one hand in this game. If you have too high a degree of myopia or have complications of the fundus, then before you start playing table tennis, consult with a specialist.
Benefits of Table Tennis
For table tennis, apart from the ball, racket and table, you do not need anything else. That is why you can play table tennis almost everywhere and with a partner of any age. When you play table tennis, you have to hit a lot of shots at high speed. The body gradually begins to expend its energy and the person gets tired. But by continuing the game, and constantly practicing, you will gradually develop endurance in yourself and begin to endure any physical exercise.
Table tennis brings pleasure and joy, playing you experience stress, but then it disappears, under the influence of positive emotions from the game and physical activity. It trains your heart and nervous system. There is a uniform emotional and physical training.
Table tennis rules
For those of you who have never played table tennis before, but decided to do it tomorrow, here are a few rules. The ball is served so that it hits the opponent's side, having previously hit on your half of the table. Submission is done 5 times in a row in turn. The game goes to 21 points, the gap between the players at the final score should be 2 points.
Tips for Beginners to Play Table Tennis
To help you learn how to play table tennis faster, you can do exercises that develop a specific muscle group. It will help you get in shape faster and improve your health. Here are some exercises to help you:
1. Jumping rope. 2 times 15 jumps.
2. Throwing and catching tennis balls against the wall. You can throw the balls at some specific target and try to catch them with both hands in turn.
3. Exercises with small dumbbells will allow you to strengthen your arm muscles.
In order to develop good mobility of the hands and fingers, you can imagine that you are a conductor and conduct an orchestra.
In table tennis, there are a huge number of different strokes that have different influence on various muscles of a person, but such skill will come to you with time, and now the most important thing is that you can simply enjoy the game, joy and at the same time strengthen your health.
Table tennis is both a sport and a body workout, and an exciting game that will definitely benefit your physical and mental health.
Especially for LadySpecial.ru - Julia
Tennis is one of modern species sports. It, like other sports, has both benefits and harms for the body.
Tennis can be of two types: large and table. Table tennis is another name for ping pong. Table tennis is very popular in Asian countries such as Japan and China. Tennis is more common than, say, surfing. But if you still love surfing, then you can visit the Sri Lanka surf camp.
In both types of tennis, you need such equipment as a net and rackets with a ball. The game consists in the fact that you need to throw a ball over the net to each other with rackets. Only in table tennis the net is attached to the table (it is small), and in tennis the net is pulled across the field. In the latter version, the opponents throw the ball with rackets from one part of the field to another. There is already more space, you need to run more, you need more reaction than in table tennis.
Tennis can also be sports and physical education. No wonder it is sometimes taught in physical education classes at school; children play it in children's camps and sanatoriums. Tennis is one of the Olympic sports. The players have someone to take an example from and who to learn from, who to look at.
Benefits of playing tennis
Both types of tennis can be practiced both indoors and outdoors. While playing tennis, mobility increases, mood improves and new friends are made. This sport does more good than harm. Injuries are extremely rare when playing tennis. But it will be possible to acquire endurance, energy, as well as muscle strengthening. This game instills teamwork skills. And most importantly, reaction develops in this competition!
In addition to the reaction, children and adults attending tennis sports clubs will gain self-confidence, developed muscles, discipline, and responsibility.
Negative sides of tennis
There are practically none. But there is one "but". Tennis is a sport. It is important to be able to distinguish between sports and physical culture for yourself, to cheer you up. There are times when you want to be the first and the best. In this case, tennis can be harmful and dangerous. A player who has gone to a big sport will have a huge amount of training that gives too much load. There will be a variety of injuries.
Entering the sports section in tennis, you should understand that you should not give yourself an extra load. If a person has been in sports since early childhood, he should not stop doing it, he needs to keep himself in shape. Otherwise, the figure may be disturbed, poor health may appear, growth will slow down.
Everyone has long known that playing sports is very useful, even if you are not a professional athlete. Without going into details, we can say that physical activity is useful for the physical, mental, moral and emotional state of a person. But the journalists of one very popular men's magazine wondered what benefits table tennis brings to the body.
More recently, the Men’s Health magazine published the following article entitled “Time to table!” by Anton Ivanov: “Do not be shy if your tennis is not big, but table tennis. This option has a lot of advantages.
Game name
Not all table tennis players like it when their game is called ping pong, but nevertheless this name has been around for 109 years. By the way, at the beginning of the last century there were other variants of the name: “gossima”, “flim-flam”, “wif-waf”. The words "ping" and "pong" by themselves mean nothing, they only imitate the sound that the ball makes when it hits the racket (ping) and the table (pong).
8 reasons to play ping pong
1. Help your eyes. It is a sport useful for the nearsighted, the farsighted and those who have recently had eye surgery. Your eyes during the game are constantly doing exercises, focusing either on a flying ball, or on a ball flying right at you. It’s also good for those who work at a computer and look at the screen all day long, located at the same distance, and then cannot see a single line on the table at the optometrist.
2. Improve your handwriting. Table tennis is the development of fine motor skills, training the muscles of the arm and hand. More accurate movements will help you not only win at the tennis table, but also show better results at the writing table.
3. Speed up your reaction. It is difficult to come up with a sport that better develops reaction and concentration. Vitali Klitschko, for example, uses ping-pong in his training, so that later he can quickly react to the opponent's actions in the ring. Also, after the boxing punching technique, this game teaches finer handwork.
4. Become dexterous. In the language of scientists, agility is "a highly developed muscular sensation and plasticity of cortical nervous processes." Table tennis works to improve both by training your brain to control your body faster. During the match, you are always on the alert and several times a minute you solve complex motor-coordination tasks (the average pace of the game is from 30 to 120 bpm).
5. You will run faster. The ping-pong player's posture - legs in a half-bent position - perfectly strengthens the muscles of the lower extremities. In addition, like running, ping-pong strengthens the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Playing table tennis frequently will help you improve your performance not only in running, but also in cycling, skating and other cyclic sports where your legs work a lot.
6. Save on health. Inexpensive and compact inventory will not become a heavy burden for the budget and your bag. Throw your colleagues on the table and play after work - there are a lot of health benefits, and for the notorious team building too (you can try to knock out the budget on the table from the authorities under this pretext - they say, the team will become more friendly and start working better).
7. Develop explosive power. The speed of hand movement with a racket is up to 40 km/h. Play, and your hand will be able to make sharp and powerful movements faster, and this skill will come in handy even in a street fight.
8. You will win until old age. You don't have to worry that one beautiful day you will have to part with your favorite game. Unlike tennis, table tennis can be played at a very advanced age. By training all your life, you will accumulate such experience that in retirement you will especially enjoy beating young people. A trifle, but nice.
play better some specific exercises will help you, include them in your workout - and the results in table tennis will not be long in coming.
Jump rope exercises at a fast pace. Throws a stuffed ball from the chest, behind the head, from below and standing with your back to the target. Catching and throwing tennis balls with two and one hands. Throw them for accuracy, as well as against the wall.
Hard to study. You can complicate your life in training, in order to complicate it later on your opponents, for example, in the following ways:
Rub the chalk on the heels of your sneakers and try to play for 2-3 minutes standing only on your toes. It will be possible to judge how well you did it by the floor: if there is chalk on it - you did not work well, if there is no chalk - try to increase the time you play on your toes to 4-5 minutes. Such an exercise will help you play faster - standing on your toes, you can move sharper, which is useful when you need to increase the pace of the match. In addition, such training corny strengthens the legs.
Take glasses without glasses and glue their bottom so that you can only see the "enemy" side of the table. This will teach you to play blindly on your side and focus all your attention only on the actions of your opponent.
Higher and higher and higher. The height of a table tennis table has not changed since 1930, while the average height of people over the same period has increased by 5 cm. Orthopedists (for example, Michael Scott, who worked as a doctor for the US team for 15 years) have long suggested raising tables from 76 cm at least to 81, but no one has yet given an official order on this score. If you're playing for yourself, listen to the doctors and set the table higher than the pros do. Thus, you will reduce the risk of spinal muscular disorders.
Desktop world. In table tennis, no one can compete with China (they won again at the World Championship held in Moscow at the end of May). There, this sport is held at school, so absolutely everyone knows how to play ping-pong, and this is 1,322,178,190 people. In short, they have someone to choose from, forming the national team. It is not surprising that the Chinese who moved there often play for other countries - in their homeland they would be middle peasants, but here they find themselves at the head of national championships. The position of Russia in the world of table tennis is the 10th place in the team standings. In personal terms, the best of the Russians - Alexei Smirnov and Irina Kotikhina - occupy the 33rd and 87th lines, respectively.
Better not if you have:
- Scoliosis. A low desk and active work with only one hand will exacerbate the problem.
- High myopia or myopia with complications in the fundus. However, the ban is not as serious as in tennis, so go to the doctor - maybe he will allow it.
- Good results in tennis or badminton. The technique of working with a brush is fundamentally different, therefore, in order not to “knock down the settings”, professional tennis players, if they are right-handed, play table tennis with their left hand.
Tough little one. There are two ways to hold the racket: Asian (pen grip) and European (knife grip).
Keep in mind that pen grip requires the ability to move well, since in this case you play with only one side of the racket, it is more difficult to get the ball flying to the side and you can compensate for this only by working with your feet.
You can train a European grip without a partner by juggling the ball (throwing and catching it alternately with one or the other side of the racket). Playing against the wall will help to master Asian better.