4.1.13.1 Playing Activities
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This article is from the Table Tennis (Ping Pong) FAQ, by ttennis@bu.edu with numerous contributions by others.
4.1.13.1 Playing Activities
Club Ladder
For this activity, some special materials are needed. They are:
Metal-rimmed round key tags big enough to put a player's name on.
Small screw-in type cup hooks - one for each member and a few extra.
A piece of plywood large enough to position the key tags on it in a
triangle.
On the board, lay out a large triangle with enough room for the tags to
hang freely from the cup hooks. Screw the hooks into the board. Write
each club member's name on a tag and place them on the hooks in the order
of playing strength, with the best player at the top. It helps if the
hooks are numbered.
0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
While the rules may vary to suit specific club situations, here is a set
that has worked for other clubs.
You may challenge only on _________ night
You may issue only two challenges per night
You may not refuse a challenge
You may challenge only the two players in attendance that occupy the two
posts above and closest to your own
Movement of rankings is as follows: If the challenged player wins,
ranking is not affected. If the challenger wins, he moves to the post of
the losing player. The losing player is moved one post below his
pre-match position. Players in between these two positions are
necessarily moved one post down.
Grand Prix Round Robin
This is an activity that lets the developing players play against the
better players in tournament competition.
The procedure is to set up three or four monthly one-day tournaments. Each
tournament will be two flights of round-robins. For the first flight,
players are divided into groups of four or five with each group having one
top player, one advance intermediate, one intermediate, and one beginner.
Each of the first groups compete.
The second flight will be groups made up of the top two or three finishers
and groups of the bottom two or three finishers. This allows the players
to compete against opponents of their own strength.
Inexpensive awards should be given to the top eight players of each monthly
tourney.
"Grand prix" points can be awarded each player according to his finish in
the monthly tournament - the first-place finisher receiving one point, the
second place finisher getting two points, etc. At the end of the
tournament series, the player with the fewest points is the grand champion.
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