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Table Tennis

As the name suggests, it's tennis... on a table. You can play singles or doubles and use bats to hit a light ball over the net and onto their opponents side of the table.

An Overview of Table Tennis

Players must allow a ball played towards them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opponent's side. It demands lightening fast reactions! The sport is played for fund and competitively across the world. There are opportunities to play in clubs, sports venues and youth centres across the country.

Table tennis is suitable for every age and fitness level, and it's easy to find a place to play - with tables everywhere from parks to leisure centres, bars and shopping centres. You can even play at home - all you need is a ball, bats and a table.

Benefits

One of the main benefits of playing table tennis is that it is non-contact. It is also one of the few competitive sports that requires players to move at speed without straining the muscles or joints through stretching or using heavy equipment. For people returning from injury or the elderly, table tennis tennis can be the perfect sport to sustain fitness levels. The action of having to hit a fast-moving ball with a bat several times a second means table tennis also improves reflexes, eye-to-hand coordination, mental alertness and speed of movement.

Costs

Table tennis is a cheap and accessible sport played. Table tennis equipment, such as bats and ping-pong balls, can be relatively inexpensive to buy, with some leisure centres and clubs also offering a rental service. Hourly rates for hiring a court often begin at approximately £5 per session, although membership deals can create a lower cost per game.

Adaptations and Equipment

Table tennis bats and ping-pong balls

Facts

  • Egyptian table tennis fanatic Ibrahim Hamato lost both arms in an accident when he was 10, but he carried on playing by improvising with his mouth.
  • The first World Championships were held in London in 1926, but it did not become an Olympic sport until 1988 in Seoul.

Find Table Tennis Clubs/Groups Near You

Use the search below to find local organisations near you.

National Governing Bodies

Table Tennis England

Contact Name
General Information
Contact Email
help@tabletennisengland.co.uk
Contact Telephone
01908 208860
Table Tennis

Ackworth Table Tennis Club

We run coaching sessions for all.

Archery

Thrybergh Sports Centre

Thrybergh Sports Centre a a Community based centre providing Health, Fitness and sporting activities for all. we provide for the communty a Gym, Classes, Boulder room, sports Hall and other room location across the school for people to hire at very compe

Disability Sport Yorkshire

Disability Sport Yorkshire

From our base in Wakefield we work with a broad range of partners to provide community recreational and sporting activities for disabled people across Yorkshire, including events, training and access to a range of sporting opportunities.

American Football

In Play Sports Ltd

In-Play Sports Ltd provides professional sports filming and performance analysis services to athletes, teams and sporting organisations throughout the UK. We work closely with both our grassroots and professional clients to help them consistently reach th

Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme

Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme

Sheffield Wednesday Community Programme provides positive activities for young people, to keep fit, make friend and enjoy sport.

Club Doncaster Sports College

Club Doncaster Sports College

Club Doncaster Sports College is affiliated with Club Doncaster & Club Doncaster Foundation. We provide high quality, flexible and responsive courses.

Basketball

Courtside Hubs CIC

Courtside is a community interest company dedicated to increasing physical activity and promoting community through the transformation of local parks.

Table Tennis

Vulcan Redtooth Table Tennis Club

Our club is a non-profit making organisation which aims to promote both the club and table tennis within the community.

We are at present developing the club and upskilling our volunteers in order to create a more sustainable club.

Boccia

Stanley's Sports Club

A multi-sports club in Dewsbury aimed at adults with learning disabilities and dementia.

SJD Sports Coaching

SJD Sports Coaching

SJD Sports Coaching LTD are partnered with Treeton Parish Council to deliver the Treeton Youth Club based at the Community Centre.

Monday and Thursday, 4:45-6:45pm for children aged 4+.

The young people enjoy the sports, pool and table tennis, arts

Zest

Zest

We are a acommunity organisation which manages a flagship community building, the Zest Centre, and delivers health, employment, training, social and physical activities to adults and children from across Sheffield, with a particular focus on the neighbour

Wadsley Bridge TTC

Wadsley Bridge TTC

Table tennis. Social, league and coaching available. Table booking not available. See our web site https://sites.google.com/site/wadsleybridgettc/home for current sessions.

Handsworth Grange Community Sports Centre (Based At Handsworth Grange Community Sports College)

Handsworth Grange Community Sports Centre (Based At Handsworth Grange Community Sports College)

Sport Centre based on a school site open to the community during evenings and weekends

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam is the best modern university in the north of England, as ranked by the 2015 Times Good University Guide. With regard to sport, we regularly achieve top 20 in BUCS rankings, and offer a range of volunteering, coaching and participation op

Special Olympics South Yorkshire Network

Special Olympics South Yorkshire Network

The Special Olympics South Yorkshire Network is a collection of clubs, community groups, venues and individuals with an interest in developing opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities to take part in sport and physical activity and access

Club

Club

Sheffield's Racket Sports Shop

Disability Sport

Deighton Bright Stars Table Tennis Club

Table Tennis for children and adults aged 14+ who have a disability

Free table tennis session for World Table Tennis Day

Free table tennis session for World Table Tennis Day

Come along to Keighley Table Tennis Centre to have a go at table tennis for FREE on Thursday 23rd April 2026!

Charlie Childs Coaching Grant – Table Tennis

Charlie Childs Coaching Grant – Table Tennis

Coaching grant to increase and/or retain the number of young people (age range up to U25) participating in table tennis and/or increase equality in the sport – by increasing the number of women and girls, disabled people or those from ethnically diverse communities participating.

Martin Ireland

Development Lead

07971 186 405

Sally Shutt

Coaching Development Officer

07792 785 738