Daze 6- Ping-Pong

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The ping-pong ball bounces once. Then, with a relaxed but controlled __________, a paddle strikes it, sending it __________ back over the net. It bounces __________. Another paddle connects with it, and the __________ is shot forward once more. Eventually, the ball __________ collide with the net, overshoot the __________, or miss the paddle. The game __________ played is table tennis, also called __________, and it is a fun sport for __________ ages.

Ping-pong is played on a __________ that is longere than it is __________. The table is divided in half by the __________, which runs across the table like a __________ fence. Players stand on either end of the __________ and hit the ball to each __________. The ball is small, hollow, and __________ light, and it is hit with __________ paddles with short wooden handles. Casual __________ may simply tap the ball gently to their __________. More competitive players slam the ball across with __________ and topspin to try to make it __________ to hit back.

Watching a ping-pong __________ may make you dizzy, as the __________ zooms back and forth rapidly across the __________ many times during the game. A __________ is divided into a series of __________, each of which begins with a __________. The serving player tosses the ball in the __________ and then hits it so that it __________ on the near side of the table, __________ over the net, and then hits the __________ side. If the ball does not __________ it through all these steps, the __________ opponent wins the point. The server __________ trying to hit the ball to __________ it difficult to return. If the __________ is successful, then the returning player's __________ must strike the ball before it __________ a second time.

The returning ball __________ touch the returner's side of the table, but __________ sale across the net to hit the __________ side. If the return is not __________, the server wins the point. If it __________ a legal return, the server must __________ return the ball. Play continues until __________ player makes an error, and the __________ wins the point.

Since 2001, official __________ of ping-pong have been won by the __________ player to win eleven points. In these __________, players serve twice in a row before __________. Before 2001, matches were played to twenty-one __________. In these longer games, the person who __________ switches every five points. Many recreational __________ prefer to follow the older rules. In __________ version, the winner must win by __________ points.

Ping-pong requires quick reflexes and __________ coordination. Since strength does not provide __________ of an advantage in ping-pong, it __________ a game in which players of __________ ages and sizes can challenge each __________ fairly. All over the world, people __________ ping-pong, concentrating intently on shooting the __________ over the net, onto the table, and, they __________, out of reach.