Origins of Table Tennis

Ram Sood Asked 12 years ago

According to Wikipedia table tennis was invented by British upper-class people i want to know if this is true.

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Ram,

Yes it is true.  It started in England in the late 1800s. It is said that it started as a game played by cricketers during their breaks.

It also became a Parlour Game and had many names before it became Table Tennis.

The ITTF website that has a timeline of the history of Table Tennis.