Glossary of table tennis

This glossary defines terms related to the sport of table tennis.

Alternation of ends:

Alternation of service: Antispin:

Assistant umpire:

Attacker:

Backspin:

Bat:

Blade:

Block:

Blocker:

Casters:

Chop:

Chop block: Chopper:

Closed angle:

Closed racket: Counter-hit:

Counter-loop:

Counter-smash: Crosscourt:

Crossover:

Dead ball:

Deep:

Deuce:

Double bounce:

Doubles:

Down the line:

Drop shot:

Early:

Expedite rule:

Extreme angle: Falkenberg drill:

Flat:

Flick: Flip:

Footwork:

Forehand: Free hand:

Game point:

Grip:

Hard rubber:

Heavy spin:

High toss serve:

Hit:

International Table Tennis Federation:

Inverted rubber:

ITTF:

Kill shot:

Late:

Let:

Let serve:

Loaded:

Lob:

Long:

Long pips: Loop:

Looper:

Loose:

Magnus effect:

Match:

Medium long serve:

Mid long serve:

Multiball:

No-spin:

No-spin serve:

Net-Out:

Obstruction:

Open angle:

Open racket: Paddle:

Penhold:

Pimples:

Pips:

Pips-in:

Pips-out:

Play-Back position: Playing elbow:

Playing surface:

Push:

Racket hand:

Rally:

Rating:

Rating even:

Receive:

Referee:

Reverse penhold backhand:

Rubber: Rubber cleaner:

Sandwich rubber:

Seemiller grip:

Service:

Serve:

Set:

Shakehand:

Short:

Sidespin:

Skunk:

Smash:

Smother kill:

Speed glue: Spin:

Spin reversal:

Sponge:

Step around:

Strike:

Stroke:

Sweet spot:

Table tennis racket:

Third ball:

Throw angle:

Tight:

Topspin:

Twiddle:

Twirl:

Two step footwork:

Two-winged looper:

Umpire:

Underspin:

USA Table Tennis: Volley:

Wide angle: