Not everyone knows how to score in ping pong.The rules for scoring table tennis are very simple.You should have a piece of paper and a pencil on hand.
Step 1: The first person to serve will be decided.
You should first decide who is going to serve the ball.The person who hits the ball is the one who serves.To decide who serves, you can either flip a coin or play a game.Whoever serves gets to pick which side of the table they want to play on.
Step 2: You can learn the rules of serving.
You will have to serve if you're chosen to.There are specific rules for how to serve a ball in table tennis.The ball should be held in the palm of your hand.The table should be kept level with this hand.You should hit the ball when it's above the table.If you want the ball to bounce in your court, you need to hit it.Under certain conditions, you can replay a serve.If your opponent hits the ball before it touches the court on his end, or if he is not ready to serve, you can replay the serve.
Step 3: Determine how many rounds you'll play.
You play an odd number of rounds in ping pong.The person who wins most of the rounds is the winner.The winner would need to win at least 5 of the 7 rounds to take the game.
Step 4: Do you want to play to 11 or 21 points each round?
You'll play until one player gets a certain number of points.You can play to 21 in most games.21 is a better option if you want a longer game.Whoever gains 11 or 21 points first, with at least a 2 point lead, wins the round.A score of 9 to 11 would win an 11-point round, but a score between 10 and 11 wouldn't.You will have to play into overtime if a round becomes tied at 10 to 10 or 20 to 20.Continue until one player has a lead of 2 points.The winner would get the 2 point lead first.
Step 5: How to tell if a ball is in or out is something you need to figure out.
If you want to score table tennis, you need to know whether the ball is in or out.A point is awarded if a player hits a ball in or out of the field.The surface of a table can be touched by a ball.If a ball falls off the table, it's out.
Step 6: You can record when you win a point.
When each player scores a point, record it.You score a point if you keep the ball in play longer than your opponent.If your opponent fails to hit a ping pong ball that you served or hit last, you get one point for the game.In ping pong, you have to hit your ball so it goes off your end of the table and off the opponent's end.If your opponent misses the ball, but it doesn't bounce on his or her side of the table, you do not get a point.
Step 7: When you lose a point, you should record it.
You can lose points in ping pong.You should record when you lose a point.You would subtract one point from your score.You will lose a point if you miss the ball.If you hit the ball into the net and it falls back onto the table, you'll lose a point.You lose a point if the ball falls off the table.You can't hit the ball until it bounces off of the table.You will lose a point if you do that.If you have a ball on your side of the table, you will lose a point.You will lose a point if you accidentally move the table.
Step 8: The person who serves should be changed.
If you or your opponent misses the ball, you will have to serve it again.Every two points, service changes.You serve the ball to start the game.After your opponent fails to hit the ball, you score a point.It is your responsibility to serve again.Your opponent points at you.You serve the ball again.You have reached one point for yourself and one for your opponent.When a point is scored, it is your opponent's turn to serve.After two points are scored, he or she will keep serving.It's your turn again.
Step 9: Keep playing until a player hits 11 or 21 points.
Keep track of the scores as you play the game.Depending on the rules you set, the round will continue until one player has at least 11 or 21 points.You need at least a 2 point lead in order to win a round, so a score of 10 to 11 or 20 to 21 will not result in you winning.
Step 10: A close game to settle.
If there is a 10 to 10 or 20 to 20 tie, the round goes into overtime.Continue until one player has a two point lead.A tie in an overtime round could be settled by a score of 10 to 12.
Step 11: You can play an odd number of rounds.
You play a lot in ping pong.The player with the most rounds wins the game.You're playing for 5 rounds.The winning player has to win at least 3 out of 5 rounds.