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The sport that almost everybody has played at some point, table tennis has a unique position among all other world sports. Competition level table tennis has been dominated by changes in equipment. This great story is punctuated by moments where unknown players have come onto the scene upsetting established champions and moving the sport into a new direction. These changes sparked bitter conflicts – sometimes lasting decades - between players, authorities, and those creating new products. Set against the historical background, Ping! is also a personal story, covering the experiences of how a young boy, whose failures in other sports led to a lifetime dedicated to table tennis.