What are the unwritten rules of table tennis?

[Louis]

Outdoors, players apologise when any number of external factors disturb the match in their favour. Like indoors, the ball bouncing off the side of the table, the ball skipping on the net or an opponent losing their footing, no one wants to win a point that way.

 

[Ronn.]

11-0 rule. If i don't get along with my opponent and I'm 10-0 up I will try to humiliate him and win 11-0. But fortunately I can get along with most of my opponents. In that case it looks like I'm always making an unforced error. [emoji6]




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[yoass]

This has been covered before, of course - but many feel that such a “mercy point” is much more disrespectful than an 11-0 game.

 

[PhoenixTT]

Practiced by Harimoto, it's ok to scream as long as you politely do it by facing away from your opponent.

 

[Kenspin]

Use both sides of the bat in the warm-up. If my opponent deliberately avoids using long pips side, I direct the ball there.

Not wiping a sweaty hand on the table.

Not spitting on the floor to get traction on your shoe soles.

Calling a timeout and losing all the remaining points.

 

[Wrighty67]

offer to block their topspins first before they block yours in a warm up.

This - so frustrating when I block patiently in warm up and them as soon as I transition to topspin they try to counter everything or put it down the line! Learn to block if you can't and follow the etiquette...

 

[AutomaticBackhand]

Use both sides of the bat in the warm-up. If my opponent deliberately avoids using long pips side, I direct the ball there.

Not wiping a sweaty hand on the table.

Not spitting on the floor to get traction on your shoe soles.

Calling a timeout and losing all the remaining points.

How did you get the Jupiter 5 ultra thin?

 

[Zezima]

"Apologize" to your opponent when you got a lucky point by edge and net ball.
However, nowadays not all players do so.

How is it in football or volleyball, or even in basketball when it keeps circling and finally goes in for example.
Why say sorry for something you are not really sorry anyway? It pisses people off more since the other guy is laughing inside and is happy then the apologize is not really felt.

 

[vanjr]

offer to block their topspins first before they block yours in a warm up.

A corollary-if you loop first, then block their loop in warm-up (and that means not counter loop, counter kill or do aggressive blocks-just block the ball back and let them get warm).

A sub-corollary rule that I regularly break is that at a tournament I often will NOT loop in warm-up cause I am tired and am trying to save my energy. I am old.

I would add a rule I follow (that I rarely seen done) is that I show my paddle to my opponent before we warm up and tell them I use long pips. I also will tell them I twiddle.

 

[Kenspin]

How did you get the Jupiter 5 ultra thin?

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[mcfly]

when you get a net or edge, say “sorry i couldn’t get more”

 

[PoppaChubby]

when you get a net or edge, say “sorry i couldn’t get more”

so what ? net + edge = roller !

Poppa Chubby and his big smile, and an excuse !

 

[mikeytt]

if you get a ball really wide on fh you must go for an around the net roller

 

[z0uLess]

You are not allowed to talk to tournament organizers about your boosted rubbers

 

[kaisersoze]

when I served, I felt it was a net ball so I put my hand up but the empire did not stop the point and my opponent smash the ball but he missed it and smashed in to the net., then he said to me I put my hand up and indicated it was the net ball. He did not try to stop and tried to smash and win the point , so I asked the empire to decide what to do, she said it was my point because she did not think it was a net ball. What do you think ? Am I right not to start the point again ? Am I right to ask the empire ?????? or I was mean

Had similar situation but the smash pass but i had stop playing with hands up so i didnt let him the point even if empire say he didnt see it if i call it and dont play he cant get the point
Unless it's an official umpire who make the call if the umpire is a teammates you should have replay the point and not profit the situation if you call a let, replay.

 

[kaisersoze]

This - so frustrating when I block patiently in warm up and them as soon as I transition to topspin they try to counter everything or put it down the line! Learn to block if you can't and follow the etiquette...

Yeah some people are just... no way to warm up properly in half my game... boring