Anna Carin Ahlquist vs TableTennisDaily's Dan | Wheelchair Match!

i was wonder before ...whats the rules ...when they play on wheelchair or /nor one leg/ or other ... whats the difference here between multiple types of ...... injuries or what to call it Olympic tournament ?

That looked extremely difficult for Dan to play against. I am surprised Waldner won after watching this.

To play in a para event, you will need a classification in to class 1-5 (sitting) og 6-10 (standing).
There is an international para classification code for all sports, and special rules for table tennis. When you start to compete, you will get a classification and will be allocated to your class. In the classification they will take in to account a medical diagnostics form from a doctor, and "on the day" test of 26 different elements. You will get a classification card. From time to time it will be reviewed, and you might find your self in an other class.

It might happen that a player has started out competing sitting in national events, but get allocated in to a standing class on international level.

So how do you know if you are class 3 or 4? I think you need to be a trained classificator to know the answer. It is medical, and at least for me rather complicated.


http://www.ipttc.org/
http://www.ipttc.org/classification/documents.htm

bobpuls said:

i was wonder before ...whats the rules ...when they play on wheelchair or /nor one leg/ or other ... whats the difference here between multiple types of ...... injuries or what to call it Olympic tournament ?

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In our club the highest ranked player is a Paralympics silver medalist. He'd totally destroy me. Most notable changes I saw: no short services allowed and in doubles the players do not need to take turns. That is bit irritating in league play, when he and his non-disabled partner play against a usual pair that needs to take turns.

You could also read up https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_table_tennis

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phorkyas said:

In our club the highest ranked player is a Paralympics silver medalist.

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That must be Schmidberger then

A team mate of mine is a class 3 Paralympic table tennis player as well. European Champion, World Champion (Schmidberger's team partner), Olympic medalist etc. Participates in league matches against regular non-disabled players, his USATT would easily be above 2000. He is one of the best wheelchair players playing against non-disabled players.

Dan said:

With that rule i'm surprised players don't hit one another going for the same shot at the same time?

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That needs a bit of experience. Moreover, none of the two partners is allowed to cross (step / roll over) an imaginary line in the middle of them, like an extension of the table's middle line on the floor. They are allowed to reach over to the other side and play a shot there though...

If such a doubles is operating well together it is extremely hard to beat them, even if their opponents have a few hundred TTR points more each.

Xylit said:

That needs a bit of experience. Moreover, none of the two partners is allowed to cross (step / roll over) an imaginary line in the middle of them, like an extension of the table's middle line on the floor. They are allowed to reach over to the other side and play a shot there though...

If such a doubles is operating well together it is extremely hard to beat them, even if their opponents have a few hundred TTR points more each.

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Yes, I usually see him winning with whomever he teams up.

He's playing there:


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