Ping Pong (Table Tennis) is the Best Sport of All

REASONS WHY PING PONG IS BETTER THAN SKATEBOARDING1. Ping Pong requires instantaneous strategical planningWikipedia's page states " Play is fast and demands quick reactions". [1] This is true. Here is a sample game presented in a video:Of course, normal competitors don't jump around and do gymnastics, but the play is nevertheless very very fast. Some more examples of extremely fast competitions featured in this video: On the other hand, skateboarding is competition of whose tricks are better. People can actually take their time and get ready before their series of tricks, and when they get started, they just do the tricks as practiced. However, in Ping Pong, there are many kinds of tricks the competitors can do within the game, and thus, it is unpredictable and requires instantaneous strategical planning. As shown in the video, the competitor closest to the camera had extremely powerful attack, forcing his opponent to go into the defensive. Nevertheless, the winner was the one who was defensive; he surprised his opponent by leaping upon the board itself! ! This creativity cannot be done in skateboarding, as an instantaneous unexpected trick, if not practiced, can be very harmful. This leads to my next point. ..2. Ping Pong is less hazardousThere is a reason why the young and the old play ping pong. This video is proof that old people play ping pong. On the other hand, skateboarding is very dangerous can and do much harm, which is why safety harnesses must be strapped onto the boarder. In fact, there's even an entire webpage talking about the harms of skateboarding and how to prevent it! . http://skateboard.about.com...In contrast, ping pong has pretty much nothing that can harm the competitors. Could the table harm anyone? ? Yeah, as if anybody has accidentally bumped into the table at such a high speed that they start bleeding. The ping pong ball? ? Please. It goes at 69.9 MPH [2], which is nothing compared to badminton--which goes at 306 miles per hour at maximum. [3] As a ping pong ball and a badminton are about the same size, the badminton ball can obviously bring greater harm, going at such a fast speed. Of course, skateboarding is very fast too. The record is 80.74 mph, [4] and keep in mind that as the rider is on the skateboard, if they accidentally fall off or fail the trick. .. .well, that's pretty much like a car crash! ! Young people might be able to survive such a high-speed crash, but old people definitely cannot. This point only further proves that skateboarding has a limited audience, while Ping Pong has a much boarder audience, demonstrating its superiority to skateboarding.3. Ping Pong is good for incapacitated peopleIn fact, some people can play ping pong without arms! !! This is shown in source [5]. Furthermore, people can play competitively and even play well! ! One guy shown in source 6 even played well against world number 2 Ma Long! How more impressive could you be? ?In contrast, there are not a lot of other sports playable without hands. Tennis? Racket is too long. Badminton? ? Same as Tennis. Volleyball? Please. Arms are the core of this game. Sure, there are people shown to be able to skateboard with incapabilities, as shown in source [7], however, we can imagine he cannot possibly do any tricks, as most of them requires hands or legs. Even the simple "Ollie" needs jumping and landing on the skateboard carefully. This incapitated guy could easily fall down and miss the skateboard, making it incredibly difficult for him to get back onto the skateboard. Furthermore, since legs are needed to separate and kick the separate ends of the skateboard, there is no possible way for this incapitated guy to manage to do the ollie correctly [8].4. Ping Pong has many tricks too! Alright, you probably are thinking, Ping Pong may be good for other people, but skateboarding's got to be better in what it attracts--young audiences, and of course--the tricks. You probably think that you finally caught me in a death trap and skateboarding's speciality within tricks can finally butt down my arguments about Ping Pong. But you are wrong. Ping pong is in fact very very complex. To start out with, there are two grip holds that each have their own advantages and disadvantages. The penhold allows more "over the table play", while the handhold is easier to learn and allows a wider range of playing styles. [9] There are also many different kinds of "strokes", both offensive and defensive, which apply to different kinds of situations within a game of Ping Pong and complicate the game, making it more unpredictable. [10] While in skateboarding, you use tricks to impress the judges and win against other skateboarders' tricks, in Ping Pong you utilize these "strokes" and try to defend yourself, as well as attacking the opponent when he or she is tired out or when unsuspecting. There are actually a lot of strokes, and they can be compared to tricks. Unless my opponent can prove Ping Pong "Strokes" to be inferior to skateboarding tricks, then this argument is at least tied with skateboarding, if not better. In addition, some of the "strokes" of Ping Pong can be used cleverly to defeat the opponent, if used correctly. Some strokes can cause different "spins", that make it difficult to predict where the ball is going to go. Wikipedia sums two of the most used spins quite well by using pictures, presented below. (source from [11])THE BACKSPIN THE TOPSPIN These spin look very complicated, and they are because careful timing and precision is required for these spins to occur. Because of the skill neede for these spins, it can be concluded that Ping Pong is a very difficult sport to master, and there is always something to improve on, whether offensively or defensively. Finally, just a deserved mention--Ping Pong even has its worldwide governing body, [12] meanwhile skateboarding has no well-known groups that sponsor it. This highlights the importance of Ping Pong and proves that it is better than skateboarding. In conclusion, Ping Pong is the best sport of all! !! I hope this round wasn't too overkill and that JC has enough time to respond. I literally posted this the last minute possible to give JC as much time as possible. [1] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[2] . http://www.jayandwanda.com...[3] . http://en.ria.ru...[4] . http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com...[5] . http://deadspin.com...[6] . http://www.mirror.co.uk...[7] . http://www.buzzfeed.com...[8] [9] Hodges, Larry (1993). Table Tennis: Steps to Success. Human Kinetics. [10] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[11] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[12] . http://www.ittf.com...