She has convinced staff to refer to the sport as table tennis, rather than the less-respected name pingpong, and the table tennis club plans a workshop to teach staff the proper rules of the game. Traditionally, pool has been the sport most often associated with the club, she said, which is an image she would like to help change. A bar,'' she said. Most people probably believe table tennis and pingpong are synonymous, but there is a difference, table tennis players are quick to point out. Pingpong is a parlor game.
Table tennis is an Olympic sport with rules and a strict code of honor.
Wade said, imitating the rhythm of a ball slowly being volleyed between two players. Table tennis isn't as well-respected in the United States as it is in many other countries, Wade said, adding that he hopes to do his part to change that by getting young people involved. Players must trust each other, he said. One of his nine nephews is in prison, he said. That's what I'm doing for them,'' he said, gesturing toward the teen-agers.