Synthesis of the text about Table tennis

 

Table tennis is a sport of for all. Children from ages 5 years old up to seniors past the age of 70. Men and women play the sport with equal intensity. A sport that anyone could play is bound to be popular and all you need is a table, two rackets, a ball and a friend. But if you could say it’s one of the most beginner friendly sport, it can also be considered one of the most extreme sports as contradicted to how lax is should be on the body. Considering how professionals are able to move from one end to another how many times a second, it’s a great importance to do things properly or risk injuries. There has been a lot of changes in the sport since its beginning and it’s gone a long way to improve itself from rules to techniques to technologies but there is one thing that’ll be for sure, table tennis will keep getting better.

Top 10 Health Benefits of Ping Pong / Table Tennis

Author of the text: Samir Becic

Title of Journal/Publication: Health Fitness Revolution

URL or Web Address: http://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/top-10-health-benefits-ping-pongtable-tennis/

Main Idea: Quick thinking and eye-hand coordination improves one’s health with can be found in table tennis. Table tennis allows the brain and body to be in better condition by stimulating the brain and burning calories.

Supporting Details:

  1. The speed, spin and placement of the ball are crucial in table tennis, and practiced players are highly skilled in both creating and solving puzzles involving these three attributes.
  2. Alzheimer’s Weekly reports a clear increase in motor skills and cognitive awareness from playing table tennis, after a series of preliminary clinical studies in Japan found that table tennis markedly increases the flow of blood to the brain, and could possibly even prevent dementia.

Interesting Table Tennis Facts on World Table Tennis Day

Author of the text: Aditya Kumar Awasthi

Title of Journal/Publication: SportsFlu

URL or Web Address: https://www.sportsflu.com/table-tennis/interesting-table-tennis-facts-on-world-table-tennis-day/

Main Idea: Table tennis is an extreme sport and it is recognized internationally.

Supporting Details:

  1. Skilled athletes can slam a ping pong ball across the net at speeds surpassing 100 miles per hour. In 1993, two players named Jackie Bellinger and Lisa Lomas Set a World Record for hitting a ping pong ball back and forth 173 times in one minute.
  2. Ping Pong diplomacy used by US and China in 1971 to develop diplomatic relation where friendship matches played throughout the US between the both country’s National team.

Top 3 Table Tennis Injuries (and How to Prevent Them)!

Author of the text: Kevin Finn

Title of Journal/Publication: TableTennis11

URL or Web Address: http://blog.tabletennis11.com/top-3-table-tennis-injuries

Main Idea: Most injuries in table tennis are in joints and it is important to train your body, do proper warm-up and do not overexert.

Supporting Details:

  1. The best way to not get injured is to avoid getting an injury in the first place. Once you are injured, the likelihood of reinjuring the same body part is much higher. This means it is particularly important to take preventative measures to reduce the likelihood of injury.
  2. Stop all activity that causes pain. This is probably the hardest thing to do, as the healing process can take weeks (or longer).

A History Lesson: How Topspin Revolutionized Table Tennis

Author of the text: Radivoj Hudetz

Title of Journal/Publication: TableTennis11

URL or Web Address: http://blog.tabletennis11.com/how-topspin-revolutionized-table-tennis

Main Idea: Evolution in technique will continue to improve gameplay and develop along with players and developed technologies.

Supporting Details:

  1. More than half a century has passed since the topspin loop appeared in table tennis back in 1960. This stroke totally revolutionized table tennis. Top level offensive players produce ball rotations up to 10,000 r.p.m. (170 r.p.sec.) which strongly impacts the ball trajectory, the bounce of the ball from the table, and the bounce of the ball on the opponent’s racket.
  2. The game developed further, it became faster and faster until it became simply impossible to cover the whole table with the forehand side. The Chinese stars of the new generation with Ma Long and Fan Zhendong at the top play both wings with fast and powerful attack

 

Carmelo Anthony Is Set to Sign with the Rockets

Author/s of the text: Marc Stein

Title of the journal/publication: The New York Time

URL or Web address: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/sports/carmelo-anthony-houston-rockets.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FBasketball&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=9&pgtype=collection

Main Idea: Carmelo Anthony is planning on signing with the Houston Rockets

Evidence:
1. Anthony is unlikely to be a free agent due to the pending trade of The Oklahoma Thunder to The Houston Rockets.

2. Anthony is expected to sign with The Houston Rockets with a minimum salary of $2.4 million.

7 Reasons that Defense Wins Games and Should Be Your Priority — Can You Cone Up With More Reasons?

Author/s of the text: Joe Haefner

Title of Journal/Publication: Breakthrough Basketball

URL or Web Address: https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/defense/defense-importance.html

Main Idea: Defense is a very important part of a game in basketball because it prevents a player from scoring thus it can change the overall pace of the game.

Supporting details:
1. All of the top teams in the NBA are leading in defense
2. Great defense leads to great offensive opportunities. If a team plays exceptionally in defense, they would always be in control of the ball thus always putting them on the offensive side more often.

How to Make Better On-Court Decisions

Author/s of the text: Coach Dave Stricklin

Title of journal/publication: Hoopskills

URL or Web Address: http://www.hoopskills.com/better-on-court-decisions

Main Idea: Decision making is what separates a good player from a bad player

Supporting Details:
1. A good player understands and accepts his/her role which makes them more experienced and intelligent in making good decisions.

2. A good player always practice in order to understand a play and make fast and good decisions.

Top 10 Health Benefits of Basketball

Author/s of the text: Maanasi Radhakrshn

Title of Journal/Publication:
Stylecraze

URL or Web Address: https://www.stylecraze.com/articles/amazing-health-benefits-of-playing-basketball/

Main Idea: There are many health benefits from playing basketball.

Supporting details:
1. Basketball promotes cardiovascular health. Basketball is very fast paced with makes the player keep on moving.

2. Basketball helps players build bone strength. Since basketball requires weight-bearing activities, it will cause the bones to rebuild and become stronger.

Synthesis of the text about Football

There were numerous information and ideas that have been acquired through the texts “Football — A shared sense of belonging?”, “Passing Success Percentages and Ball Possession Rates of Successful Teams in 2014 FIFA World Cup”, “The Relationship between Perceived Coaching Behaviors and Group Cohesion in High School Football Teams”, and “Muscle Fatigue during Football Match-Play”. The text “Football — A shared sense of belonging?” shows how the game football unites the whole world. The world watches their own country to play for the world cup, aiming for one goal and that is victory  regardless of gender, religion, nationality, and color it is a game that everyone loves. The text “Passing Success Percentages and Ball Possession Rates of Successful Teams in 2014 FIFA World Cup” shows how passing rates and ball possession per player affects team wide coordination  and even winning them the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Another text the  “The Relationship between Perceived Coaching Behaviors and Group Cohesion in High School Football Teams” explains how mentality of the coach and also the players affects their team play. It also shows how individual perseverance affects the whole team. And lastly the text “Muscle Fatigue during Football Match-Play” shows how muscle fatigue is very common to football players because of fatigue to the player, it shows how crucial the game football to the health and safety of the players.

The articles discusses about the sport call football. It shows how football have been part of people’s life. It also shows the statistics about single performance of players affects the team. Individual play, team-wide coordination, perseverance, hard work, mentality, and a bit of luck are the key for the winning. The article also discusses health informations about the players playing the game.

The information found in the text explains that football is not just a game. Its not a game for those who quit easily, it is a game that teaches the people to sync with each other, connect passes and strategies, mentality beats hard work, and a true friendship beats everything.