One thing remained unchanged though...video quality

0:44 that guy probably came straight to the competition after his Tango class

It really is crazy to see how much the game has changed, and also how today's strokes/technique looks way more.. idk smoother/stylish/just plain better

I’m really impressed by the 30’s and 40’s, since back then both the ball and rackets were made of granite.

0:57 spin move

Fun Fact: Women's Table Tennis was introduced on 2015. Thank you for the opportunity!

It's incredible how in the past there were so much more variety in playing style. Today, most of the players play almost the same.

A big revolution is players moved away from table a lot, and that allows much more complex and powerful hits. It was more like a board game, then it evolved into more of a court game.

The video quality of 1940s is better than many ITTF' s videos today 😂😂😂

amazing video, thank you 4 this

It's interesting that tt today didn't look like the modern game of today until about the 2000's. Even now, Ma Long developed a better backhand and uses it more than, say, 10 yrs ago. it's becoming all about speed/power offense rather than defense. Nowadays, people are also staying closer to the table for rallies rather than backing up, requiring machine-like precision to get to the ball.

Old is gold, legend is legendary.. No matter how time changes.

Wonderful and memorable.. Really enjoyed the vedio

Super vidéo !!!

Love the vids keep it up

I am very excited by this video🎥🌹🌹🌹🌹

Amazing 👏👏👏❤

Amazing!

Great and various evaluation of ping pong!

Beautiful journey in time of table tennis 🏓👍🏼🏓👍🏼

inestimable trabajo, gracias!!!

The game shift to level 300 when the Chinese started taking part

Nice video thanks! Maybe leave the music out next time ;)

Super progress

Last one #intense !! Just beautiful !!

Jike and Ma Long in their primes are my favorite things to watch

Probably the most funny(sad?) thing is, that 90 years later, the video quality is still roughly the same :-D, but like the video, great retrospection.

昔は昔でよくそんな打ち方で入るなと思って感動しました❗️しかし個人差はあれど、技術の研究と進化で、打球フォームがどんどん洗練されていってるし、それに連れて球威、球速も格段に上がってるのがこうして比較してみるとよく分かりますね❗️

Looks like an amazing workout.

Show!!!

U do need to remember that they can't really spin well with those old rubber, so no crazy of table actions, it's like hitting with smooth metal plates you just can play that much spin

0:49 このバックハンドが異次元すぎる

2:02 OMG the difference between the arms !!

Thank u , u joy me

Excelente archivo histórico!

1930s someone gets point spectators : Now someone gets point spectators :AAAAHAHAHAHAHLAHWKXBS

カットのフォームは昔から変わらないことに感動した

Köszönöm Zoli. Hiányzok a Klampár Tibor és a társai

Two notable dates from this chronicle: the date when players started shouting after every point (2007); and the date when women started playing (2015). Good job on that.

So, it became tennis in 90 years. Wonderful compilation though.

That MA guy got some crazy good reflexes

1930 table tennis they used the hardback a totally different game from a modern-day rubber that we use today. Table Tennis is awesome !!!

70's...me playing with the guys at job lol... 30's... Nice to see how it starts....

Great

Waldner 80’s,90’sand 2000’s. The best ever.

2:23 sound started coming clearly after 1970s

70s and before they looked like amateur practicing!

이런 역사적 자료를 어찌.. 대단하십니다.

Love to the sports!

9:53...for a moment we are back in 1930 xD

ma long and xu xin are two monsters!

3:29 Snake for the point! =)

3:25 that snake oof

China has entered the chatroom China: allow me to introduce myself

Videoquality was better in 1940 than in 2020 ITTF KZfaq Videos!

You know the video's about to be lit when you hear that soundtrack at the start of the video😂

Austrian final between ma long and Zhang jike is my fav of all time

I and my friends are still playing in 30's 😂😂

Классное документальное сентиментальное кино. Лак.

You could have compensated for the increased level of table tennis by playing music from each era as well.

張継科久しぶりに見たけど やっぱあのプレーは憧れるなぁ

good

荻村一郎さんめっちゃ好き！

9 decades since table tennis first started wow

昔の人達が今の卓球見たらどんな反応するか見てみたい

I love this game

1:39 still better video quality that most of these days

Genial

Do a video of the evolution of screaming in TT, culminating with Harimoto.

As a sport on TV the golden era was early 70s to late 90s b4 that the TV's was to bad and after that the boll started to move to fast :)

I notice amazingly little change, actually. Compared to tennis for example.

Tusheel Datta So, people ultimately forgot to play backhand and chops? 2020: First play all forehand shots even on the opposite side of the table leaving the whole table wide open, then rely on your god level reflexes and footwork to save you!

Legendary Japanese Players (men's)… 50' -> Ichiro Ogimura , Toshiaki Tanaka 60' -> Shigeo Ito , Nobuhiko Hasegawa

すげーーー

where is the FOREST GUMP match ???

what a history

Trivia, no other country has won an Olympic Gold Medal in women's single, team and men's doubles, team except China. Last Olympic Gold was won by South Korean Ryu Seung-Min in men's singles event in 2004, Athens, Greece.

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The stroke evolution at its best. Thanks to the chinese for making it more competitive.

すごいなぁー 昔のはテニスみたいな雰囲気がある気がする

ボルの活躍期間が長いな　すごい

Ah, the 90's....speed glue and masked serves

I think you didn't see 2015 Australia open final, Ma Long VS Zhang Jike, which is best game in the world.

In the 1st part of the video I can’t hear the commentary properly because the background music is too loud. Still enjoyed the video though.Thanks

At :48, Marty Reisman was not playing TT at the international level in the 1930s. He was a kid. That's a match against Barna from the late-40s.

They left out 2 of the big 3 changes to the game! In the 1940's modern sponge rubber was invented for the paddle allowing for a lot more power and spin. The old defensive chopping style that led to a 2-hour long point in the 1930's gave way to the modern-looking attacking style that we've seen in some form ever since. Then in 2000 the ball size was increased from 38 to 40mm to make the sport more spectator friendly, slow the game down, lengthen the rallies. Interestingly the Europeans and the Chinese both felt they'd gain an advantage over one another with the bigger ball. Euros thought the game would become more like tennis with taller players' reach advantage at least closing the gap on Chinese dominance. The Chinese used the slower ball speed to develop the RPB or reverse-penhold backhand which gave many of their players a very tricky alternate shot and surface which probably increased their dominance. Then in 2015 the ball's material was changed from cellulose to plastic, making it harder to spin but faster and bouncier, giving attacking players even more of an advantage.

The closest thing to having Jedi-like reflexes

Wow

Bonito de vê , epoca que galera jogava modo caneta.. hoje em dia é raro

There is some historical inaccuracies in this film. It was the Chinese and not the Japanese who dominated Mens Table Tennis from 1961 to 1965 with two of the world's greatest players the immortal Zhuang Zedong and Li Furong.

Also evolutian of the camera

I live hearing "AuDiO jUnGlE" every 5 seconds

3:28 snake by the player in blue shirt

なんというか跳ね方がえげつねえな

Why is the video quality in the 70's better than the 80's?

Adam🤙

One of the best sports people can engage.

2:21 え、画質良すぎない？

After the plastic ball was introduced the game become much more simple, the best robot player wins.

Do you have any footage of Dal Joon Lee from the 60s and 70s? He was born in Korea and was national champion there and then in the USA. He was part of the Ping Pong Diplomacy but could not travel to China. He did compete in the following matches in the USA.