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When people think of competitive and fierce sports, the things that often come to mind are football, soccer, and maybe hockey. There are also lesser known sports such as snowboarding and airsoft that involve a lot of hard competition and much work. One thing that many people do not think of as hard is ping pong, or more appropriately called, table tennis. Everybody usually gets in a few games in their lives, whether it is at a relaxing pool resort of a friend’s house. At first glance, table tennis appears to be a passive game that is not as hard as other sports, but in reality, it can be just as exciting and empowering.

You still need to have a relatively high level of strenght in order to play table tennis, so that you can slam the ball back hard when the time calls for it. Of course, even if you are not strong, it is not that difficult to be able to hit such a small, weak ball fast. The real skill comes into following the ball, and hitting it in the correct way. Once you get a solid rally going and you are constantly hitting back and forth, it can become tough to keep up with what is happening. That is why the most important part of table tennis is hand eye coordination, as well as executing the manuevers necessary to keep the ball in play.

So how does the intensity of table tennis compare to other sports? Like anything, you can be pulled into a heated game, and you can really rack up a sweat after playing for just a little bit. While it does not seem like you need to put that much energy into ping pong, if you participate in the sport for awhile, you will see that it truly can be as intense as any other sport you can think of.