The playing surface may be of any material and shall yield a uniform bounce of about 23cm when a standard ball is dropped on to it from a height of 30cm. The playing surface shall not include the vertical sides of the tabletop. The upper surface of the table, known as the playing surface, shall be rectangular, 2.74m long and 1.525m wide, and shall lie in a horizontal plane 76cm above the floor. The table should be 2.74 meters long, 1.525 m wide, and 0.76 m high. The ball should be either orange or white and 40 mm in size. The paddle should have a red and a black side. Let serves are not scored and are reserved. If the serve is legal except that it touches the net, it is called a let Inches and struck so the ball first bounces on the server's side and then Switch side again after either player reaches 5 points. In the final game (ie 5th game), the players Then each server serves only one point and then the If a score of 10-10 is reached in any game, Flow of the MatchĮach player serves two points in a row and then switch server. The edges of the table are part of the legal table surface, but not the sides. The server wins the point as in volleyball). However a game must be won by at least a two point margin.Ī point is scored after each ball is put into play (not just when ScoringĪ match is played best 3 of 5 games (or 4/7 or 5/9).įor each game, the first player to reach 11 points wins that game, In singles, the center lines serve no purpose, so ignore them. Sometimes all you want to know are the basic rules to play aįriendly match of ping pong. What you need to know to play a fun game of ping-pong What you need to know to play a fun game of ping-pong.Combining the haunting sophistication and dusky, atmospheric style of Sarah Waters with the unsettling isolation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, Catherine House is a devious, deliciously steamy, and suspenseful page-turner with shocking twists and sharp edges that is sure to leave readers breathless.The table tennis rules are divided into these two sections: And when tragedy strikes, Ines begins to suspect that the school-in all its shabby splendor, hallowed history, advanced theories, and controlled decadence-might be hiding a dangerous agenda within the secretive, tightly knit group of students selected to study its most promising and mysterious curriculum. But the House’s strange protocols soon make this refuge, with its worn velvet and weathered leather, feel increasingly like a gilded prison. For Ines, it is the closest thing to a home she’s ever had. Even the school’s enigmatic director, Viktória, encourages the students to explore, to expand their minds, to find themselves within the formidable iron gates of Catherine. Among this year’s incoming class is Ines Murillo, who expects to trade blurry nights of parties, cruel friends, and dangerous men for rigorous intellectual discipline-only to discover an environment of sanctioned revelry. In return, the school promises a future of sublime power and prestige, and that its graduates can become anything or anyone they desire. Family, friends, television, music, even their clothing must be left behind. Students are required to give the House three years-summers included-completely removed from the outside world. For those lucky few selected, tuition, room, and board are free. Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment, has produced some of the world’s best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. Catherine House is a school of higher learning like no other. and the dark truth beneath her school’s promise of prestige. and more! A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded, elite university and following a dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate who uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students.“ delicious literary Gothic debut.” –THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, EDITORS' CHOICE “Moody and evocative as a fever dream, Catherine House is the sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing you closer with each hypnotic step.” – THE WASHINGTON POST A Most Anticipated Novel by Entertainment Weekly
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