www.specialolympics.org Table Tennis Rules Change Summary 2022
Sport Rule Change Summary
2022 Rule Change Summary
Table Tennis
Change From
Change To
Old Formatting
See also date change at footer to reflect October 2022
2 Official Events
2.1 Target Serve
2.2 Racket Bounce
2.3 Return Shot
2.4 Individual Skills Competition
2.5 Singles
2.6 Doubles
2.7 Mixed Doubles
2.8 Wheelchair Competition
2.9 Unified Sports® Doubles
2.10 Unified Sports Mixed Doubles
CHANGED: The following is a list of official events
available in Special Olympics.
2.1 Target Serve
2.2 Racket Bounce
2.3 Return Shot
2.1 Individual Skills Competition
2.2 Singles
2.3 Doubles
2.4 Mixed Doubles
2.5 Wheelchair Competition
2.6 Unified Sports® Doubles
2.7 Unified Sports Mixed Doubles
5.3 Individual Skills Competition
Entire Section
5.4 Unified Sports Doubles and Mixed Doubles
Entire Section
CHANGED: 5.3 Individual Skills Competition has
changed to 5.4
5.4 Unified Sports Doubles and Mixed Doubles
changes to 5.3
5.3.3 Forehand Volley
5.3.3.1 Athlete stands on his/her side of the
table with another player (feeder) on the other
side. Using a total of five balls, the feeder tosses
each ball to the athlete’s forehand side. The
athlete scores one point for hitting the ball back
to the feeder’s side of the table. The ball must
hit the table to count as a point. The athlete
scores five points for hitting into either service
box.
CHANGED: 5.4.3 Forehand Volley
5.4.3.1 Athlete stands on his/her side of the table with
another player (feeder) on the other side.
5.4.3.2 Using a total of five balls, the feeder tosses
each ball to the athlete’s forehand side.
5.4.3.3 The athlete scores one point for hitting the ball
back to the feeder’s side of the table.
5.4.3.4 The ball must hit the table to count as a point.
The athlete scores five points for hitting into either
service box the particular region (refer to Diagram A).
*Diagram A inserted at the bottom of the document
5.3.5 Serve
5.3.5.1 The athlete shall serve five balls from the
right side of the table and five balls from the
CHANGED: 5.4.5 Serve
5.4.5.1 The athlete shall serve five balls each as the
directions below:
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left side of the table. A ball that lands in the
correct service box will count as one point.
5.4.5.1.1from right court to right court
5.4.5.1.2 from right court to left court
5.4.5.1.3 from left court to left court
5.4.5.1.4 from left court to right court
5.4.5.2 A ball that lands in the correct court, counts as
two points
5.4.5.3 A ball that lands in other court, counts as one
point
