Blazing Paddles The Lane County Table Tennis Club

Etiquette

To help preserve the excellent atmosphere we have surrounding our games, it helps immensely if everyone remains friendly and cordial and abides by the rules.

Ronald Reagan & Jane Wyman - Courtesy Larry Hodges

Some subtle tips to remember are these:

1. It is an honor to play with an accomplished player who has dedicated many years to perfecting his skills.
2. Good players enjoy playing against other good players who can test their skills.
3. It is always best for all when players join up with players of skills comparable to their own.
4. Unless there is only one table, it is best if novice players only attempt to join the better players when invited.
5. We are fortunate that we have multiple tables and the different skill levels can easily find a suitable place to play.
6. Players that have sat out a game are given precedence when forming a new game.
7. When novice and accomplished players do play together in doubles, it is better to have 2 novice players than only one. This way each accomplished player can team up with a novice player and a somewhat fair game can take place.
   
   If, on the other hand, one novice player attempts to play with 3 accomplished players, the game will be an unfair situation and not very competitive. This situation will lack any sense of challenge for the accomplished players and will place undue pressure on the novice player. Therefore, this is the one situation that should be avoided if at all possible.