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This is just like regular Ping Pong except instead of a net,
there is a solid barrier 1 meter high the players can not see
through that is supported about 6” off the table, so that
there is an opening for the ball to pass through. The
players can see each other but the strategy of the game
would
be to use the barrier to partially hide your hand and
paddle movements. The players can not see the ball until it
shoots out from the opening. The ball must bounce off the
table before it goes through the opening. If it hits the
wall, and does not go through, on serve, of course, that’s a
foul. If it goes through but touches the edge of the wall on
service that’s a let. After a clean serve, the idea is to
confuse the other player with your ball coming through at
surprising angels. Of course, after service, if your ball
ricochets off the edge, but goes on through, all the better
to defeat the other player’s defense. Players have to be
very sharp, with lightening quick reactions and very
accurate returns.
Japanese matrix style ping pongm better than it sounds
http://www.youtube....watch?v=OfB_-hp3wt0
[not_morrison_rm, Oct 09 2014]
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Welcome to the Halfbakery (+). |
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//The ball must bounce off the table before it goes through the opening.// huh? |
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// confuse the other player with your ball coming through at surprising angels.// . . . |
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I wanted a helium-filled ball that bounces across the ceiling. |
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// confuse the other player with your ball coming through at surprising angels.// . |
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Well, perhaps the theological aspect of ping-pong could be examined |
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That'd be really annoying, making a higher pitched sound when struck, |
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Yay! Welcome to the Inventory. |
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Large nets with holes might prove subterfuge enough. There could be a gradation of nets, based on visibility and difficulty. |
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I don't see the necessity of the ball bouncing off the table first (bun pending clarification). |
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That's typical of the service shot, no? |
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Hello [Altoidain]. Be aware that you have made several
spelling mistakes in this idea and some people will not
tolerate this. Other than that, have fun here! |
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well perhaps angels are meant to be surprised. |
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Anyways, it isn't mentioned whether the bounce on the original side is for the serve. You'd think, for continuous play, you'd be aiming through the hole. |
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I kind of assume that it means you have to aim for the
table just to your side of the opening, which is pretty
much how it would have to work anyway. |
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I might modify it so that there is a "neutral" bounce area
maybe a foot to either side of the opening that you can
always bounce a shot in. I would also make the neutral
area somewhat narrower than the table, since hitting in
this area would also count towards the bounce required
on the opponents side (that it is, if it hit in this area and
then went "out" it would still count). If it doesn't hit in
this area, it must hit on your side only once per volley,
and it must hit your opponents side once to count. |
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Do you think a ping pong ball could be struck through a medium that would sort-of refract it? I mean in the sense of changing its direction, not the sense of spreading it out into a rainbow. |
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If the sides of the table were built up, so that the whole table formed a large, shallow box, this could be filled with ether which is of course denser than air. You might then almost get the effect you're after, with the ping-pong ball slowing slightly more as it passes through the ether than it would if travelling only through air. Playing on an
ether-filled table would not be hazardous at all. |
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