What is the difference between table tennis and ping pong?

In general, Ping Pong tends to be used by more by garage players, while Table Tennis is used by players that formally train in the sport. Ping Pong is a parlor game. Table Tennis is a sport, played at all levels, including amateur play with USTTA and ITTF, Olympic Games and at the Professional level. read more

Table tennis and ping pong are exactly the same game (none of this nonsense of balls bouncing on different or both sides of table) "Ping pong" was the sound that the ball made when the game first came about, because of the type of bat/racquet used. read more

I told him that there is no difference, but realized I was not 100% sure. read more

Table to show the difference between Tennis and Ping Pong . Summary of Table Tennis and Ping Pong. Table tennis and ping pong were originally the same sport, but ping pong was trademarked around the 1920s, making table tennis the common name for the sport. read more