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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 25 Jan 1997.
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More helpful tips from a real pro

More helpful tips from a real pro

alt.ascii-art · 1 message · 25 Jan 1997
Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> 25 Jan 1997 00:00 · raw headers · report 
uta...@aol.com wrote:

>P.S.  Here's a tip of my own...
>
>Hit the ball really hard so that it flies up inbetween the ceiling
>rafters.  This will
>cause your opponent to lose sight of the ball.  If you're good at it, it
>will bounce three
>times between rafters, and on the third time, it will bounce straight down
>onto your 
>opponent's side of the table.  S/he will be so surprised that you will win
>the point!
>
>
>
>
>                     |-------|           <- Ceiling
>                     |  /---\| 
>                     | /    /|           | = Rafters
>                      /    / 
>                     /     \
>                    /       \
>                   /         \
>                  /           \          / = Path of ball  
>                 /             \         \ = Path of ball
>                o               \     
>                                 \
>                                  \
>                        ]          o
>                        [  
>                        ]
>________________________[____________________________________
>
>
>
>   YOUR SIDE OF                 OPPONENT'S SIDE OF
>      TABLE                            TABLE
>

That really happens not infrequently where I play...and provided the ballit 
does not actually strike the rafters or the roof but comes down on 
the opponent's side of the table we allow the point !  *8-) 

Bye,

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