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Pro wrestling is fake. Yet it is entertaining because the combatants act like it is not fake and cooperate to make all kinds of bizarre stunts.
In table tennis, many spectacular rallies occur naturally. It is a shame that one of the players have to lose the point after many fine exchanges.
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happens that players play "exhibition points", typically, at the end of a lopsided match. Such exhibition points often include long lobs and smashes. Yet they never seem totally real.
In "Pro" Ping Pong, the players collaborate to make fine rallies that are choreographed to look like spectacular real exchanges. As it is a collaboration, that one player "loses" the point does not matter.
Alternative, this is a sport itself. The players play a choreographed game to 11 points and are judged like in gymnastics and figure skating by how beautiful the game was played. Points are allocated based on difficulty, convincingness, and excitement as well as artistic beauty and creativity. Vague stuff like that as in all subjective sports judging.
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This I like!
At the end of the Olympics, there is often a "Gymnastics Gala", with the competitors showing off. This could be done in the same vein (to get the ball rolling before it takes off as its own Thing, so to speak).
You could step it up to 2 balls, or each player having 2 paddles, play to music, tag-team (a la wrestling again). |
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Stunt ping pong. More like gymnastics or diving. Doubles prizes for the best 'competition?' |
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Okay, maybe with characters too, painted faces super hero garb? "The Ponginator vs Paddles Of Death" [+] |
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