How it works
Looking for ping pong team names? The game is table tennis, and these 105 names come five at a press, from Net Losses to Rubber Match. None was taken from a club, a league, a brand or a player.
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Four sets in the menu
Paddle and spin puns is the first set. Doubles pairs names two partners. Office, club and school runs from the break room table to a league night, and the funny set is for the team that spends the match chasing the ball.
The shots in the names
A loop is a strong topspin stroke and a chop is its defensive, backspin counterpart. A lob sends the ball high to land on the far side of the table. Pips are the pimples of a rubber, and penhold means holding the paddle like a pen.
Questions and answers
What is a funny name for a table tennis team?
Net Losses, Pips Squeaks, Penhold Your Horses and Knick Knack Paddle Whack are in the puns set. Table? What Table? and Backspin Backfired are in the funny set.
What is a good name for a doubles pair?
Chop and Loop, Topspin and Backspin, You Serve, I Smash and Two Paddles, One Table are in the Doubles pairs set, which has 23 names.
What are good names for an office league?
Break Room Table Hogs, Let's Table This, Topspin Before Timesheets and Best Paddle in Accounting are in the Office, club and school set.
Is a paddle the same as a bat?
Yes. The glossary we checked lists paddle and bat as other words for the racket, so Paddle Class and Two Bats, One Ball are about the same thing.