Objectives: Table tennis may be a sport that needs a lot of adjustments within the movement patterns of the shoulder, wrist, rotation speed, angular movements, Better range of motion to enable more strength and racquet speed. Better balance and core strength Table tennis is a widely practiced sport, often described as a reaction sport. Therefore, players must practice extensively which can expose them to overuse injuries. For optimizing training with limitation of the biomechanics is of primary interest. Methods: The current article aimed to put forth an extensive review of the literature on the kinematics of table tennis players. The inclusion criteria for the study were: any research article or case study, published within the English language that examined the kinematics of table tennis players. An electronic multi-database literature search was conducted including PubMed, Science Direct, Wiley Online Library, the year 1948 to 2021 by using the keywords “table tennis and kinematics”. A total of 85 studies were found. After a narrowed search by applying the inclusion/exclusion criteria, 22 articles were selected for the critical analysis in the review. Currently, the selected literature is under review. Results: Findings within the kinematics of table tennis players tend to define table tennis as an anticipation sport instead of a reaction sport. Regarding biomechanics, some rare studies are done, but none had investigated the transfer of mechanical energy between the upper-body and lower-body of table tennis players Which would be fascinating to know however the energy generated by the footwork contributes to racket velocity. Conclusion: Finally, the collected extensive reviews of the literature on the kinematics of table tennis players could be of high interest to improve the skill performance during distinct competitions at the national and international platforms.

Kinematics, Table Tennis, Achievement levels, Ball, Racket