The Japanese Paralympic table tennis federation created a range of different shaped tables to allow able-bodied people to experience what it is like to play with an impairment, as preparations ramp up for the 2020 Games in Tokyo.The tables, which are not proposed for use at the Paralympic Games, were constructed with playing surfaces of various shapes, from round-ended to trapezoidal and others.The unique tables allow people to understand how athletes with impairments -- whether they are in wheelchairs, with amputations or any other physical limitation -- experience playing the game.Twenty …READ FULL ARTICLE
