To play table tennis you need a tennis table, a partner, and a place to play. And if neither one nor the other is at hand, but you want to learn how to play. It turns out it is possible. It is enough to purchase a racket, a ball and make simple devices from scrap materials and use the theoretical and practical advice of the author, a candidate for master of sports of the USSR, which has developed over many years of sports life. The book is useful not only for beginner table tennis fans, but also for those athletes who want to learn how to win.