ANALYSIS OF TABLE TENNIS INNOVATIONS RESULTING FROM THE COVID-2019 PANDEMIC
The COVID-2019 pandemic forced many people to take a different look at the world around them, to reconsider their attitude to their social circle, to optimize costs, to make adjustments to the foundations of life, to discover new activities. All areas of activity suffered losses both in the field of economy and in the field of resources. While the business was looking for new solutions to survive, the sport survived clinical death. The losses of athletes and organizations were estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The number of children in sports sections has decreased. Table tennis is one of the most popular sports around the world, both in terms of the number of people involved and the number of countries where it develops. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has more than 200 countries and is one of the three leading world federations in this indicator. This article will describe the problems and solutions that have arisen in table tennis as a result of the emergence of a new virus.