Russian Max Vinogradov plans to open Hop21, a table tennis club and bar in Minneapolis this June. The bar will even offer classes to those who are don't know how to play ping pong.
Ping pong has made a comeback in the past half decade or so with a bunch of table tennis ‘bars’ popping up around the country. But who said this is a young man’s sport?
In America, we play ping pong, usually hunched over the table in some basement rec room. In the rest of the world, they play table tennis, sometimes in front of large, cheering crowds.
If you want to see an example of the difference between the two games, check out this mind-bending shot by Swedish professional Mattias Oversjo.
It's so amazing, you get to see it three times.