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Chapter 2

it will always remain Speed 2.5! You have to hit the ball firmly enough so that the ball rolls just under 2½ table‘s lengths. YOU have to adapt to the table, not the table to you! The run of the ball in this diagram should not be taken too literally. It is just an example to illustrate the speed values.

PAT Level 1, Part 1: Speed

After this brief introduction into speed as well as a bit of prac-tice, you can now have a look at the official test exercises and try them out. I advise you to pretend that you are actually taking the official test (although that‘s impossible just with this book, of course) to see where you actually stand.

The same exercise is used for PAT 1 and 2 by the way. The only difference is in the expectations, i.e. the target average required to move up to the next level.