Rebound model of table tennis ball for trajectory prediction

A flying model and a rebound model are presented for the trajectory prediction of table tennis ball in this paper based on the assumption that the ball would fly without spin before rebound. The analytic solution for the flying model is also given. The rebound model in Z axis is based on height loss coefficient, and a learning method based on one order polynomial is proposed. Experiments show that the prediction results based on the proposed flying and rebound models are accurate enough to satisfy the need to return the ball successfully.