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I've started playing LP as a penhold player and am getting on very well. I serve with a tacky, slightly soft rubber and then twiddle to LP. I also RPB with my inverted rubber to attack. However, I realize the LP game for penhold is quite developed but cannot find any written material due to it being a strictly chinese discipline. I can chop top spin both BH and FH and this is very effective, however I am struggling mostly with backspin. if they loop hard topspin and I chop it to give them back the spin as backspin, then they can push it low and long. I understand that if I hit this, it is topspin, but find it difficult to attack because I still have to open the face of my racket slightly and move upwards, producing a weak topspin shot they can attack. When I watch penhold LP players they do a lot of side swiping. Is this just deception? Is there a way to produce good FH kills against backspin or do I just go for nasty angles/body feints? My RPB loop is definitely my best shot so if I can loop against backspin and then chop the return ball, I almost always win the point, as there is such a ridiculous amount of backspin. But as of right now, I'm chopping and blocking, and psuedo looping backspin. there has to be more to this art? I apologise if this has already been discussed on this forum. I had a look and couldn't find much. This is such a niche, and potentially under exploited tactic in TT, as RPB makes such a radical difference. Also, any names of Penhold LP players would be very helpful. I am aware of Zhou Xintong, who is most like my style, and to a degree Tin Tin Ho. But I am more interested in the LP technique than the RPB. My RPB loop and serve are my greatest strengths.