Creating SPIN, is there a best way?

Hey guys,

After playing TT couple of years, I was thinking the mechanics of how spin can be created on the ball and wondering which method creates more spin on the ball.

When Driving spin can be created either by:

Carrying the ball with a longer motion, along by brushing it.

or

Fast brushing on the tangent of the ball.

Which one is the best option?

TTHopeful said:

Hmm I am trying to work out how you mean. The best way to produce spin is the brush the ball as much as possible right?

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Sorry I cloud the question guys. What I really want to know is which of the two produces a better shot, in terms of spin.

I feel sometimes when I use more a brushing stroke I lose a lot of control. When using a carrying motion I can the ball easier on the table but it is so easy for my opponents to block.

Rajah* said:

Dont hit the ball, "brush it hard"

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I'll try that today. Thanks!

Rajah* said:

Dont hit the ball, "brush it hard"

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I tried that couple of training sessions this week. And the conclusions I could get are (considering backspin only):
- Brushing the ball fast often produces a lot of spin, at the cost of shot speed and sometimes placement.
- Brushing also required myself to wait for the ball to drop lower than I'm used to (I tend to attack-on-bounce backspin balls). Thus giving my opponent a bit more time to react.
- Carrying the ball produced a lot less SPIN, but gaining better shot speed and placement.

Final conclusion:
I found that using the "Carrying motion" is much more effective against advanced players, which have enough experience to block high-spin shots. That is because you rely more on shot placement and speed to reduce reaction time from these players, and create more windows of opportunity to counterattack.

The brushing stroke is much more effective on beginner-intermediate players since that have low experience, and have a hard time blocking incoming heavy spin shots.

I've just realised that due to material mechanics chinese style rubbers offer the best of both worlds, at the trade-off of physical endurance and level of technique. The brushing motion is effectively incorporated in the carrying motion, giving the stroke immense amounts of spin and speed. Due to the lack of bounciness from chinese sponges and high tackiness from the topsheet, mixing both techiniques to create SPIN comes perfectly with these type of rubbers.

Thanks for the help guys