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Am I just imagining it, or is their a general dislike of LP players at the lower levels of table tennis? I play in the league of a relatively small UK city. It sometimes feels like I get frowns from other players when they find out I'm using a long pimple rubber on my back hand. Rather than acknowledging that they need to change their game in order to play a LP player, it sometimes feels like they think I'm cheating or "cutting corners" by using an LP!
I also play a bit of golf and I know that certain golf clubs (chippers, hybrids) are frowned upon by certain sectors of the golfing community as they perceive them as clubs that cuts corners with developing proper golf technique...does the same sort of thing exist in table tennis with LP's, and I suppose anti-spin rubbers might get the same sort of treatment too?
To give a bit of background on myself; I'm in my mid 30's and have only been playing TT for about 2.5 years. I started out with inverted rubbers on both sides but my game moved forward considerably last summer when I switched to a LP on my BH. I would describe my overall game as a modern defensive one where I generally favour the BH over the FH. FH is primarily loops and smashes, the backhand is blocks, chops and topspin loops and smashes.
I also play a bit of golf and I know that certain golf clubs (chippers, hybrids) are frowned upon by certain sectors of the golfing community as they perceive them as clubs that cuts corners with developing proper golf technique...does the same sort of thing exist in table tennis with LP's, and I suppose anti-spin rubbers might get the same sort of treatment too?
To give a bit of background on myself; I'm in my mid 30's and have only been playing TT for about 2.5 years. I started out with inverted rubbers on both sides but my game moved forward considerably last summer when I switched to a LP on my BH. I would describe my overall game as a modern defensive one where I generally favour the BH over the FH. FH is primarily loops and smashes, the backhand is blocks, chops and topspin loops and smashes.