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Spin and more spin.
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Spin and more spin.
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It seems to be so.
I am about 64kg and slightly under 170cm, and even if I'm strong for my size, the people I play against here commonly out-power me. I am faster, though.
With this technique, I can attack strong whenever I want and not get in a pinch. Due to my small size, I've had to learn to use my body well in backhand loops and I've found it to actually assist in it, instead of taking away power. Consistency is exactly the same, too, if not more consistent due to how often I do this.
I can understand why European coaches would advise to never do this.
Without the video of you, all statements like this are, they are really just words. The example showed in SquareBall's video is an accident from pressure. Chen Meng is over the table ready for a short ball to the middle and she gets a long push to her backhand side near the end line. And what she does is actually poor technique that she got away with. And the shot it produced is not a strong shot. It is high and slow. But it was misjudged. So she got lucky there.
It is easy to misjudge your own level if you don't see video of yourself. It is easy to talk about something and think you are right. But video footage gives an accurate representation. It will show how good the technique you are talking about is or not. If you wanted to help your technique improve, video footage can really help you see things you need to work on. The rest is just talk.
No sane coach from anywhere would train a player to lean back on any shot. It happens, but that is not on purpose. I have had a coach who is from China who is 2500+ and lives in NYC tell me that was bad technique. And yes, I used to do that before my BH looping technique got stronger. It was a hard habit to break. But when my technique got better, it went away. At least for the most part. I can't remember the last time that happened.