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We also had a game yesterday. Even after a good start with a 4-0 lead, we still had to work pretty hard to finish winning 9-7.
The exact same could be said about my first singles match in this game.
Starting strong with 2-0, then made a lot of unforced errors. I then lost the next two games and was down 8-4 in the 5th.
Thankfully my teammate suggested a timeout by shouting from the other side of the hall @8:19
Somehow I'm not a fan of taking a timeout, because of the low level we are playing, but this time it did really help.
Played the next balls much saver and did catch up 8-8! Then I lost the next two points with a bad fh top spin and a push error. 10-8 behind. Managed to remember a serve variation I didn't do all game and really kept fighting up to 10-10. @9:30
My unboosted Hurricane H3 NEO and mainly my reaction was too slow to return the ball from half distance, so trailing 11-10 @9:55
Then the best rally in the whole game @10:00, 11-11. Started shaking from all the adrenaline.
Did some safe pushing and counters and suddenly I'm leading 12-11!
Managed to win the next point with a short spiny BH service and won the game!
I really need to work on learning a softer less risky forehand top spin and wait for a good ball to do those power/smash spins I'm always trying to do.
here's the full vid of my last match
but really, i think its a very poor performance from me, much below my usual level, apart the final result. In the 1st set i try to attack but miss all my FH mainly because of my slow and messy footwork. Then i lack overall confidence during the whole match, become static and passive and the only thing i can rely on is my blocking game and my fighting spirit (especially in the 5th)...3rd and 4th set are a disaster
only the endgame from 22:50 is really worth watching a bit
Had a big tournament yesterday. Unfortunately i dropped out in the group stages as I ranked third in a group of six.
In this tournament i played the best match of career followed by the worst.
I played against the favorite of the group (he placed second overall in the tournament). He is a chopper and i had the most insane chop looping rallies! Was so much fun, squatting to the ground like crazy I lost the match in 4 games, but every game was very close and lasted into overtime.
After that I played the match for the second match. It was awful the guy only pushed, and he was very good at it. Every time I wanted to step around and pivot he pushed wide into my forehand. And he did not smash high balls he like chopped them downwards. With such a strange angle that i had problems to attack... Also the light was veery bad and on one side you could not see the ball at all. I ended up on that side for the last part of the game with 5-5... and lost it in the fifth.
Oh it was such a bad performance and i ended up depressed not even being able to be happy about my good game with the chopper.
ever want to burn more energy, look silly, and still lose a point? play like me. Jump shots are important.
Cool! Why didn't you mention that you have a youtube channel as well. And with this much content!
Do it like this guy - jumping off the bounce backhand counter loop Zhang JIke style.
http://i.imgur.com/j24D0S6.gif
NextLevel the One Loop Man said:Losing tends to bring about these feelings, but it is unreasonable to complain when you lose to a style you do not have experience playing.
I think Der Echte wrote somewhere that there is silly idea that when someone is pushing, and not playing a modern looping game, you are supposed to be able to just loop through ball and win points. But it doesn't work that way and the guy plays this way at this level for a reason. It is up to you to figure out reasonable ways of beating such players and without experience playing them, and a coach to tell you what to try, it is hard to do so under the pressure of a competitive match in a limited time. It's not like you were so good at looping backspin that you beat the chopper.
I hope you meant that Der_Echte wrote that the IDEA of MANDATORY loop through every chop was a silly idea.
Personally, I think the loop everything mindset and execution is gunna get a player in trouble vs balls they do not read properly, which can also make them out of position, off time and impact in wrong part of strike zone. Executing tactics that way leads to a lot of lost points, games, and matches. I am talking about amature players who are not yet good enough to overcome spin with impact, and yet even then, many pros lose points where they mis-read the underspin.
Still, it might have a value as it may force a player to figure it out. Yet, if the player does not somehow realize what/how they did wrong, it is a very bad thing going forward.
I try to strike a balance of being aggressive and just keeping ball in play and try to minimize or funnel opponent's attack. I might have spell where I am brain dead and not realizing what is on the ball, but in general, I try to setup attacks where I know what will be on the ball and where. That really helps the chances of success.
Did a tourney today, was hot garbage. Couldn't pick up the ball in that venue, blends in with floor and background. Need young eyes to succeed there. I had a few good matches, but overall, made a huge ratings gift to lower rated players. I will not do a tourney at that venue until I figure out a way to see in those conditions. There was a game where I mode loops to the FH corner crosscourt, I was 4 for 4 on those. Same game, I tried going down line and swung and missed on 5 balls. Incredible. I have to let the ball come into my impact zone some more to do that shot. It will cross past table and blend in with floor.
I shoulda brought an LP racket and played a close to table pushblocking game.
BTW, great performance of Ur friend.