^ I fully agree with this
My coach gave me a very good insight: the closer to the table, the more compact the stroke is. Striking the ball with a backhand topspin right off the bounce means that you'd need to use your wrist more and elbow/hip less. In our language, we have a specific name for this stroke: a "demi" (aka half) backhand topspin.
Keeping that in mind, because of my physical features and lack of techniques, I cannot play such a fierce backhand with speed like Aya so it's not realistic to emulate exactly what she does in my opinion. What to do instead is to stay as close to the table as possible and use a few compact fast backhands with good placement upon a third ball attack to try and find an opportunity to end the point as the opponent is put on his/her back foot
In order to develop this kind of stroke, I'd recommend:
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Fully develop a decent regular backhand with good control
- You must also have decent footwork to support your close-to-the-table movements
- Lots and lots of multiball training
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Focus on speed and placement
We've been using this drill lately, which I think is very beneficial for my competition play:
- I'd serve with backspin and attack the third ball with a forehand shot
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After that, he wanted me to play as many demi backhands to his backhand as I could, but try to make micro placement adjustments and score with surprise balls to his elbow (making the kill with forehand is also acceptable)
- Latest video is
here