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Hi folks,
I have always had a weaker backhand. I would say its pretty decent now. I score alot of points with slow spinny backhand openups, but its not a Darko Jorgic like killer.
Whenever my opponent starts putting pressure on my backhand I find myself stuck blocking, walking away from the table and start lobbing.
I tried adopting a few of Simon Gauzy’s tricks. He does alot of strawberry slices and flicks, chopblocks and chops to disrupt the opponent or slow the rally down.
Although my attempts arent that effective and often go wrong. Whenever I do get them right I find myself getting alot of joy by disrupting my opponent.
This made me think about maybe trying out defensive style with pimples. The more I think about it, the more I start to like te idea.
Im also kind of an equipment junky, and I have played with lots of different rubbers. I occasionally swap bats with some clubmates that had short or long pimples for the fun of it, but I have never bought a pimple rubber.
Alright, lets get to the title of the topic:
Transitioning from offense to defense
Has anyone here made a drastic change in playing style like this? Was it a succes? Or did you eventually go back to a normal backhand rubber?
I saw a video of Pongfinity where Emil tried out the long pimple rubber for his backhand. It looked like it was very difficult and unnatural for him to adjust.
I feel like it wouldn’t be this difficult for me since I occasionally swap bats with long pimple players, and I seem to adjust quite quickly.
Short or long pimples?
So most defensive players (atleast that I know of) use long pimples. But I also noticed that 1 Japanese defender uses short pimples to defend (I googled him, his name is Yuto Maramatsu).
So why would anyone choose to use short pimples for defense? What are the advantages opposed to long pimples for defense? And what are the disadvantages?
Also, what sponge thickness should I take for long pimples? I definitely don’t want OX long pimples. A few of my clubmates play with these and I tried to play a match against one of them with their own bat. It felt very difficult to anything else then push or block. Although I had a good laugh, those are not for me since I also want to play away from the table.
When it comes to specific rubbers, for long pimples I was thinking about Victas Curl P1, and Spectol S1 for short pimples.
Let me know your thoughts!
I have always had a weaker backhand. I would say its pretty decent now. I score alot of points with slow spinny backhand openups, but its not a Darko Jorgic like killer.
Whenever my opponent starts putting pressure on my backhand I find myself stuck blocking, walking away from the table and start lobbing.
I tried adopting a few of Simon Gauzy’s tricks. He does alot of strawberry slices and flicks, chopblocks and chops to disrupt the opponent or slow the rally down.
Although my attempts arent that effective and often go wrong. Whenever I do get them right I find myself getting alot of joy by disrupting my opponent.
This made me think about maybe trying out defensive style with pimples. The more I think about it, the more I start to like te idea.
Im also kind of an equipment junky, and I have played with lots of different rubbers. I occasionally swap bats with some clubmates that had short or long pimples for the fun of it, but I have never bought a pimple rubber.
Alright, lets get to the title of the topic:
Transitioning from offense to defense
Has anyone here made a drastic change in playing style like this? Was it a succes? Or did you eventually go back to a normal backhand rubber?
I saw a video of Pongfinity where Emil tried out the long pimple rubber for his backhand. It looked like it was very difficult and unnatural for him to adjust.
I feel like it wouldn’t be this difficult for me since I occasionally swap bats with long pimple players, and I seem to adjust quite quickly.
Short or long pimples?
So most defensive players (atleast that I know of) use long pimples. But I also noticed that 1 Japanese defender uses short pimples to defend (I googled him, his name is Yuto Maramatsu).
So why would anyone choose to use short pimples for defense? What are the advantages opposed to long pimples for defense? And what are the disadvantages?
Also, what sponge thickness should I take for long pimples? I definitely don’t want OX long pimples. A few of my clubmates play with these and I tried to play a match against one of them with their own bat. It felt very difficult to anything else then push or block. Although I had a good laugh, those are not for me since I also want to play away from the table.
When it comes to specific rubbers, for long pimples I was thinking about Victas Curl P1, and Spectol S1 for short pimples.
Let me know your thoughts!