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I do both. I don't see why not. It makes it a little lighter. It's probably because of the issue of balance and center of mass, but I feel like it helps instead of making it worse. If you are going to RPB, then you should use the tighter grip. If the problem is that the ball has been hitting...

I actually switched from shakehand to penhold in my early days because looping hurt my wrist when I used shakehand. I would say that if you play penhold with a RPB , you can figure out how to play shakehand without much of a problem. If you play shakehand, I would say that it would be a little...

Watch what you say. Long pips reverses MOST of the time. For long pips, reversing spin is the most consistent thing to do, just like how with inverted, the easiest shot is the one where you return the same spin back to your opponent (topspin goes back as topspin, underspin goes back as...

I'm a lefty chinese penholder here. Modern RPB, about 2100. Relies on serve and attack, but I don't have a problem with power looping mid distance.

Changing the spin of the ball in the short game is really easy, since the ball is moving pretty slowly (you just have to have short ball skills). The light underspin that you mention actually happens a lot in game play. Because it's pretty common, players usually expect it. The first short...

If the chopper makes a bad chop, smashing the ball is definitely an option.

One of my friends died of a severe heart attack during a match. I saw him die in front of me. He had a wife and two kids. Don't push yourself. Don't risk it.

omg help me, I have sweaty hands too. Does a wrist band actually solve all the sweat problems?

Try practicing wherever the league is held. Play some practice points there before the league actually starts.

How do you know?

Today, I had a good day. I won all my matches for the seeding for my college team. It turns out, while asking him to join TableTennisDaily, that one of my teammates(Sho Miyazaki) played NextLevel at Westchester this August. Found the video! He's a chopper.

That's what moving your feet is for. You move after you serve to cover whatever angles are important. You don't have to stand where you served. That would be very inflexible. Always prepare for the cross court shot, since it is very likely. But don't ignore the other corner either.

As long as you can still serve down the line, it should still be fine

well, why would you be far away from the ball when you serve? that would be weird. I'm not even sure why you mentioned Chinese. Lots of players do this. There are probably a number of reasons, that I could guess. 1) it is easier do things consistently and controllably when they can be done...

I love playing against junk rubbers. They're so fun to play against. I love seeing their shocked faces as I perfectly read their 'confusing spins' and punish their shots. As for your question about the long pips sideways glide, it sort of depends on the player and the length of the pips. In...

Why isn't this post more popular? Something like this is amazing for studying how the professionals play using the internet.

Actually, this is how I started spinning the ball forward, and thus loop driving. I got really tired of looping so many balls out, and I just wanted to start smashing them. Then, I realized that I could put some spin on them, and I started to call them spin-smashes. Shoutout to Roy Li, if you...

I'e always sort of suspected this, since I do power loop drives consistently. All you have to do is learn how to spin the ball forward (which is pretty hard, though). After that, you can just start looping harder and harder, and the ball will just keep getting more speed and spin. It will still...

I'm not sure, I'll have to see what my college teams does first.

ehhhhhhhh, hard to say. Lower than 1800? I forgot what 1800 was like. Maybe 1600-1700 ish.