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there are elite amateur pips players who won against pro players, something that is almost outright impossible with double inverted. So yeah, the ceiling is higher with amateur pips.

Short answer is no

What is the spin when you hit like this against topspin? Is it close to just no spin? For me BH attack against underspin with anti is quite trivial and easy, it is almost exactly like the inverted BH loop. The attacks against no spin and topspin are quite a bit harder imo.

More reversal isnt always what you want, what is the holy grail is easy control on the degree of reversal. So for if I chopblock your loop, depending on what I do with my fingers and wrist, the outgoing chopblock could have heavy underspin to nospin or even sidetopspin if I so wanted. If it is...

The central concept is basically not allowing your opponent to determine your service type from the preparation stance and grip, the rest is the details. I think she does transition to a fuller grip halfway during the serve backswing.

Lol even Aruna struggling like mad from the weird LP shots haha....

I discussed this a while ago but Chen Xintong actually surprised me when I saw this match - she used the same ideas of showing a service grip, then changing it midway to another grip to serve a different serve. So in her case, she is showing the normal pendulum service grip to her opponent, she...

@TensorBackhand See this video which shows the blade angle changes during the chiquita or the over the table BH loop. You can see how this closed to open transition helps to lift whatever backspin is on the ball together with the body and legs, and then you just followthrough forward clockwise...

Yes it works against heavy under, just go around the side to avoid the strong spin axis.

With half long or even short balls you are right that the table is in the way, hence there is no room to backswing except for this trick that chiquita players use (watch a lot of them). You can get more backswing room by closing the racket more during the backswing. You open the racket angle as...

With how much you like to slap the ball, i feel like double inverted is not gonna be your forte. The power of inverted is in the power of heavy topspin which cannot be generated with slap shots. I feel like your mentality is much more suited to SP hitting especially on FH. BH LP given how much...

Even better showcase of Kim Kum Yong creating absolute havoc for her opponents.

I have amateur penhold LP/inverted partners with wins over national team members lol. It is a ridiculously strong style imo if you treat the pips seriously and dont use it like a crutch like the lazy pushblockers, ie you have to be active with it, have excellent footwork, serves, FH loop, etc...

Most LP or anti players will chopblock against heavy topspin and not attempt the counter attack due to safety. It is easier to counter attack weaker balls, especially pushes. Pushes are the easiest to attack with LP/anti. Kim Kum Yong is probably the strongest LP player currently although she...

Haha there was no advice in my post. I struggled against that serve from lefties too esp if their sideunder and sidetop was really subtle. Even if I had an OK read of the spin it was really unfriendly to try to get an advantage receiving that particular lefty hook serve to the FH corner too. I...

Kojima plays a bit like Ba Yongbo who nearly took down Quadri Aruna recently (it went to 7 games). He really defends all the topspin attacks like a boss and then waits for the other player to give him a push to then punish it decisively with the LP attack. It would be really annoying to play...

Lol no... OP serve is quite basic tbh and doesnt have advanced deception other than leaving his free arm out to hide the ball aka cheating. some of the LP/inverted combo penholders circle have wins over national team players even as amateurs. OP or his friend will never get to that level in...

Lol so basically serve cheats are allowed to brag here too. Hilarious.

Nah, his FH is just bad. He obviously spent a lot of time trying to make his RPB good but this was at the expense of his FH training, and his RPB is still quite a bit worse than the shakehand BH especially in terms of stability. This is why I think that RPB is quite useless at the amateur...

The problem for the penholder is that his FH is too weak and error prone. There were so many floaters that he missed. If he had a real quality penhold FH attack, there would be no chance for OP to get back in the point. Penholders cannot afford to have bad FHs in general. Ffs my LP/inverted...