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Yes, this is the 3 step method, right foot just when the opponent is about to make ball contact, then left foot steps into table and followed by right foot to the final position. The huge advantage is being able to adjust easily to further information from the ball bounce itself. So for eg if it...

Yeah that is the other important part, placement and also recovering well to gain the positional advantage in the rally. Btw we can create sidespin and even sideunderspin (not just sidetop) with the chiquita which will complicate things a lot.

Ok I get the point. But still, teaching the correct 3 step footwork and correct posture to receive short serves is probably better long term as you pretty much require it in almost all other receives. Teaching an almost arm only chiquita will send the wrong message that it is OK to reach for the...

The fundamental problem of the guy in the video is that his positioning doesnt allow him to use his body effectively - he actually knows the technique to do a powerful chiquita (see beginning of video). He sets up way too upright for someone of his height and doesnt take the quick 3 steps to get...

05 is more economical than 09c cause it lasts twice as long. The 09c tackiness doesnt last all that long and then it pretty much becomes a slower 05 anyways. Both 09c and 05 will allow you to generate very high quality shots from the FH. The real advantage of 09c is in short push and service...

Funny thing is the other guy didnt even really hide the serve lol

@Fnub Check this out in slowmo and you can see that ZJK even has his BH rubber so open that it is facing the sky during some followthroughs (notice that he uses a closed bat angle during the backswing - this is required because the table is in the way). This is a bit more valuable than his...

If the guy knows how to use good footwork, bodyweight transfer, forearm, wrist and finger action to push the ball, there is a chance that it is so spinny that OP has no chance to overcome the spin and loop it unless he knows how to similarly use all the available mechanisms to loop the ball, and...

Everyone flicks a bit differently but the method I use for short underspin is using more of the sponge. The way I do it is that the bat angle goes from closed (during max backswing) to open (during contact) to closed (during followthrough). Opening the bat angle is achieved by slight...

For me it is all about the technique. You can BH flick with any rubber. But it is just physically easier with D05 imo because it is less spin sensitive (incoming spin bites less on the rubber) and it is faster, so it requires less effort from me which is nice coz I'm just lazy lol

If they dont attack and hug the table, I almost never serve underspin (only as a occasional variation to keep them honest) to these guys lol. It is all heavy sidetopspin or nospin and all their pushes are gonna be juicy opportunity balls for me or just go out of the table. You can also serve...

I use D05 both sides but I dont push much (only against heavy underspin) but rather focus on chiquita, flicks and topspin on both wings. Have to be quite precise when using this as it is a rocket.

Ok now i understand the confusion. I guess my grip is a bit different after all. It is the left side of the index finger that touches the rubber, not the flat bottom surface. Also my index finger is resting on the rubber curved and not straight.

How would pressing the fingertip have any effect on the other joints much less lift them up? I dont see any connection there.

I use the standard grip - index finger tip is close to the bottom right edge of the BH rubber. But the key is that I don't use the tip of the index finger but the middle joint of the index finger to exert that pressure which I find to be more efficient. So because the thumb is below the middle...

Yeah i was chopblocking loops with LP and attacking short serves on my offhand within like 2 sessions, it is really that easy.

Figured out how to do a more effective FH small stroke counter even at full stretch (typically happens when I'm doing fast BH countering and the other players make a quality down the line switch which is unexpected). The secret is in using the index finger middle joint (2nd out of 3) to close...

To OP: For inverted, i would say that until you understand (and memorise) how to push and loop against all 7 types of incoming spins (FH pendulum sideunder+sidetop, BH pendulum sideunder+sidetop, pure heavy underspin, no spin, topspin) easily on both wings with at least 80-90% success rates...

05 is way better for chiquita due to its increased speed and lower spin sensitivity imo

I went the opposite direction (09c to 05) and my game became a lot more aggressive. Short push with D05 is a pain (although I've improved a lot in terms of momentum stopping since I switched) so my default serve receive became a lot more aggressive (chiquita / FH flick / sideswipe followed by...