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So I came across this video, and the ball is reacting really strangely off Boll's racket, it's almost as if the topspin didn't have any topspin in it or at least is very weak. There's other moments like this at 3:07. 5:12 appears to be the same movement but the loop was so spinny... How...

Looks a bit like Count Dooku's lightsaber haha...

The other factor is how hard they hit or brush. Loopkills kind of destroy rubbers much faster especially on the FH.

At the top it's simply because inverted players have highly optimised games which is why theyre dominating. Just look at for eg how much the techniques have improved over time on the inverted side vs pips. Yes at that level players are indeed constantly improving and developing. For amateurs it...

I came back to see the post and it's funny because although it's long and seems to make sense, it's just circular logic. Better ranked players are obviously better because they're... better? So pips players also get destroyed by inverted players above their level, and inverted players get...

No it is a loop. You're still meant to roll over the ball with your stroke ie supinate over it. If you watch Ti Long's video for easy loop against underspin he shows the basic concept quite well.

No it completely doesn't lol....

No these 2 are complementary. Pips itself doesn't have a ceiling. However, due to suboptimal technique, physicality and strategies pips players often do not even come close to optimising their level unlike inverted players. This is why they haven't really cracked top 5 in the world...

Both Kihara and Ito are pips players too btw

Most amateur pips players have the wrong idea to try to use their equipment to disgust the opponent to try to get cheap points. And they never actually ever bother to train the full range of pip shots or invent their own unlike a lot of inverted players who have to upgrade their technique as...

Its not shifting the goalposts. Pips players simply haven't figured out a lot of optimal solutions unlike double inverted where there has been a lot of research and development. In fact a lot of pips players with suboptimal technique (for eg Luka) or not so good physicality and movement (for eg...

From the perspective of amateur players and even a lot of pros, there is no ceiling. There may be a ceiling of say world top5 but that's already out of the woods like top 99.999% of TT players that it doesnt even matter anyway... They said the same crap about penhold being outdated but here...

Nah most ppl in Chinese forums and under popular Douyin videos are very supportive of him actually, haven't seen all that many haters actually.

The lack of 60 yr old double inverted champions shows that pips can be used to overcome significant issues in mobility and athleticism, which can be seen as an unfair equipment based advantage. Ito is also a Olympic champion and is one of the best non CNT players during her peak years. Recently...

Yes but would a 60 yr old double inverted player ever win a feeder?

There's a lot of important concepts in this. This also makes me understand why the wide stance crab style constant very low centre of gravity position adopted by Timo and Lily Zhang is a lot slower than the relatively higher starting positions adopted by players like Harimoto and Lin Yun Ju...

This video is really eye opening, thanks for sharing!

Sorry, this argument is completely invalid. Can you name any double inverted player who can win a Tour at 60 yr old? It is only possible with the magic of pips to disrupt the opponent's game.

I used to use 09c on FH and 05 on BH for a long time. Like you I really liked the shot quality offered by 09c on FH as it does have a higher spin ceiling than 05 in my opinion. But the durability issue made me change to 05 because it was a bit too much on the pocket. As 05 generally has twice...

In that case I got 3 bad sheets out of 3 and my friends got 2 bad sheets out of 2... Anyway, I'm not the only one complaining about D09c durability... switching to D05 made my life a lot easier once I adjusted.