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The main difference between looping backspin and looping topspin, once you have a decent stroke, is that one is more vertical than the other, all other things being equal. How you create that vertical path is up to you as long as you contact a lower point on the ball depending on the amount of...

No, it's not. What you fail to realize is that when you start to deconstruct a stroke, it is the beginning of trouble. You can BH loop vs. underspin in MANY ways. The truth is that very often, unless we are on camera, what we imagine ourselves to be doing and what we are actually doing can be...

You are still trying to think in terms of things that don't matter! Generally, yes, you should stay crouched, but it is not a rote thing - it is about finding a natural motion and applying it to the stroke and timing the speed of the racket to match when you contact the back of the ball!

Yes, my BH loop was higher quality and more consistent than my forehand loop for the longest time, and in terms of relative level, is still higher, as in elements of my BH loop would belong in a player higher rated than myself, and my forehand would mostly belong to a lower rated player. My FH...

Well since this video is already on TTD in a blade review, this will give you a sample of my BH topspin when I was trying to rebuild it a few months ago to work better vs. topspin. I am rebuilding it so I am mostly hitting it at 50-60% power.

If you tried the "unsheath the sword" motion, you would have all the answers you are asking. I find that trying to learn a technique by going through step by step instructions often leads to paralysis. What you need is a simple motion that you repeat for the whole stroke. When you unsheath a...

I wanted to post an actual match vs. a chopper, but decided it would not be fair to the chopper who I wanted to post since he has kicked my butt quite a few times and I wouldn't be posting those. But it was last November before I worked on my FH so my FH really sucked in terms of consistency...

Thanks for the insight.

In the end, with anything you choose, or even before choosing it and after choosing it and using it, you have to decide how you want to play. What you practice and do well or have a love for plays a role. I mean I can't put short pips on my BH anymore. I once considered it. But now I loop...

I agree. This is one of the reasons why I like to coach cheaply and give free advice to anyone willing to post videos. The game gives too much of an advantage to people who know correct technique. Only after correct technical knowledge is common knowledge will the sport become easy to share.

You're welcome. In the absence of video, these questions are hard to answer so I only try to attack the common culprits in my experience. But like I said, this is one of my best shots, so I don't speak about it with any trepidation.

Not sure why you want a faster blade but the first thing to try is the Timo Boll ZLC.

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In fact, it is easier to play the backhand topspin vs. backspin than the backhand topspin vs. topspin at a high level. Look at all these videos (ping skills, lodziak ) - can you see the "unsheath the sword" motion?

I don't agree with any of this at all. The shot is not hard if you have the right mechanics and the Lodziak video shows them - I was trying to give a natural motion that OP can use to get the same effect. The reason why players use the forehand against defenders is that the forehand has a...

Beware of reading too much into table tennis reviews if you don't know much about the reviewer. BTW, MX-P is at least as heavily boosted as EL-P.

You need to use your no spin serve as well against those players when they are attacking your backspin serve, so you have to practice attacking behind it and reading the returnsas the ball is lighter. All serves have weak spin variants per this video here - you can apply the principle to any...

It's probably still your problem. Work on your brush. Looping is not about "swinging full force". It is about brush acceleration at point of contact on the right point on the ball. If you use the motion above, the circular use of elbow and upper arm guarantees acceleration throughout the...

Okay. My point is that no matter what you think, Jingkun upset Mizutani, and that Mizutani is a good enough player that it is 50-50. Maybe in another year, it won't matter, but right now, it is still 50-50.

This is probably the highest level shot in my game and the shot I win the most points with vs. players who I face for the first time. Looping backspin is always a test of technique on either side. The most important first step is to have a good elbow position. In general, full and powerful BH...