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I gave up on trying to flick that (reverse spin to FH short) while defending my deep BH corner from long serves. I have to admit my footwork is not good enough to do that unless I guess a bit and just aim to finish the point straight away (pretty much the fade version of the BH chiquita with...

Not just backspin and no-spin, there are 5 other spin types to practise against. Furthermore, there are also placement and speed/length variations - middle/deep BH/wide exiting sides + half long vs fast long. And against a server who can vary all of these it is quite important to be able to...

This is why fast long serves (with variation) to the BH/middle are so popular these days. With BH there is a limited target window and once you miss it (ball exits your triangle created by the body and your 2 arms), it is super difficult to control it. For me, i use a very similar body posture...

Not sure why you wouldnt snap your forearm even in a straight-arm stroke. For me if that doesnt happen there is a massive loss of spin. The benefit of going from straight to bent is that it increases the rotational speed of the bat which all acts to increase spin generated. Even if the snap...

Imo highest percentage receive is the sideswipe, and it works against all serves on both wings. If you know how to do a sidespin pendulum serve you know how to sideswipe. The nontopspin flick is actually quite a high percentage shot once you get the hang of it. Chiquita is also quite high...

I dont think it is that difficult if you understand the principles - i think dingyibvs also learnt it easily. I pretty much just followed Fang Bo's tutorial. Basics is to ask someone to hit a flat or even topspin serve to you and you have to rob the ball of its momentum to the sides until you...

You can push short against all those non underspin serves too btw. You can check out Fang Bo's tutorial on how to do that. It is advanced technique but I had a blast on learning it.

For me the best response is a chiquita to a nasty placement which usually wins the point outright, or is weakly returned so I can just finish the point with a strong FH topspin. But it is not an easy stroke to learn. Sideswipes (撇) are really good and error tolerant too (ie even if you misread...

I got almost 1 yr out of my D05's. Like what you said it loses most of its tackiness which will change how it behaves - so there is a bigger difference in feel over its lifetime, and then when you switch to a new sheet then there is this adjustment needed because the old sheets feel too...

Glad it helped! Yes it is the key to the chiquita against short underspin, once you got it the chiquita is not that crazy difficult. Then if you start to use the body then it becomes even more physically easier. Positioning is damn hard with the chiquita and is the hardest thing. Once you prove...

Check out the original comment by turbozed here: https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/bounce-with-the-ball-split-step.30960/post-449010

a lot of ppl dont factor durability into their calcs but it is not really correct. Imo one should be calculating based on estimated $/mth or $/yr. So a $50 rubber which lasts 2 mths is more expensive to use than $100 rubber which lasts 6 mths.

Sharing some more stuff I learnt recently. Basically forward lean management (the angle between thighs and upper body) is actually quite important and is not so straightforward. A few scenarios: 1) the action of reducing the forward lean is very important in lifting heavy underspin for both...

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...