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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...

Agreed, it should feel like 'hugging' when done correctly. Still, I think it is only easy when the incoming loop quality is low. If the loop quality is high I wouldnt bother with the counterloop. Just do a safe counter using sideways movement to neutralize the incoming speed/spin, and use the...

I second TensorBackhand's suggestion - just use pips. Inverted is just damn hard and physical in terms of playstyle. Just for eg the motion of FH looping a heavy underspin ball without 'cheating' (for eg by opening racket angle a lot) cant be done by a lot of seniors due to the knee and hip bend...

Yep, serve and receive are much more applicable to real matches. Rallies come only after the serve/receive stage has been successfully nullified.

There are some videos of ZJK coaching students on bilibili and youtube, which have been quite insightful. For eg with the FH loopkill against backspin - his cues are to drop eye level as close to the net as possible and then aim at the top of the net. So this is a kinda weird cue but in order...

I usually dont even bother much with topspin vs topspin or block training these days because it is just not that important compared to other skills. Imo most important training is just serve and serve receive training (one player serves and the other receives). You can limit the serve and...

I find that the straight FH loop seems to work best against FH pendulum serves (and other balls with similar sidespin), and the hook loop works best against BH pendulum serves and also straight serves (no sidespin) but the degree of hook needs to be bit less. Apparently it is even better to...

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