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I've once achieved a huuuuuuge arc on my loop with maximum effort, like I'm doing max weight one rep squats, although it wasn't onto a completely dead ball, IIRC. So I know it's possible with my equipment and touch.BTW, looping "softly" is a very interesting and ambiguous term - I don't mean lazy looping when I say slow looping. Sometimes, a good slow loop can require just as much effort as a good fast loop and sometimes, slow loops are really medium/fast in some contexts. If you see Der Echte slow looping (or heavy topspin looping), you will think he just lifted 10 tonnes of bricks. What you are doing is putting max effort into the spin over speed so that the opponent has to time the loop correctly to make proper contact. It's not necessarily slow, but the ball just doesn't fly through the air. Some people achieve a similar effect by using spinnier (Tenergy, MX-S) or slower (H3, Baracuda) rubbers but the overall point is the same. You can also loop slowly and keep the ball low with maximum brush.
I should be able to get consistent at those if I just know exactly what I should do (I'm going to try really brushing into it and throwing caution into the wind for a while), and I'll settle for the high arc. I'm pretty sure I need to master the high arc first before I can do those amazing super heavy shots with a full swing yet the ball barely goes over the net.
Oh yeah. Looping softly. Is it any good? To actually loop with a slow bat speed? That is, as a decision and not because your consistency for a good brush is low.
Slow is a bit relative, but say, 50%.
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