Thank you for all the constructive feedback guys! I will try to address each individually.
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Takkyu_wa_inochi, I think you are probably right, as I don't play often at all, I would say average once every 2 weeks, if lucky, once in a week, so footwork will be suboptimal. That said, perhaps I also have the mentality to avoid injury, which can be different to others when they play multiple times a week, as you will sort of know your limit better, whereas every time I play, it is like I don't want to push myself over the limit otherwise i am stuffed, as injury will affect my ability to work and to play in the future. I will try and work on the FH and BH drills when I get the opportunity. I love the sport, but there are other things in life currently that makes it difficult to get more tt hours.
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Der_Echte, I agree with the medium spin loops. I think I used to do spinnier loops before, but now I settled and got complacent with medium speed and medium spin. I will try to work on a even slower and spinier loop. I have done side side loops before, but only to topspin or no spin incoming balls. I will try and see if the same can be applied to backspin balls.
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Lula, I agree I am pushing the balls back more than usual. But I think it is because my loops are not working in the match. Whatever I loop often gets 'counterhit' straight back at me, as mentioned by Der_Echte. So rather than feeding the points, I wanted to wait for a better opportunity to loop a stronger ball. I think I did tried to vary the placement to his backhand side. It has worked several times, but there were also few times that he just counter it fast straight back.
From my own observation, I actually noticed that my pushing needs some work. I noticed that when he push the balls to me, often it is quite low, hence, I couldn't actually do a fast loop without increasing the risk. I therefore had to lift the ball with some sort of arch, which he seems to be very comfortable to counter it back. I also need to work on pushing the ball back lower, even if there is less spin, as my pushes seem to float high which is perfect for him as he likes to 'hit' the ball more than brush.
Overall, it seems like his style is a hard counter to my style, 'counterhit' to medium loops. I will work on the things mentioned above.