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Just a week ago, I decided to pull a trigger on RITC 802-40 short pips rubber on my BH. I thought to myself "WTH, let's just try this" and for me somewhat, short pips might makes sense.
My level of play is probably a stable 1600-1650 USATT. My forte is in making good (either under or side) serve and topspin on my FH. Two of my coaches, one a paralympic gold, another an ex-chinese pro player verified this. My weakness IMO is serve receive on deep long serve (no matter that spin they have) and BH consistency on drive and loop. There's a big gap between my FH and BH as my FH is much more consistent and it's been developing to the point where counterlooping is possible during matches.
I've used short pips twice so far and at least so far, my serve became way better due to the spin insensitivity. Ofc, this is probably because I was using Tenergy 05, the most sensitive rubber to spin there is. What became weird is I still don't understand how to overall control the push, block and counter-drive a loop. Perhaps this is because I've only used it twice but I don't know how to control my spin when doing both drop shot and deep long push.
I'd like to hear opinion from people who has switched to short pips, maybe changed from shorts pips to smooth, coaches and just players who are used to playing with pips. As someone at my level, does it make sense to switch to a short pips and do you have any tips on how to play with short pips overall in controlling your push and blocking loops.
My level of play is probably a stable 1600-1650 USATT. My forte is in making good (either under or side) serve and topspin on my FH. Two of my coaches, one a paralympic gold, another an ex-chinese pro player verified this. My weakness IMO is serve receive on deep long serve (no matter that spin they have) and BH consistency on drive and loop. There's a big gap between my FH and BH as my FH is much more consistent and it's been developing to the point where counterlooping is possible during matches.
I've used short pips twice so far and at least so far, my serve became way better due to the spin insensitivity. Ofc, this is probably because I was using Tenergy 05, the most sensitive rubber to spin there is. What became weird is I still don't understand how to overall control the push, block and counter-drive a loop. Perhaps this is because I've only used it twice but I don't know how to control my spin when doing both drop shot and deep long push.
I'd like to hear opinion from people who has switched to short pips, maybe changed from shorts pips to smooth, coaches and just players who are used to playing with pips. As someone at my level, does it make sense to switch to a short pips and do you have any tips on how to play with short pips overall in controlling your push and blocking loops.