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Pro women players April 2019 World Rankings
Manika Batra #56 bh OX long pips
Anna Gapanova #63 bh long pips
Amelie Solja #65 bh anti spin
Manika Batra #56 bh OX long pips
Anna Gapanova #63 bh long pips
Amelie Solja #65 bh anti spin
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You will also find Linda Bergström at #82. Unsure if she uses sponge or not.
Edit: and the mighty Kim Song I at #16. She’s great fun to watch. There’re quite a few more but I guess that most uses sponge.
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Do mostly pushblockers use without sponge. Do not think defenders, like Linda have OX. That would surprise me alot.
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Most pushblockers do use long pips OX aka without sponge at the amateur level. At the pro women level, it can vary.
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True but Mr Loopadoop started listing defenders using sponge so I couldn’t resist to mention Linda out of national pride.
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Doesn't Deng Yaping fit the bill? Most aggresive forehand with pushblocking backhand. For pips I'm thinking Miao Miao but she uses medium pips like short pips on her backhand
You guys proably are pushblockers i assume? Have no one tried the Carl Prean style? play offensive with long pimple. Maybe you need sponge then, not sure. But i think this style would be a good option now when you have trouble getting enough backspin.
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Long pips are designed to be a defensive rubber, so to play offense with them is abnormal, a low percentage shot.
But it can work well i think with the correct kind of long pimples. Carl Prean would have been some of the best players in the world if he had a better forehand. He showed you guys that it is possible to play that way. Like Falck and Ito is showing that it is still possible to play at a high level with short pips. And i think you guys need to think out of the box if you still want to play a pushblocker style. At a lower level it works, but at a higher t is not enough backspin anymore.
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The long pips player at the highest level needs a versatile attacking 4h, doing all the normal shots from any position, close to and away from the table, bh and 4h sides.
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Most the modern LP players at high level are capable of doing push/block, long distance chop, or attacking with both FH and BH. But these folks do chopping a lot more as push/block is too slow.
As I am a low level LP player I find doing chopping far away from table exhausting if the opponent moves me in and out. So most of the time I like to stay closer to table to do chop/block which I don't practice much compared to far-away from table chopping. But it is fun to play LP chopping or push/block and it is less exhausting when practicing (not in real games, though).
As I am a low level LP player I find doing chopping far away from table exhausting if the opponent moves me in and out. So most of the time I like to stay closer to table to do chop/block which I don't practice much compared to far-away from table chopping. But it is fun to play LP chopping or push/block and it is less exhausting when practicing (not in real games, though).
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At the amateur level, a long pips player can be just as effective close to the table. It is not necessary to ever back up more than 5 feet behind the table.
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Carlos Arcila fits the description fairly well, though he uses Dr neubauer anti-spin rubbers. He does play like the OX LP crowd but with a heavy focus on his forehand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJwHB41tKkQ&t=251s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJwHB41tKkQ&t=251s
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That is very inaccurate. At 1.0mm, lp is a good attacking and blocking bh rubber. It is very hard to chop with 1.0mm lp in a def blade unless you are pro or high level. Also, attacking lp style has good attacking points for bh to bh if you know how to rally and. Not just push or chop.
QUOTE=Loopadoop;267812]Long pips are designed to be a defensive rubber, so to play offense with them is abnormal, a low percentage shot.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=Loopadoop;267812]Long pips are designed to be a defensive rubber, so to play offense with them is abnormal, a low percentage shot.[/QUOTE]
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Depends on the pip friction you have. D.tecs in 1.6 sponge feels FAR different than curl p4 in 1.6 sponge for instance. Even in OX they feel very different. Block angles will need to be altered etc. No sense arguing over generalities of pips when they can be so different!
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