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The only thing I don't really know: is it worth it to try this style of playing. I'll need to invest a considerable amount of time to learn this and get to the level I'm playing at with inverted. But will it take me further in the long run. There is no way of knowing. How did other short pip players approach this?
You really won’t know if it’s going to help you in the long run unless you give it a good try, but even if you ultimately return to inverted, I don’t think it will have been a waste of time. That was my personal experience.
I like to play very aggressively, am a flat hitter, and am comfortable playing close to the table. As a result, different ones kept telling me I should go to short pips. So to find out for myself, I played short pips exclusively (training, club & tournaments) for 6 months to give it a good try, but ultimately returned to inverted this past year.
Being a flat hitter that likes to play close to the table, the transition to short pips was very easy. I found everything with short pips to be positive, with one major exception: I never found a short pips rubber that had anywhere near the same speed as my inverted, and I tried all the most popular ones in the market.
To be honest, I have personally found that the playing characteristics of the inverted I use is very close to short pips, with the advantage of the speed I want and need for my game style. So for me there weren’t any advantages to staying with the short pips.
I don’t believe it was 6 months wasted as I now know for a certainty that at this time, SP’s are not for me. Also anything you try (short, long pips...) will help you play against opponents that use them.
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