POSSIBLY because they have read this:
WHO IS SHORT PIPS FOR
or perhaps because one realises the the benfits of a fast direct style
But the straight line thing only applies with no net, right? To hit the ball in a totally straight line the contact point would have to be significantly higher than the net, otherwise you need some curve to the ball flight and that either has to be Gravity or spin (or both). If it only is gravity you need to limit the speed to allow to give gravity enough time to make it fall.
Inverted rubber is much safer since you can create an arc by generating spin and get more marginal for error. Need to move better and time better with short pimples since you ae not able to create the arc. Would say that inverted rubber is basically a better rubber and is a better option for the majority.
This has to be by far the biggest nonsense I've read in a long while on this (or any other) forum.
I don't know how the TT environment is in your area, but I sincerely hope this is not the general opinion of TT players in your area. In my area (south of Netherlands) people simply choose what they feel comfortable with and won't limit their choice based on so called "social acceptance".. In my 36 years of TT (competitive) experience, I have visited many clubs and met many players and I can assure you: we might not like the equipment of our opponent, but we surely respect each other. If you believe that people refrain from certain equipment choices because of this social acceptance, I think there is something seriously wrong in your TT environment.
On topic:
Like inverted rubbers, there are multiple types of short pips rubbers and each of them come with different characteristics. In general, short pips are used for close to and over the table offense playing style based on strong strokes (no spin) and hard pushes. Short pips eliminate the incoming spin (but do not revert it like long pips), so it's more easy to execute a smash or hard push.
Alfort is right on 1 thing: short pips (or any other pips/anti) are not a magic solution for someones weak side and it takes many hours of training to master the rubber correctly.
Of course not. I stated the reasons why I switched from the SP to the inverted and the problems I had in the game with the SP.
I don't know what percentage, it certainly depends on the player, what suits him and what his abilities are.
At the beginning of the video I said that there are English subtitles and they just need to be turned on.
As I said in the video... As you get older and slower, it's harder to play with SP, because the rubber can't help you if you don't position yourself well with your feet. So what suited me before, now doesn't suit me anymore.
My backhand is significantly weaker than my forehand.
Why is it even important in the thread "Why would you use short pips?"
For a casual player this view is really underrepresented and underrated. I blame this in part because there is this prevailing view that using pips means your game is deficient in some way, and thus you need something extra to beat people.I use long pips because it's made the game far more interesting and fun to play for me.
And sometimes it works so good, my opponent beats himself 😉
From a technical perspective I believe that a large number of amateurs would be more effective if they ued an sp like Moristo rather than Tenergy et alia.
The reason is that the modern iverted is harder to control than sp and unless you have correct loop drive technique you are not getting a reward that compensates for that lack of control.
Moristo and other modern tensor sps are fast, very spinny and provide easier control than most inverted.
However I dont think many will make the change because they are too wedded to the adrenalin rush of playing with “big spin” inverted in practice even though they havent managed to Harness the big spin towards winning.
Being able to execute max rotation shots in isolation is not the same as having mastery of topspin technique with inverted
