defenders

I have been watching lots of videos to help my table tennis development. I love to watch a good defender -particularly the way they move to take the ball below the table and usually on their backhand. They move a lot but don't put a massive amount of power into each shot. An attacker does not...

I am curious why all the so-called modern defenders typically use inverted on their forehand and counter/loop on that side, and use long pips/short pips and chop on the backhand. Since forehand offensive shots are more powerful/more spinny due to biomechanics of the forehand side, I would...

From the recently concluded Portugal Challenge, I was a little ambivalent over the effectiveness of playing defence in modern table tennis. The general school of thought seemed to be that defenders are not doing as well ever since bigger plastic balls were introduced (i.e. reduced spin). I think...

I have been watching a lot of matches on you tube and enjoy seeing a good defender getting fast shots back on the table using vicious back spin. All defenders use a backhand chop and some have an equally good chop on their forehand. However some defenders try to use backhand for every return...

Dear TTD members, please advise FH and BH rubbers for a chop intermediate away from table. Current setup - Stratus Power Def blade with Aurus FH (2.0) and Grass D.Techs BH (1.2) rubbers are worn out and needs a change; hence looking for suggestions What rubbers do pros use on FH and BH along...

I admit that I drank some wine. not sure though if this is the reason of what I've witnessed. I watched few minutes from the 4th set between France and Germany women singles, here is what I've seen: A third referee on his feet counting every exchange (not points) between the two players...

Hi guys, I'm a modern defender when I play table tennis. And I love watching Joo se hyuk, Panagiotis Gionis on youtube and seeing the pro modern defenders in action. But does anyone know, going by the world rankings, the top 10 defenders in world table tennis? I'd like to watch some other...

I was wondering, among all the professional modern defenders in the game, which few pimples rubbers tend to be the most popular among them? And why? I ask because I've noticed in my local leagues there's been a massive tendency to use Sauer & Tröger Hellfire. But it doesn't seem the pros use...

I'm a offensive player and the player i practice often with is a defender. When i am doing topspin brushes on the ball and the defender chops the ball back with a lot of backspin, when receiving, am i to put my bat at an angle and let the ball hit the rubber and it will bounce back to the other...

I'm a offensive player and the player i practice often with is a defender. When i am doing topspin brushes on the ball and the defender chops the ball back with a lot of backspin, when receiving, am i to put my bat at an angle and let the ball hit the rubber and it will bounce back to the other...

I saw a video clip of this guy from north korea and was impressed with how he played both defensively and offensively. His name is Jang song man( hope I got his name correctly) and I like his style compared to joo see hyok.

Who is your favourite of these two defenders, modern vs. classic, Koji Mastushi.ta vs. Joo Se Hyuk!!!

Hey again guys ! This thread is dedicated to my defender brothers out there who don't have robots to train with, esp. in chopping / pushing. A thread in OOAKForum leads me to this ossum video. Enjoy guys, take the time to find the right table angle :D

The ITTF President Adham Sharara announced on the German version of the ITTF web site that they are currently testing 42mm ball sizes. Adham Sharara quoted, 'we are going to raise the net size to. With these two changes our aims are to bring the defenders back into the game'. These new changes...