Contact point on BH

[ajtatosmano2]

Hi everyone!

I am glueing on new rubbers and I was looking at my old BH rubber. My backhand topspin-topspin shots are probably my weakest area of play and it came to my mind if I should change my contact point to get some more spin and with that more curve=stability. Here is how my contact point looks like:

 

[pierre]

Im not a great player but i think its ok, like every person has an diferent stile of play so i think its not a "right" or "wrong" contact point. You can try some diferent contact points and see if you improve.

 

[Souther]

In terms of contact point and increasing spin, the closer to the outer perimeter and further from the handle generates more spin.

 

[PenHoldSandro]

Im not a great player but i think its ok, like every person has an diferent stile of play so i think its not a "right" or "wrong" contact point. You can try some diferent contact points and see if you improve.

This is absolutely true. It all depends of the style of play and their body.

In terms of contact point and increasing spin, the closer to the outer perimeter and further from the handle generates more spin.

This is also true, but I have to say that some wants more control, and therefore gets the ball more to the center of the racket. It's all on the style of the player

 

[lodro]

good contact point maybe concentrating on more brushing ????

the closer to the outer perimeter and further from the handle generates more spin.

indeed it does, especially when lots of wrist-action is used.

 

[ck1407]

Hi everyone!

I am glueing on new rubbers and I was looking at my old BH rubber. My backhand topspin-topspin shots are probably my weakest area of play and it came to my mind if I should change my contact point to get some more spin and with that more curve=stability. Here is how my contact point looks like:
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To be honest, I don't think it is a contact point issue. Based on the wear and tear visible on your rubber, you are brushing the ball consistently (characterized by the obvious patch showing that you hit that area consistently). That spot is nearer to the sweetspot of the blade so it shouldn't be a problem too since shots feels better nearer to the sweetspot.

So judging from your current contact point, I believe you can backhand topspin consistently and you don't have major technical flaws. If your definition of weak is because you find it hard to overpower your opponent in bh topspin to topspin, you can consider consciously reminding yourself to stay as relax as possible (holding your blade loosely) so that you can accelerate as much as possible with the smallest movement as possible. (Since topspin to topspin exchanges are quite rapid so big movements will be more demanding due to the additional effort to recover from every shot)

Second thing to consider is to have 2 versions of topspin, one where it is more focused on spin and one on speed. For this, you can watch videos on the importance of a first good topspin by Heming Hu on YouTube. Once the spinny topspin comes back to you high, the speed one is there to punish balls that are higher than the net to straight up end the point.

Hope this give you an idea on how you want to tweak your game 😊

 

[ajtatosmano2]

Thanks for the tips! I will record a video tomorrow and maybe post it here
I respect Heming Hu as a player, but I found his videos are catered toward lower level players.

 

[PenHoldSandro]

Thanks for the tips! I will record a video tomorrow and maybe post it here

Yep, you need as many perspectives as you can so that you can get better!

I respect Heming Hu as a player, but I found his videos are catered toward lower level players.

Somewhat? Some are for beginners, yes, but some others aren't so much for beginners, maybe intermediate to advanced.

You should also search for Ryu Seung Min's training videos, very insightful

 

[NextLevel]

Thanks for the tips! I will record a video tomorrow and maybe post it here
I respect Heming Hu as a player, but I found his videos are catered toward lower level players.

Video always helps, I consider my backhand a strength and my contact point is similar to yours.

 

[ajtatosmano2]

Okay, I could finally made it to training. I've successfully managed to hide my hand with a ball bowl in the first half of the video 🫣
I want to add as a context, our club just got new tables and this was our first time playing on it...and we are not happy about the change, that's why both of us look very frustrated.
The table feels slippery, backspin bounces up and forward way more than on the old table and the loops/counterloops don't jump forward, instead they come short, like half a meter. I am sure we will get used to it and as it gets dirtier it will grab the balls a bit more.