crazy LP/inverted style - Eli Ho

[blahness]

Saw his name put out by Tony, I think this is a very promising style. Guy has a very fast harimoto esque close table inverted BH plus all the nasty LP shots (green side). He looks to have decent technique on the inverted wing too!

 

[blahness]

 

[TensorBackhand]

Im not surprised. Ive seen similar style to this before. I dont think the equipment should dictate the category of style. The style should be inherent to the player.

There shouldn't be a style that only can exist because of a niche equipment.

 

[TensorBackhand]

When I was 12, I played a 2000 level guy once with this setup. He hit his fh and bh from the same side with inverted rubber.

He had LP on the other side and used it on bh whenever he wanted to change rhythm and spin.

Of course 12 year old i was about 1100 rating and didnt know what LP was. So i kept missing shots from his bh and i had no idea why. So i tried serving to his fh and he missed a few return shots, and he flipped his racket on me so I would be serving to his LP. Shameless LP player beating up on a 12 year old.