flat hit

[Ahmad Arnous]

what a difference between drive and flat hit ?, i know that the flat hit is powerful drive stroke .. is that the difference ??

 

[Ilia Minkin]

Flat hit is usually performed with a very open bat angle, almost perpendicular to the inteded direction of the ball trajectory. With drive the racket is more closed which yields a little bit of rotation, but the contact is still quite flat.

 

[NextLevel]

It really depends on who is speaking. The Chinese language for table tennis is extremely rich and not all nuances survive translation. And the same is sometimes true for other languages. Some people consider hits, counter hits and drives to be the same stroke while some will consider counter hits to be different from drives. Some will then say that a topspin and a loop are the same stroke, while some will say a loop is a special kind of topspin and that a topspin drive is a loop drive and a flat hit drive is a smash.

Nowadays, I just make sure that I see what the person is taking about so I know we are on the same page. Otherwise I look at what they are describing and interpret it the way I know it.

 

[BeGo]

For Indonesian People,

Flat Hit Is Drive Shot, Is Kill Shot, where we hit the ball for speed, not spin.

Sometimes we call it "Kepret", although more usually for Flick / Backhand Flat Kill, cause the movement kinda like right handed flicker jab. [emoji6]


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[Tony's Table Tennis]

flat hit is a flat shot and has no generated spin in it
Drive is normally a topspin action with the bat at an angle to generate top spin

 

[izra]

if you're a korean commentator all forehand attacking strokes are apparently "DREI-VUU"

here in croatia drive and flat hit are the same thing.

 

[bobpuls]

For Indonesian People,

Flat Hit Is Drive Shot, Is Kill Shot, where we hit the ball for speed, not spin.

Sometimes we call it "Kepret", although more usually for Flick / Backhand Flat Kill, cause the movement kinda like right handed flicker jab. [emoji6]


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flat hit is no drive shot....

 

[Ilia Minkin]

Bringing in my popcorn...