I like your comment. It gave me a hint on why I have problems handling continuous heavy topspin in a rally. Thanks for that, but IMHO, pips are not the solution. A good opponent will change their strategies when facing a pips player.
Personally, as I progress in training and play more games, I have started to win many sets against long pips players (low/club level). However, I still can't beat short pips (in their BH) players. My return always goes to the net. It seems the incoming ball from the short pips is fast but lacks both power and rotation.
Any tips?
My feeling is that with pips/anti one has the chance to upset a player with superior spin technique, but they are also prone to getting upset by other lower level players.
When I was double inverted, if i had better spin generation and handling than my opponent on the other side (assuming he is also double inverted), I was winning the match more than 80% of the time. But conversely against someone who had even better spin quality than me, it was almost hopeless. Just serve receiving will be such a pain but to them your serves are nothing. They block your topspins with no effort, but when they loop you cannot control the block because it is way too loaded. Etc...
tbh AJH really took it easy here. He really could have just easily served for 50% direct points and then loop super spinny from both wings to win with ease. It would be a lot uglier than what was shown but the true level difference would be shown.
Whereas with pips/anti, if they put too much spin on their serves/loops, the return will be even more disgusting for them lol, so it drags them down to the mud with weird af point patterns outside their training. Obviously they would still win most of the time just due to quality but you have a better chance of upsetting them.
