Sure, but the issue is that in order to utilize left to right weight transfer, you need to hit the ball when it's almost completely to your left side, kind of like how with a proper FH loop the ball is hit when it's almost completely to your right side. Doing that on the FH side is a lot easier because your arm is on the same side, but doing the same on the BH side means you have to reach your arm across your body, which severely limits your arm's reach on the left side as compared to the right side. This is why the standard BH stroke is hitting the ball more in front of the body compared to the FH side. This way we can cut off the angles by hitting the ball earlier in order to cover the wide left, but this also means that it won't allow for the proper utilization of left to right weight transfer for most BH shots.
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No, I’m sorry but I disagree. The weight transfer and hitting the ball of the left side of the body are 2 completely different things.
Here is a good example of Zhang Jike practicing multiball. You can see that he is transferring his weight from left to right as well as hitting it in front of his body. When he has more time to hit, he will rotate more. When he gets a faster ball he will still do the same motion with his body, only way more subtle.
Nope, if you think he's weight transferring from left to right then you're looking at it wrong. He has his weight on his right leg the whole time. Here's a hint, look at which leg is bending more during the backswing. You should watch this video where 2 former CNT members teach how to do a BH loop vs. backspin:
The Youtube translation is pretty bad, but basically he starts looping at ~1:00 mark and then asks everyone where his center of gravity is at. Everyone says on the left leg, and he says that's wrong and that's why they're not looping well. His center of gravity stays near the right leg, which is different from the FH loop going from right to left.
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Here is my anecdotal statement:
1. I played on Tuesday night and I consciously do the arm flailing action ala Style Ma Long.
2. The ball increase power and spin and my unsuspecting opponent block out or the ball fly sideways due to side spin.
3. Tried to do it in game play but not easy as in stressful condition or in random environment, the body keeps forgetting to do it.
4. I do not have the muscle memory yet to execute this new technique in game play ( random environment )
5. In the rare occasion that I manage to do the new BH technique ala Ma Long, it never fails toncatch my opponent by surprise because of the increase spin and power.
6. Conclusion: This BH technique is worth exploring and incorporating into your arsenal. Sometimes this added spin and power do catch your opponent by surprise.
7. Like anything in the world, if you do it regularly your opponent will get use to it. Then you need to give him low power less spin ball again to disrupt rhythm. I have a player who is darn good at this and it is difficult to play against him.
1. I played on Tuesday night and I consciously do the arm flailing action ala Style Ma Long.
2. The ball increase power and spin and my unsuspecting opponent block out or the ball fly sideways due to side spin.
3. Tried to do it in game play but not easy as in stressful condition or in random environment, the body keeps forgetting to do it.
4. I do not have the muscle memory yet to execute this new technique in game play ( random environment )
5. In the rare occasion that I manage to do the new BH technique ala Ma Long, it never fails toncatch my opponent by surprise because of the increase spin and power.
6. Conclusion: This BH technique is worth exploring and incorporating into your arsenal. Sometimes this added spin and power do catch your opponent by surprise.
7. Like anything in the world, if you do it regularly your opponent will get use to it. Then you need to give him low power less spin ball again to disrupt rhythm. I have a player who is darn good at this and it is difficult to play against him.
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