Need Pips advice for reversible penhold shenanigans

[goatdolphin]

I just want to make a funny blade to have fun, nothing serious. Just play arround with the inverted and the pips to confuse the opponent. Recently after watching Li Tianyang on wtt i was inspired to do a blade with a similar style but with penhold. I know chopping form your bh with a penhold is worst but im decent at it and its fun. I was shocked to see that he actually uses short pips. So my doubt is should i get short, medium or long? dont have a lot of experince with them but i want something that can be a bit dissruptive but i can aslo attack (or at least push with it), kinda honoka hasimoto style. Also easy to use preferably

 

[J-fed]

I just want to make a funny blade to have fun, nothing serious. Just play arround with the inverted and the pips to confuse the opponent. Recently after watching Li Tianyang on wtt i was inspired to do a blade with a similar style but with penhold. I know chopping form your bh with a penhold is worst but im decent at it and its fun. I was shocked to see that he actually uses short pips. So my doubt is should i get short, medium or long? dont have a lot of experince with them but i want something that can be a bit dissruptive but i can aslo attack (or at least push with it), kinda honoka hasimoto style. Also easy to use preferably

LP all day. Penhold twiddlers are very difficult to play against. Those hard/fast push returns are nasty.
Doesn't really matter what brand you choose TBH. I have used both soft sway smooth types and stiff grippy types. All of them are plenty effective enough to mess with the minds of mid level players. Once you get up to high level there's less benefit. I tend to have a winning record at mid and get run over at high. I'd probably do better at high level with SP but worse at mid I guess.

 

[RPB Enthusiast]

I just want to make a funny blade to have fun, nothing serious. Just play arround with the inverted and the pips to confuse the opponent. Recently after watching Li Tianyang on wtt i was inspired to do a blade with a similar style but with penhold. I know chopping form your bh with a penhold is worst but im decent at it and its fun. I was shocked to see that he actually uses short pips. So my doubt is should i get short, medium or long? dont have a lot of experince with them but i want something that can be a bit dissruptive but i can aslo attack (or at least push with it), kinda honoka hasimoto style. Also easy to use preferably

From someone who used to play long pips penhold for a few months, RPB chopping is much harder than TPB chopping, but since you want to be disruptive but also attack, Daweii 388D-1 Provincial is pretty good for those. Plus, it's pretty cheap so it's definitely worth the try. Short pips is much harder in my experience , but I usually used MAX sponge since I would play with it on forehand for attacking.

 

[blahness]

One of the strongest style in the amateur circuit (the only style which I know has beaten semipro players) is the Cpen LP/inverted twiddling. There's 2 modes to this:

1) LP on FH + TPB, inverted RPB. Best for defence, moving opponents around, serve receive and other LP disgusting shenanigans + sudden RPB loop / counters so they dont dare to target your BH. Used when point is neutral.
2) inverted on FH + TPB, LP RPB. Used when you get any kind of nice floaty push or ball which you can finish off with a strong penhold FH loopkill. The LP RPB can be used to either chopblock incoming topspin or to do other nasty LP sideswipe stuff towards incoming pushes.

It is just absolutely nasty shit but it is effective af.

 

[goatdolphin]

From someone who used to play long pips penhold for a few months, RPB chopping is much harder than TPB chopping, but since you want to be disruptive but also attack, Daweii 388D-1 Provincial is pretty good for those. Plus, it's pretty cheap so it's definitely worth the try. Short pips is much harder in my experience , but I usually used MAX sponge since I would play with it on forehand for attacking.View attachment 43490

for the dawei 388D should i get ox or 0,5mm?

 

[RPB Enthusiast]

for the dawei 388D should i get ox or 0,5mm?

I tried out both, 0.5 you can attack easier, but OX you get more disruption and I was able to chop a little easier, so OX if probably your best bet. Have fun using regular glue on an OX rubber because it can be a pain 😂

 

[Lando]

How hard do you press your fingers on the back?
I ask because I used to use LP with cpen grip, and my fingers on the back would break pips (if they are too soft) within a few hours of play.
The only LP that never broke a pip was Saviga V in green.

 

[goatdolphin]

How hard do you press your fingers on the back?
I ask because I used to use LP with cpen grip, and my fingers on the back would break pips (if they are too soft) within a few hours of play.
The only LP that never broke a pip was Saviga V in green.

a bit hard, but i thing the twiddle blade im using has enough space for my fingers so i wont be touching the pips
also, ive seen a very good penhold player using saviga V, he has won a couple of tournaments in the wtt circuit, so im beetween Saviga V or dawei 388D