Part 2/4 of myself playing against Former Mexico no3. Enjoy this YouTube clip

[Heming Hu]

I summarize the 5 key takeaways and biggest golden nuggets at the very end

 

[igorponger]

A man is known by the company he keeps.

 

[haggisv]

Good video, I like this type of analysis!

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Thanks Heming,

You are bringing something fresh to the table and the community thank you.

 

[jk1980]

i have a pet peeve with the suggest serve receive position so close to the table. For a fast serve wide to the backhand you will not be able to cover it. Also the pivoting suggestion seems unreasonable to me. Who is the target audience ? Hobby players surely wont be able to pivot 2 meters to the left to loop a long serve breaking out sideways with the backhand. Especially not if they stand that close to the table that their bat is above the table. Only very fit players would be able to pivot that far ... if they even saw the ball coming there early enough.

There are quite good players that make it a habit to start more far away from the table to move into the ball instead of having to track back from the table because the ball is too long and fast.
Torben Wosik is a very good example of this. There are videos of him doing this when he was 30 and now with 51 he still employs the far away serve receive stance.

You often here from better players "the opponent has to prove to be actually able to serve very short for you to even consider being able to trouble you with it" and let's be honest. We don't really face ghost serves in competition.

 

[jamesgarza]

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I summarize the 5 key takeaways and biggest golden nuggets at the very end

Great video! I often struggle with backspin during tournaments. In practice, I find it easy to handle, but when my opponent chops and delivers heavy backspin in matches, I tend to try to chop it back instead of attacking, even though I know that's what I should do. Do you have any advice on how to approach this?

 

[Yuomay]

Great video! I often struggle with backspin during tournaments. In practice, I find it easy to handle, but when my opponent chops and delivers heavy backspin in matches, I tend to try to chop it back instead of attacking, even though I know that's what I should do. Do you have any advice on how to approach this?

There are a few things to consider.

Don’t approach a chop as if you “must” win a point outright by attacking.

More important is placement there’s no shame in pushing à heavy backspin

Yes Chops are often heavy backspin, so depending on your level, you should only attempt to open up a chop when positioned correctly. Again placement is important

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[jamesgarza]

Thanks for your answer. I got it.