Playing against long pips and anti rubbers

[joesan-tt]

I had a match against a anti-rubber opponent and I lost the game. I need some advice on how I could improve or strategize against such opponents.

1. When the opponent chop pushed the ball against me, the returns from me either went high out of the table or it landed so high on the opponent for them to smash.
2. Is there a strategy to use against such opponents?

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

If you push a ball and it pops up, the spin is either dead or topspin. So you are probably seeing his anti push and, because you are not used to playing against anti/lp, you try to push like there is backspin on the ball, when there is no such backspin. You have to treat the pushed balls differently because there is topspin, the function of anti/lp is to continue the spin that is already on the ball, so if you feed backspin you will get back topspin and vice versa.

 

[Lazer]

The spin you get back is a reduced spin that you gave in your shot. So if you push with underspin expect a little topspin back. If you send a topspin expect a little underspin back.

It they use active blocking, the simplest way is to alternate between top spin and underspin every other shot. What you start with depends on the first ball.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[joesan-tt]

Ok, so alternating between topspin once which comes back as no-spin or little back spin which I chop and push and this then comes back with no-spin or slight topspin back which I kill with a smash. Is this correct?

 

[Lazer]

Ok, so alternating between topspin once which comes back as no-spin or little back spin which I chop and push and this then comes back with no-spin or slight topspin back which I kill with a smash. Is this correct?

If it’s high yes, but a high power drive is more safe. With this type of game your brain must be very active so that you focus on what your previous hit was. You can’t play with your “spine” ans react intuitively as you are used to look at the opponents racket movements. In this case that means less…

Also if the lp player is not that experienced most balls comes back with very little spin.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[joesan-tt]

So you mean that I should rather flat hit a low topspin ball?

 

[Lando]

Serve long underspin and attack
Unless they're a penholder, play to their inverted. Most likely, they will have a weak inverted game

 

[blahness]

If you serve sidespin the return ball will be weird af (the sidespin on the ball is not what you would expect from the stroke). You have to stick with serves without sidespin (for eg heavy underspin, no spin, pure topspin). And then take into consideration the reversal.