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I know the basics - long pips basically reverse spin on a push, so say if you served really heavy underspin it will most likely be a topspin and vice versa. However, after more plays against my combination penholder partner, one thing I noticed is that he actually manages to make a long pips push like an inverted push which is befuddling me. I asked him and he said he didn't really understand it either and sometimes it's a bit random. (??!!)
For eg, I served heavy topspin, I expect backspin back and pushed the short ball, and it ends up sky high like I pushed a topspin ball.
Or, I serve heavy backspin, I expect a topspin back and when I flicked the short ball it ended up hitting the base of the net.
I watched some chopper matchups for eg Joo Se Hyuk, Hou Yingchao and Ma Te and they apparently do the same spin variation deliberately. For eg when the inverted players push to them, they push it back - there's actually 3 possibilities - it can still be heavy backspin just like an inverted push (?!), it could be dead, or it could be completely spin reversed (topspin) as what I would have expected.
This sounds a bit like sorcery but I would like to know how this is controlled and how I can tell the difference.
For eg, I served heavy topspin, I expect backspin back and pushed the short ball, and it ends up sky high like I pushed a topspin ball.
Or, I serve heavy backspin, I expect a topspin back and when I flicked the short ball it ended up hitting the base of the net.
I watched some chopper matchups for eg Joo Se Hyuk, Hou Yingchao and Ma Te and they apparently do the same spin variation deliberately. For eg when the inverted players push to them, they push it back - there's actually 3 possibilities - it can still be heavy backspin just like an inverted push (?!), it could be dead, or it could be completely spin reversed (topspin) as what I would have expected.
This sounds a bit like sorcery but I would like to know how this is controlled and how I can tell the difference.