Thinking of going to the dark side

[Musaab]

The idea terrifes me but objectively speaking my two problems are the serve receive in the middle and to the backhand and backhand top spin. If short pimples will allow me to solve the receive and spare me the backhand top spin by sticking to the table to setup a ball for the forehand , I'am all set.
But I want first to confirm i'm not mis-understanding this rubber, in my mind I think I won't be much affected by opponent spin so it is one stroke that I might need to learn with possible varaition being inside the table or a a bit outside. If the is a learning curve maybe I should stick to my slow progress on the backhand side then..
Inputs much appreciated

 

[Tyce]

Even if it's not affected much by the opponent's spin, that really doesn't mean you only have to "learn one stroke". Au contraire, because you get significantly decreased spinning capabilities, you need to be more versatile in your strokes to maintain some level of danger.

I usually love playing against people who use pips to cover a weakness, because the weakness doesn't go away.

If spin sensitivity is the problem, have you tried flipping sides and using H3 on the backhand? Does that improve your service receive?

I would suggest switching to non tensor before considering short pips. Whether it's tacky, or classic euro, something that doesn't give the jumpy bounce that a tensor does. But perhaps for a similar price you can get 30-45m of targeted coaching for your BH receive and BH loop.
My two cents, it's probably a matter of footwork, relaxation and making an active, follow-through stroke rather than a touch.

 

[John_]

I was in the same boat, and receive is a bit tough. They bite backspin a lot and throw a lot of stuff in the net. The key with them is to open everything up, pushing isn't your friend here.

 

[Ultravisitor]

Short pips are harder to play than inverted.
Depending on which you pick they don't help a lot with serve receive. And you have to learn lots of new things because, they only shine if hit tha ball with early timing. For anything else they are harder or less effective than inverted.
IMO if you looking for an easy fix it's not short pips.
Better get an easy to play rubber thats not to sensitive to spin and easy to play. Tibhar aurus, xiom vega europe or yinhe moon 12 come to mind.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

 

[Ultravisitor]

If anything, if you really don't want to develop a backhand: long pips OX.
Ther are some that require very little motions or much technique to work effectively. But you will limit your game immensely, if you want to just play forehand and very passive backhand.

And even with LPs you need to read spins correctly...

 

[Musaab]

thanks everybody I think I will delay this transition for now and see what comes next

 

[the-don]

just try it.
if you don't like it you can always go back to inverted.
some shots are easier with sp, others are harder.....there's no definite answer.
you have to try it yourself and see if you like it.

 

[allencorn]

"Short Pips" is too broad a category - there are spinny short pips, deadish short pips, and then, of course, medium pips that are close to short pips. Adapting to short pips depends of which you try. But trying some won't hurt, maybe some spinny ones to start to see how they work. The blade also has a strong effect, as a slow blade with short pips plays quite differently than a fast, stiff blade. Play around a bit - you might find success.

 

[Der_Echte]

I always advise to FIRST get a proficient inverted BH, especially a BH hit, a BH block, and a serviceable chop.

Do that with inverted, then try out sum LP, you will progress so much more.

Then go on OOAK forum and have sum LULZ with @haggisv