Unhinged Idea

[uhhgrizzly]

Alright?

Table tennis is more of social thing for me now, I love playing with my mates, I don't have time or money to train at the moment. I've played locally and nationally for over 20 years now.

However I did something I've never done before. For fun I decided to play my local summer league with a hard bat setup, I got the cheapest attacking blade and slapped some OX short pimps on each side. (Normal bat for normal competitive season consists of a OSP Virtuoso blade with VICTAS 15 for backhand and Spinfire short pimps for forehand)

I had a great time, smiling through every match, I lost a majority of them but I don't think I lost without taking at least one or two sets. Also hitting the occasional stinky slap or disgusting chop block which made everything very satisfying.

My backhand is a work of art however my forehand is honestly atrocious. It always been this way since I first started playing 23 years ago, I've needed several 1-2-1 training sessions just to make my forehand workable!

I'm thinking for the next summer league to go for an attacking blade with Spinfire OX one side with a Victas attacking rubber for the opposite side. I'll be looking to throw people off, annoy them with the short ox pimps by slapping forehands and receiving serves with them. I have no idea how it's going to work but I'm already excited for next summer league to mess around again.

Does anyone know if some mentalist who uses this combo/style?

 

[Tyce]

I mean it's not that weird... Maybe OX short pips is not that common, but SP on forehand is definitely a feasible strategy. Just look at Mattias Falck (although I have to admit he makes it look like he's playing with inverted)

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

The better an attacker you play against, the more you'd end up needing to play defensively with a hardbat rubber just because it can't produce a whole lot of topspin. But I also have a few hardbats to mess around with when playing casually, they are good because you actually need to work a bit to get the ball in instead of just blocking or dinking

 

[uhhgrizzly]

I mean it's not that weird... Maybe OX short pips is not that common, but SP on forehand is definitely a feasible strategy. Just look at Mattias Falck (although I have to admit he makes it look like he's playing with inverted)

I've been playing with SP on my forehand for about a year now and I've been enjoying it at times. I think going OX will just confuse people because it's not very common 😂

 

[uhhgrizzly]

The better an attacker you play against, the more you'd end up needing to play defensively with a hardbat rubber just because it can't produce a whole lot of topspin. But I also have a few hardbats to mess around with when playing casually, they are good because you actually need to work a bit to get the ball in instead of just blocking or dinking

I found that some opponents struggled with the lack of spin and the lack of pace in the rallies as well, I like the little extra effort it takes, makes my brain work a little harder