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Topic: Kato Miyu strawberryPosted By: blahness
Subject: Kato Miyu strawberry
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 6:23am
Interesting stroke... see this!
I'm starting to use a variation as part of a combo. So the idea is to serve really heavy underspin to the BH short to invite the short push, then use the strawberry flip to the deep FH....
Posted By: jfolsen
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 9:36am
You can blame Stefan Feth. The other flip is called chiquita or banana.
Posted By: vik2000
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 10:55am
Saw CM struggling to return her strawberry shots at T2. It's always nice to have a variety of shots to throw off the opponent's rhythm. Unlikely to win against the CNT if you are a zealous looping machine because it is more likely that they are too and will overpower you.
Strawberry sounds really stupid though. At least the video uses the term "reverse Chiquita".
Posted By: Tinykin
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 2:09pm
acpoulos wrote:
This shot will become less effective over time as players see it more and more. (Just as players are now teeing off on those chiquita banana slow openers). Familiarity breeds contempt as the saying goes. But there is no getting used to fast, strong opening shots as we are seeing from that young Taiwan star and some China players.
You make a good point. This shot has been around since table tennis began. Even I used to use it now and then back in the 60's. It was mostly used by backhand oriented players. It has come and gone over time mostly because most modern coaches train their players to use the FH flick instead.
However, every little advantage is worth something, and a well placed (and practised) surprise shot is good for any player's arsenal.
Posted By: stiltt
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 2:34pm
I never liked that shot, it has the "trick" label written all over it. The window of opportunity is rather small for a lethal shot (if well executed); outside that window, the shot is still possible but produces a ball that arches up more and becomes attackable candy for the opponent.
That strawberry makes sense on balls that comes to a player's short fh to hit diagonally: overall, the time to develop the shot will be invested more efficiently in a chiquita that can also aim at the same corner, in the same diagonal, from the same ball.
Posted By: purpletiesto
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 3:47pm
stiltt wrote:
I never liked that shot, it has the "trick" label written all over it. The window of opportunity is rather small for a lethal shot (if well executed); outside that window, the shot is still possible but produces a ball that arches up more and becomes attackable candy for the opponent.
That strawberry makes sense on balls that comes to a player's short fh to hit diagonally: overall, the time to develop the shot will be invested more efficiently in a chiquita that can also aim at the same corner, in the same diagonal, from the same ball.
Posted By: alexuganski
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 5:08pm
It's an interesting shot, but it's not for me. I play SP FH, so that exact ball is a bread-and-butter opening drive with my SP. I do employ the regular banana flick when needed though.
Not sure why, but her strokes makes me think it'd be an effective shot with LP. It might be effective for someone with a weak forehand flick.
Posted By: blahness
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 6:09pm
stiltt wrote:
I never liked that shot, it has the "trick" label written all over it. The window of opportunity is rather small for a lethal shot (if well executed); outside that window, the shot is still possible but produces a ball that arches up more and becomes attackable candy for the opponent.
That strawberry makes sense on balls that comes to a player's short fh to hit diagonally: overall, the time to develop the shot will be invested more efficiently in a chiquita that can also aim at the same corner, in the same diagonal, from the same ball.
There's advantages to the strawberry or reverse chiquita, you can do it against heavy underspin easily which is not something you can say with chiquita. Useful to avoid getting stuck in a nasty underspin pushing game. For all other balls the chiquita is simply superior as what you said.
It can also have the same preparation movement as a push, which makes it a lot more sudden and effective than the chiquita against certain balls as the chiquita is always very well telegraphed ie your opponent knows that it's coming.
Posted By: stiltt
Date Posted: 07/28/2019 at 6:13pm
purpletiesto wrote:
stiltt wrote:
I never liked that shot, it has the "trick" label written all over it. The window of opportunity is rather small for a lethal shot (if well executed); outside that window, the shot is still possible but produces a ball that arches up more and becomes attackable candy for the opponent.
That strawberry makes sense on balls that comes to a player's short fh to hit diagonally: overall, the time to develop the shot will be invested more efficiently in a chiquita that can also aim at the same corner, in the same diagonal, from the same ball.
I did not mean disrespect for the great Kato, I am sorry if I reached that way.
The strawberry might be useless complexity, that a good chiquita may encompass all of what the strawberry can bring to a game so the time spent learning the strawberry might not be used the wisest way.
Ovtcharov's bh attack is lethal and in fact, zjk's return could have been killed to his wide bh, Dima needed one more shot but he was successful setting himself up for a winner 2 shots before.
Posted By: purpletiesto
Date Posted: 07/29/2019 at 8:33am
stiltt wrote:
purpletiesto wrote:
stiltt wrote:
I never liked that shot, it has the "trick" label written all over it. The window of opportunity is rather small for a lethal shot (if well executed); outside that window, the shot is still possible but produces a ball that arches up more and becomes attackable candy for the opponent.
That strawberry makes sense on balls that comes to a player's short fh to hit diagonally: overall, the time to develop the shot will be invested more efficiently in a chiquita that can also aim at the same corner, in the same diagonal, from the same ball.
I did not mean disrespect for the great Kato, I am sorry if I reached that way.
The strawberry might be useless complexity, that a good chiquita may encompass all of what the strawberry can bring to a game so the time spent learning the strawberry might not be used the wisest way.
Ovtcharov's bh attack is lethal and in fact, zjk's return could have been killed to his wide bh, Dima needed one more shot but he was successful setting himself up for a winner 2 shots before.
Sorry she is my favourite player. Love her personality and look.
One of the advantages of a strawberry is the surprise factor, sure. Maybe it is only 80% of the speed, spin off a banana, but when you don't expect it or have little experience facing it, perhaps this increases its value.
Especially good in the girl's game where they stand closer, bananas are slower and the surprise effect probably has more value than in men's game.
Posted By: pongfugrasshopper
Date Posted: 07/29/2019 at 9:10am
it's a nice tool to have. Like any other tool you don't want to use it all the time. Simon Gauzy uses it effectively on the men's side.
Posted By: pingpungpeng
Date Posted: 07/29/2019 at 10:06am
pingpungpeng wrote:
strawberry upsets timing.
people think you are getting ready to throw them a banana, but you hit the ball earlier and throw them a strawberry.
only disadvantage of strawberry is that most times it goes to the opponent's forehand.
so if you see a strawberry you kind of start getting ready in the fh side.
with the banana it's more difficult to tell which side it will go to.
Posted By: purpletiesto
Date Posted: 07/29/2019 at 10:45am
pingpungpeng wrote:
pingpungpeng wrote:
strawberry upsets timing.
people think you are getting ready to throw them a banana, but you hit the ball earlier and throw them a strawberry.
only disadvantage of strawberry is that most times it goes to the opponent's forehand.
so if you see a strawberry you kind of start getting ready in the fh side.
with the banana it's more difficult to tell which side it will go to.
isn't the whole idea that you don't see it?
Posted By: gnopgnipster
Date Posted: 07/29/2019 at 11:30am
It looks to me like the old Barna backhand except she uses inverted.
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Posted By: JohnnyChop
Date Posted: 08/04/2019 at 6:41pm
jfolsen wrote:
You can blame Stefan Feth. The other flip is called chiquita or banana.
I thot the banana flick is so called because of the trajectory of the ball is in the shape of a banana... While nothing in the 🍓 flick resembles a strawberry
Posted By: avova
Date Posted: 08/05/2019 at 8:07am
pingpungpeng wrote:
only disadvantage of strawberry is that most times it goes to the opponent's forehand.
Not if you are left-handed ;)
Posted By: purpletiesto
Date Posted: 08/06/2019 at 3:48am
avova wrote:
pingpungpeng wrote:
only disadvantage of strawberry is that most times it goes to the opponent's forehand.
Not if you are left-handed ;)
Most of the time you're playing against right handers, so most of the time it goes to the opponent's forehand.
Posted By: purpletiesto
Date Posted: 08/06/2019 at 3:49am
JohnnyChop wrote:
jfolsen wrote:
You can blame Stefan Feth. The other flip is called chiquita or banana.
I thot the banana flick is so called because of the trajectory of the ball is in the shape of a banana... While nothing in the 🍓 flick resembles a strawberry
I always thought because it had side spin it kind of curves outwards like the shape of a strawberry.