Professional Backhand Poll

Fedor Kuzmin has an incredible backhand as well..

 

Have you seen Aleksandar Karakasevic's Backhand?I think it is more powerful and accurate than Keanga's backhand.

Actually is pretty much agreed upon by most of the Chinese coaches that Ryu Seung Min has a better backhand than Kim Taek Soo. His slower footwork basically forced him to work on a backhand. His push-block in more consistant and his serves are better, but compared to Kim Taek Soo his lobbing is pathetic.

I think deng japing and chinag peng lung have the best bh and when wang hao just started out, I think he had the best bh since his bh was so new to the world

Originally posted by faux123 Originally posted by PingPongPang Traditional penholder: Kim Taek Soo, Ryu Seung Min New generation penholder: Wang Hao (more spin), Ma Lin (quick, very quick..) Ryu has a terrible BH. His backhand is not even close to his coach Kim Tae Sook. He can only block and occassionally use the BH sweeping attack on weak balls (and he missed more often than hit with that backhand sweeping attack of his). Ryu is OVERRATED!!! Just because he won the Olympic gold does NOT automatically make his strokes and techniques the best. He's NOT consistent and he's been slipping in ranking eversince. It is much easier to win a major championship then to be consistently good at the top of the world. Look at MaLin and WangLiQin, they are both consistent and stayed no 2 and no 1 in the world for months. Good penhold backhand players: Ma Lin, Kim Tae Sook, Chiang Peng Long, Gao Jun (her backhand defense is amazing against other women players), Wang Hao (RPB), Liu GuoLiang, Jiang JiaLiang

Considering jpenholder backhand block & added power block Ryu Seung Min is pretty good. Some say his added power block is even better than his coach (kim taek soo). You could be the judge who say yes or no. I'm not saying he's the best in his class. I don't really know since I've no played him. But just by watching his games, his backhand is quite efficient.

Lee Jung Woo, Chiang Peng Lung and Kim Taek Soo are good too. Korean style penhold backhand smash is definitely the best in the world.

Also, getting an Olympic Gold medal is not about overrated/underrated. It's his real deal. Ryu Seung Min's serve was his killer weapon in the Olympics. Remember how Waldner suffered in the semi-final? He's still one of the most dangerous threats for China. So I've no idea why you say that he's overrated. His stroke is somewhat close to Kim Taek Soo.

Consistency is another good point. Is hitting more consistent than looping?? You're comparing players that have different equipments. Is a F1 Ferrari faster than a WRC WRX?? for smooth surface/pavement F1 is of course thousand times faster. For rough surface and slippery surface, WRC cars with proper tires would grip and go. Same concept I can apply to PingPong. Ryu Seung Min don't power loop with his backhand if I remember rightonly control loop if you see it in a match. Ma Lin and Wang LiQin that you talked about both use backhand loop. They can both have a better control on the ball. If you argue about the consistency with players with different equipment I've nothing to say. Like I said, I listed Ryu in my Jpenholder catagory.

Sometimes I was amazed by Ryu Seung Min's backhand add power block. It's as fast/strong as shakehander's block. His stroke is just traditional (Korean). Personally I like Ryu Seung Min's stroke better than Kim Taek Soo's.

I was just listing who is on the top of its class in my opinion. If you argue about strokes and stuff, go ahead and say who you think is the best. And please don't push anything back to me. I'm just saying what I 've got in mind.

Originally posted by Sandokan surely kreanga...

kreanga hardly gets his big bh in a game. I think its the best but he rarely uses it.

well i would say its kreanga, cuz his backhand looks just crazy.... even though i think boll has shown some nice backhands, too...

Dear table tennis Avid fans... there are many reasons why kreanga have a crazy backhand over others. i have been trying to develop the backhand of kreanga myself and has not been near to it. first of all kreanga had a very physical training during his early years ( Gymnastics ) his arms, legs, and body is so flexible that he can do weird backhands with power and spins while others cannot. although no player can match the power of his backhands, This does not mean that his backhand is most effective. A lot of players in the top 10 have more effective backhands but has less power compared to kreanga. Also in this forum somebody said that "karakasevic's" backhand is more powerful than kreanga.....well i have seen karakasevic play and its true.....but he is not that consistent as kreanga and his backhand has less spin...just speed.....( this means to much power is really not that good ) karakasevic flaw is the selection of shots although he has quite a good imagination in creating his shots, it does not win him points at times. overall kreanga wins over karakasevic.

note: (for all fans that do not know who is karakasevic, he is the regular player of killerspin) 

its had got to be kreanga all the way

of course!!
its that one thats like some guy is swatting a misquito with a pingpong paddle in the air..
its sweet..

woops... sry.. i didnt know that..

then i think pearson has the best bh

I have to say, I think that kreanga is overated, good bh but hardly uses it, same with shclager, but we al have are own definintions of best bh

i think kong and waldner's backhand are still the best

to me, Chen Qi's backhand is almost perfect in both placement and power.

did you mean only backhand attacking stroke?
ans:kreanga
for all kind of strokes
waldner

I go for waldner cos I love his game.