short pips on forehand

I'm thinking of putting short pips on my forehand. I've always been more of a flat hitter than a looper. Although my looping has seriously improved over the years, I just don't have the power and the footwork  to loop every ball. I'm looking for a really fast and spinny short pip that enables me to loop the first ball and than finish the point with a killer smash. Any suggestions?

Skyline wrote: I just don't have the...footwork

Matt Pimple wrote: Skyline wrote: I just don't have the...footwork If your footwork is not that good, short pips won't help you either. You have less margin of error with sp so footwork is very important. rajd1234 wrote: The problem he faces is the shot selection and rally away from table. You need to stay close to the table with sp (and anti unless you chop).

Edited by Skyline - 04/28/2015 at 2:29pm

spectol would be your best bet but you really need to get used to it to unleash the power....it is more specific and precise on the timing.

I switched to short pips on the forehand for a couple of years and Raystorm worked best for me. I found Blaze Spin much harder to control as it seemed inconsistent, 802-40 was slower and less spinny with similar control. As I used a mixture of loops, drives and flat hits, I didn't try less spinny short pips.

Rakza P.O. Kristian Karlsson is Europe's highest rated shakehand short pips forehand player and he uses this.

802-40 1.8 or maybe 2.0mm for starters.

Skyline wrote: I'm thinking of putting short pips on my forehand. I've always been more of a flat hitter than a looper. Although my looping has seriously improved over the years, I just don't have the power and the footwork  to loop every ball. I'm looking for a really fast and spinny short pip that enables me to loop the first ball and than finish the point with a killer smash. Any suggestions?

Edited by viva - 04/29/2015 at 12:33am

NextLevel wrote: GeneralSpecific wrote: Rakza P.O. Kristian Karlsson is Europe's highest rated shakehand short pips forehand player and he uses this. You mean Mathias - Kristian plays with inverted.

viva wrote: Skyline wrote: I'm thinking of putting short pips on my forehand. I've always been more of a flat hitter than a looper. Although my looping has seriously improved over the years, I just don't have the power and the footwork  to loop every ball. I'm looking for a really fast and spinny short pip that enables me to loop the first ball and than finish the point with a killer smash. Any suggestions? Try Victas > 102 in 1.8 or mizuno short pips. Victas is the easiest switch and mizuno short pips are possibly the fastest and quite fast.

speedy wrote: Stiga Royal.  I tried 1.8mm for close-to-the-table, and 2.0mm.  I like 1.8mm better.  If you hit everything like crazy (like me) I would go with 1.8mm.

Speedy how do you find royal with the new ball?
Does it have more spin or less then the likes of spectol and 802?

winning np1 np8, good control.

bbkon wrote: buffalowings wrote: moristo SP hands down.   in terms speed and spin.   abit hard to control due to the power of it. dont go for max. try 2.0 first. A chinese girl became single  junior world champion with moristo on FH

Also a lot of the japanese women/girls play with moristo - I think in 1.8 - on their bh.

bbkon wrote: Da Baobei wrote: bbkon wrote: buffalowings wrote: moristo SP hands down.   in terms speed and spin.   abit hard to control due to the power of it. dont go for max. try 2.0 first. A chinese girl became single  junior world champion with moristo on FH Also a lot of the japanese women/girls play with moristo - I think in 1.8 - on their bh. what about  hammond FA speed and the new short pips(nittaku beautry)? heard anything bout them  or any good last gen short pip?

Nittaku claims that Beautry is made for the plastic ball and that it's their spinniest short pip. It offers maximum diameter minimum height and density of the pimple in current ITTF specification. According to some reviews it offers great spin with decent speed and is not as bouncy as the Moristo SP. It should be similar to Mizuno's Booster SA which has been the best selling short pip in Japan for months. The Beautry is made in Japan and has the same sponge hardness as the german made Moristo SP.

I don't know much about Hammond FA Speed other than that it was used besides Spectol 21 before many pros switched to Moristo SP.

Moristo is good for speedy countering but too soft for me.  Hard to put enough spin on pushes and serves.  Overall, I find that BTY Challenger 1.9 in black (at the recommendation of Gao Jun) works best for me with the new plastic ball.