Tips on playing with short pips

I never play with short pips before. I plan to use short pips for my backhand. Can some high rated players here help me to understand more and answer some of my questions? I would appreciate so much.

1)      beside the fact that short pips can reverse most of spins, can short pips create spins when you serve?

2)      When someone serve to your back hand with a fast non spin serve or a top spin, can you block and push it back by short pips as you would do it with a smooth rubber?

3)      Can you loop with short pips on back hand?

4)      Can you flip with short pips?

5)      Does short pips have the kind of bounce the same as smooth rubbers?

6)      What�s the difference in thickness of short pips?  Advantage and disadvantage?

7) Can you do normal push back and forth with short pips as you would do with smooth rubbers? I found that it's weird to push with medium pips.

 Thanks. Please help and share your thoughts.

Thanks. WHat is 802-40? is it friendship?

1. yes.. a bit less than inverted rubbers but if you are a higher level player you could produce greater spins. liu gouliang uses short pips on his FH and was reported to have the spinniest serve in the chinese national team even against the ones using inverted rubbers.
2. yes, sp's are good block rubbers against serves with no spin and yes you can push with it.. the thing with sp's is that you can easily hit the ball served at you and can produce a fast knuckle ball return with a low trajectory..
3. yes.. i myself have another racket with an ritc 802-40 max on the back hand and i can  loop  balls that have been pushed or chopped with it..  its a lil bit harder to loop in the FH but it can be done with practice.
4. definitely yes! sp's  IMHO are better in flipping compared to inverted ones
5. no.... inverted rubbers are more springy than sp's since the pimples or topsheet of the sp's don't produce as much bounce as the inverted ones.. the sponge could be a factor though.. if you are using a fast and bouncy sponge it could help give a lil more springyness to your shots.
6. same with inverted rubbers.. the thicker the faster the lesser the more control
7. yes
8. short pips can handle incoming heavy spins of all types much easier than inverted rubbers (anti spins are not included).. good hitting rubbers.. short pips do not produce as much spin as normal inverted ones generally and if you're not used to using sp's the ball has the tendency to fall off your blade when you hit it.. it alwyas goes to the net

I've used speed p.o. before, I really liked it, although I am a hitter, I couldnt  life with the fact that any of the top 20 players didnt use short pips, I know this sounds dumb. speedy p.o.'s rubber is hard and the ball placement is spectacular. You'd probably hit it to where you want to....easily.

trankev wrote: thanks to all your advice. These are so helpful and you guys are very helpful. Special thank to Yogi_bear and Creeder. I have another question. My forehand is really strong. I loop a lot with forehand and I move right to left and left to right to use forehand. But my backhand is not as good because i sometime can loop and most of the time, I can't . This is why i'm learning to play pips. I'm using 563 medium pips and i find out that if someone serve fast and long to me, my backhand medium pips can't return the ball. Most of the time, my shot would go off the table or hit the net. Is it because medium pips does not have the capability to return like short pips that you all mentioned? Also, with short pips, should I choose thicker or thinner sponge? Thanks

medium-pips are a form of long pimples. They may not look long but the pimples bend.
IMHO you would be better off with some
802-40
or
Raystorm
Flarestorm
Tyranno
These rubbers all have good spin capabilities and of course are great for hitting

the advices of yogi bear are not accurate it depends of the blade, there are several short pips substyles and you must choose the right gear

I am an inverted rubber player but I do play around with short pips once a while. I have try tyranno, 802 and recently the new moristo sp.

So, far I think moristo is the best short pip I ever try.  I can loop with the moristo sp like i do it with my inverted rubbers. And you hit the ball it creates alot of underspin.

This is one short pip that makes me wanted to switch.

I think is really worth a try. But the price is also pretty steep. It cost SDG50 per pcs.

Short pips are better at continuing spin, not reversing it. If someone gives you heavy sidespin on a serve or a push, don't try to cancel it, just continue it. In other words dont try to turn left sidespin into right or no spin, just build up the left spin until your opponent can't handle it.

Theres some interesting strokes in the neubuar video somewhere on this forum. I think a drive is like using open racket hitting it forward. 

Thanks Andrew. Big hint from you. THanks a lot

More open than with inverted. For example, if your blade angle is 45 degrees with inverted, you might need 65 degrees.

Try it and see what works.

-- Andrew

I haven't used a faster blade than DHS Wind Carbon.  A lot of players find it too fast.  Faster isn't always better.

I haven't played with Butterfly Schlager Precision but it sounds like an appropriate blade for pips play, pretty hard and fast.  The Clearfield was used by Chen Jing with pips on the backhand, and is similar in makeup.

what about Sardius?