Help chopping a heavy loop

Hello. Im a chopper and I played this guy recently and his loops are so heavy and spinny that when i chop it, the ball flies far far away...Can anyone give me tips on how to chop against this? Im using a slow blade with short pips on the FH and Long pips on th BH both with no sponge. Thanks

For fast loops moving more parallel to the floor, chop with a more downward stroke.  For slow, spinny loops moving more perpendicular to the floor, chop with a more forward stroke.

I suggest you cut the spin, If you understand what i mean.

Every ball spins on 2 axis, so try and hit the ball closer to one of the spinning Axis, thats where the spin has the Least effect.

Have a look at a seal with a ball spinning on its nose, notice that it has little effect.  Hope you understand.

i agree with a [numbers] , if its sittting up, the only option is to attack and put pressure to the opponent, i think spinny loops r good and easy to be counters with a  very flat and parallel angle with the blade.

aXis wrote: Hello. Im a chopper and I played this guy recently and his loops are so heavy and spinny that when i chop it, the ball flies far far away...Can anyone give me tips on how to chop against this? Im using a slow blade with short pips on the FH and Long pips on th BH both with no sponge. Thanks

Watch out for your footwork! Get close to the ball, otherwise you have zero control because you lose balance.
You have to make sure that the whole action of your chop is as smooth as possible. This will add to control.
The other important thing is that you have to control the forward momentum of your chop. If the ball goes long, don't apply forward force - in fact you should ideally apply slightly negative forward momentum = backward momentum to take out some of the speed of the incoming ball.
Another aspect of reducing the speed is to dramatically increase the amount of backspin you impart. If you chop with a really good amount of backspin you can see that the ball slows down heavily on its way back over the net.

In short:
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1. smooth movements
2. fast movements
3. short movements (increases control)
4. no forward momentum, just chop down with a vertical blade, just use your wrist until you have enough control to use more parts of your arm/body
5. apply as much spin as possible on fast balls (very controlled, super quick, wrist only chop downwards *ON CONTACT* (timing is key)
6. variation is the best friend of a chopper, but variation on fast balls is suicide imho. If your opponent got off a fast ball that brings you into trouble, you made a mistake before. In such cases don't experiment and play safe. This includes using a block instead of a chop if you get caught too close to the table.

garbage again .... Both of your points show that you don't have a clue what you are talking about ....

I don't understand, why some of the new forum users spam this forum with garbage postings.
If you know what you are talking about then talk and help people, but if you don't know what you are talking about because you don't have enough experience your gossip is very counter productive - and in some cases plainly rude for most readers who have to read this.


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I know what I was talking because I'm a chopper. I chop any heavy top spin loops.

Thanks Varghesep
BTW
Its Pingpongpaddy not daddy.
Maybe you could have said chop-block and it would have been clearer!
I would suggest that AXIS makes sure he can float the ball both bh and fh before trying to chop the ball too much. Chopping is quite a difficult shot to master against topspin.
A float is a light chop played as late as possible. (near the floor) with only slight backspin. Try to make your float shot land within 6 inches of the baseline. Doing this consistently will allow you to learn the speed of your racket which will increase yr confidence. dont worry about keeping the ball low but rather make sure it is as Long as possible. VERY LONG is good. VERY short is good. in between is bad length.
BTW
dont be afraid to ask yr partner to give you some shots in the same place -it will help his topspin too.

Thanks guys. I learned a lot too!

Chop downword very very fast and hard.