need help against this guy

hi guys, im playing against this indian dude at university. a former national player during high school.

he does a fh pendulum, and his strong point is his fh smash.

with regards to his serve. he most of the time serves fast cross court, topspin and basckspin to my bh. how do i counter these?

how can i flip low topspin ball, casue when i do with bh flip, he just smashes it casue its too slow. how can i make it quick?

and also, with fast heavy backspin on my bh side, how do i chop it short and low? cause evrytime i try to, it keeps floating up, help on pushing game plz.

my strong point is fh smash, i use bh service.

since he does fast service, is there any hints if its backspin or topspin? is it the trajectory of the ball? and his contact and motion is sooo similar!!

The way I figured out to counter any ball that is fast and deep, is to move a little bit farther from the table because a lot of time I get jammed and I don't have the time flip the fast under spin balls, for fast top spin deep in the table DON'T flip them, just follow through with a hit, this is what my couch told me. if it flies out or goes high with the top spin deep in the table, change the racket angle, NEVER smash servers no matter how high they look. Since this guy seems talented he'd probably be smart and vary his serve but he can only have so many serves in his armory, so focus on which serve he does but don't think that much, I suggest you his to his backhand or his body . Hope that helps.

that sounds hard.  strategy  may help a little bit. The bottom line is the skill. You may want to try some combination of short and long, short to the net and long to the edge of the table.  For the slow topspin, if you can tell, just attack using backhand (assume you use shakehand) to both sides. My way to return fast backspin is to chop back to the edge. it is not easy to smash a long one, even looping a little difficult for very deep return.

Simple answer: Step back a bit let the ball fall a bit and open with BH topspin with *heavy* spin to his bh or fast bh topspin down the line to throw him off balance. Nobody can smash heavy topspin with enough consistency - nobody (if he can, work on your topspin). Vary the spin, try to do as fast as possible, but the spin is the key.

Quick tip if you can't see what spin it is:
If the serve is fast, it will be some form of topspin. This means that you have to loop with a much more violent forward impuls than against backspin in oder to keep it on the table.
Fast heavy backspin is highly unlikely because it tends to sail off the table due to the spin. A tiny bit of backspin is no problem. A bit of backspin, or a bit of sidespin or a bit of topspin doesn't matter at all *IF* you are able to let the ball drop a bit and spin it hard (=spinny control loop). Remember to have a strong forward impuls in this case (not just upwards, but upwards +  strong forward impuls) and don't forget to use your legs for good spin.
The biggest problem with the bh topspin opening against long serves is to get into position early enough. Judge the amount of sidespin. How much will it curve? In which direction will it curve? (it will curve later if it's a fast serve, and this can be dangerous). Watch the ball all the way from contact to contact. You know where the table is. Just watch the ball, move your feet and then spin it hard.
Have fun. Some day your bh topspin has to be good enough to deal with this scenario because it is pretty common. A passive shot like a chop is no solution to your problem - at least not if you want to get better.

if the serve u think is backspin, is coming at you fast and when u chop it the ball is going up, it;s probably flat made to look like backspin.

a lot of players when they're serving long they like vary between a flat and a kicking topspin serve with pretty much the same hand movement.

like everyone said, seems like ur returning the serves too close to the table.. (hes probably serving long because ur too close to the table?) take a step back and heavy topspin it..

(i wish i could follow my own advice..)

No wild shot of despair! A controlled loop with *heavy* spin is your friend if you want to get better because it can be used against pretty much everything. You need consistent quality openings. And this is the only way to get there. If you try to powerloop everything you'll never ever get far. This is a fact.
As a matter of fact, many people don't manage to learn to play this type of topspin with enough spin or it's not consistent enough. These players are stuck forever. if you want to play a "modern" topspin game some day, there is no way around controlled quality openings that get the game started. These shots are notoriously difficult for beginners though because they require lots of handspeed, good footwork and very good timing. Don't give up until you master them. This day will be a big step up in class for you.

thanks so much for ur words of inspiration. i will try to loop with heavy spin casue YATTP u  r absolutely correct in syaing im a  power looper with no/lack of spin.
thats y when i play chopper or whoever pushes long, icant get it above the net.
i will practice my footwork and bending knee,s and whole body as well as timing.
thanks alot for the advice, ill surely try it tonite.

I agree with Cole, but one has to get past the "c" and "b" stuff and develop the mentality to attack the long b/c stuff to be able to think of developing a game to begin to address the "a" stuff of an advanced player.