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    Posted: 04/20/2012 at 5:36pm
I am lucky,  I have a practice partner that will chop for 15 to 30 minutes every time we play.   After a while you get pretty good getting balls back with either hand.  One thing my practice partner says is very effective is hitting the ball with a lot of spin so that it practically falls low off the opponent's side of the table.   Couple this with side to side placement and the chopper gets tired quickly.  Of course a few good strong returns helps but I find that I must put a lot of my swing in to upwards motion rather than forward motion.

Chopping and looping chops is fun.  The game is slower and one actually has time to get into position when looping.    I find chopping looped balls to be difficult if the looper can make me move a lot.

I normally don't play with my LP paddle when looping chops but what I have found out is that return chopped balls with LP is easy.  You just bounce the ball back and let the back spin be your top spin.



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Hitting the ball so it lands near the edge of the table on your opponent side.  So it will bounce 'deeper' into their territory and they have to move away from the table to get the ball.

Versus hitting the ball so it lands in the middle of the table and you opponent can still stand close to the table to return.
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Loop the crap out of them and give them short balls sometimes and also place the ball in different places.
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Originally posted by power7

Hitting the ball so it lands near the edge of the table on your opponent side.  So it will bounce 'deeper' into their territory and they have to move away from the table to get the ball.

Versus hitting the ball so it lands in the middle of the table and you opponent can still stand close to the table to return.
 
nice tip. place the ball in the white line. one to the right and then to the left to drive the chopper crazy who will be for sure if you are able to do so.


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One to the right one to the left and down to the line is not the most ideal tactic.

If you power loop one down the line (regardless of direction) you can almost certain a faster return with more possibility of heavy spin. Changing direction become incredibly difficult. It can create more mistake from attacker's point of view.

If you don't power loop down the line (trying to spin loop it down the line) it's almost certain the ball is gonna run high for a chance of counter loop smash.

Neither is good idea.

What you really should be doing is loop the same side and force chopper stick on one side longer and wait for a slight mistake from them and power drive the totally opposite direction.

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loop toward the body of the chopper creates more problem for chopper, especially if it is very close to the end of the table.
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As a defender, I must say I love it when people try to loop from side to side. This allows me to get into a nice rhythm, while still being able to chop down hard on the ball, with my arm extended. I do hate those who loop to my body, as this forces me to move away from the ball to be able to chop down on it and this is much harder.
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personally, one shot kill the point is better way!  
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Originally posted by Tao Li

personally, one shot kill the point is better way!  

When I play against a 2200 chopper, he practically returns everything.  I actually loop with a lot of spin against him.  How does killing in one shot work?

I am actually no match against him.  I don't bother playing games with him(or is it the other way around:))  I practice with him.

What works is looping strong and then looping softly.  In essence, the change of pace works.
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