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APW46
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alphapong
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That's funny. I thought I saw those same matches. Here's what I Saw: A player with good touch and tactics beats a fathead who stands there mindlessly swinging away with no preparation, strategy, or understanding of what he is doing, hoping that his world class super duper power loop will do all the work for him. I do however think that it just is not fair for people with an IQ under 90 to have to play someone with long pips. Really this kind of thing should be factored into the groupings at tournaments just like club affiliation. It would be pretty simple to implement. Entry forms just need an extra check box next to the club affiliation. "Sub 90 IQ. No pips please." |
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Jonan
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I don't think the best way to deal with an insult is to rephrase the same thing and sling it back at him. It's similar to "Nah uh, YOU'RE the stupid head!" But yeah, people have no right to complain about long pips really, if you lose because they have long pips, you lost because you are unable to read spin and have problems looping anything but simple topspin. It does require you to think, but they are thinking more as well. People just get into a rut when playing something they aren't used to and fail to adjust their tactics. That is their main weakness, not their stupidity, it's more like being stubborn, because surely they know how to return backspin otherwise they would never return a serve, and surely they know what to do with a dead ball, everyone starts off like that and learns to smash and flat hit before loop. It's not due to lack of knowledge, they are just too stubborn to change their style to play someone different. I played with long pips in a tournament, I stopped using it after that because I felt it didn't help me beat anyone I wouldn't have already beaten without it and in fact was a disadvantage, even at a low level, against players who knew how to play against it. Infact I'm pretty sure I lost one very close match simply due to lack off offence from the backhand. I played a guy who had never seen long pips before and between rounds explained it to him, how they worked, what strokes with it would do, tactics against it, etc. and we ended up playing each other in the later rounds of groups and he did much better against me the second time around, made far less errors against the long pips. Just takes a little adjustment and changing gears. That being said, if a player truly had "good footwork and swings" they wouldn't have problems looping back weak backspin and dead balls. |
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Pushblocker
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I think that deception plays a much smaller role above 2000+ level. If somebody is good playing against a chopper is really no indication if they are good against a blocker. My game for example is all about messing up the opponents timing. A chopper (when playing defensive) gives a attacker more time to read the spin and attack. My off the bounce blocking style is all about placement and catching the opponent in a bad position to make unforced errors. Even though equipment between chopers and blockers (with long pips) is somewhat similar, playing against each style is quite different. Things that work against choppers often don't work against blockers.. The #1 skill against a long pips blocker is PATIENCE!! #1 skill against a chopper is reading his spin!
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Pushblocker
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I noticed this myself when I was a young player.. Back in the country where I was born, I went from playing in the 16th highest class to playing in the 8th highest playing class in Vienna/Austria WITHIN 1 SEASON by just switching to long pips. However, my improvement slowed dramatically once I reached the 4th highest playing class in Vienna, I got stuck at my level and wasn't able to improve any more.. When I came to the US (after a few years of TT break), I improved my game mostly due to better understanding of the sport and strategy. While I also improved my game, I mostly improved by adding effective and distuptive playing patterns into my game. My game is all about how I can break my opponents game..
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Pushblocker
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I agree! I think that what is very important in table tennis is the understanding of the game. Whatever style you play, it is important to understand what the opponent and his equipment are doing. There really is no such thing as unpredictable equipment. Just because somebody does not understand what the equipment does, doesn't make it unpredictable. Let's look at long pips.. There are different types. Some produce mostly dead balls (the majority) if the stroke is passive. Others produce slightly reversed spin (but not a whole lot of reversal). However, the timing of the contact is critical of how much reversal you get. The earlier you contact the ball with long pips and the shorter the dwell time, the more reversal you will get. So, on a balsa wood with a low friction long pips rubber, you will get decent reversal on a off the bounce block. However, if you block on the table, you'll probably get a dead ball.. Now, what seems to be deception, in reality is NOT. Sometimes it depends on your own spin on how much spin you get back. I can say with 100% certainty that if you repeat the identical stroke against identical spin with identical timing, the result will be the same every time!
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LOOPMEISTER
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Dead ball vs. spin reversal can be deceiving but its also predictable once you get used to it. I think most of the "deception" of playing a LP blocker is when you have any kind of side spin on the ball and it comes back like a cork-screw making it very hard to judge how/where to hit it... Rule #1 don't used side spin when playing a LP blocker!
(Ok, actually I would say "patience" is rule #1, but rule #2 is don't use side spin serves.) |
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Pushblocker
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I think that rule #1 against a good long pips blocker is: Don't serve short.. The moment you give my a short serve, I'll use the angles and keep you out of position.
Rule #2 should be to be patient and PICK YOUR HITS. If you try to attack every ball, you are going to look really bad fast..
Rule #3, if the opponent has a good reversing rubber, use low amounts of spin as your own spin will work against yourself.. Long pips, even grippy ones will not produce a lot of spin themselves and if you don't give a long pips player spin to work with, the spin returned is usually attackable.
Rule #4: IF you attack and your attack comes back, push the return back and then attack the opponents long pips push against your push. The long pips push will either be dead or have slight topspin and if you close the angle appropriately, you should be able to attack that ball very strong!
Of course, I'm aware of all the things that good players do against long pips and developed counter-measures..
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emihet
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Hi, Pushblocker what equipment do you use?
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Viscaria, Ma Long 5, Old Clippers, BTY Ovtcharov and Various Custom blades
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icontek
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from the 1800 thread |
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hungga
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Aye, those bas**** LP users. I just have to curse them, I have to. It's just a sin not to. LP users, die please.
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roundrobin
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Thank you.
LOOPMEISTER here's your poster child of a harmless LP hater... We love your blessing hungga! But to be polite, you first please...
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hungga
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LOL. But on the good side, thanks for making this world a bit different.
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