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berndt_mann
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This, taken from Volume III of Tim Boggan's History of U.S. Table Tennis might be worth a try, if you're a well-coordinated intermediate looper who has trouble against backspin. This single stroke brought American hardbat to its knees, not to rise again in a somewhat different guise 35 years later at the 1998 U,S, Open. Here is a brief description of the fh loops employed back in 1963 by the English loopers Stan Jacobson and Derek? Baddeley.
[Loopers wait for the ball to fall until it gets maybe two feet from the floor, then, as the player drops his body-weight onto his back foot while keeping the shoulder of his playing arm well down, up in a flash comes his racket in a knockout uppercut…only, to use an analogy, as if some cosmic force were to swing at the ball-shaped planet Saturn, the intent would be to send it hurtling into space by brushing its rings; meanwhile, the body-lunge transfers the weight to the front foot, and the free arm is used as a counter-weight: whereas earlier it had been raised as the playing arm went down, now it’s quickly brought down while the playing arm is swinging to finish the stroke overhead]” (TTT, May, 1963, 19). I do not know what inverted rubber Jacobson and Baddeley used; probably D-13, but this prehistoric loop drive was devastating to a chopper's game and those of us who heard about this new development thought to ourselves there goes the neighbood; a terrible beauty? is born. This type of loop, in which you barely graze the ball with a vertical racket face, sending it high over the net (maybe a foot or so) so that it lands within about 6 inches to a foot on your opponent's side of the table, can probably be counterlooped down your throat by an advanced player with sound counterlooping technique. But for an intermediate player willing to practice it, judiciously used it might seriously break up a chopper's game, as its extreme spin makes it both difficult to chop or counterloop. Who knows? D-13 compared to today's rubbers is very housebroken, but throw one of these skyscraper loops with Tenergy or Omega or Bluefire or whatever against your friendly neighboorhood chopper and it's Katie bar the door.
Edited by berndt_mann - 04/14/2015 at 4:28pm |
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bmann1942
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baribari
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What does the last part mean? Would it be trouble for the looper or the chopper?
Also, Zhang Jike's stroke is starting about a foot off the floor and finishing above his head. The angle he seems to be using is a little bit more open (but still less than 90 degrees) than that of a typical topspin forehand..
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berndt_mann
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(baribari) What does the last part mean? Would it be trouble for the looper or the chopper? |
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bmann1942
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baribari
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I'm up for anything that gives choppers a hard time... hehehe
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beenaamsa
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This can be a difficult stroke to learn. Increasing speed is a matter of trusting the movement of the stroke and getting your arm to move faster through the stroke. At first you will have to forget about trying to get the ball on the table and just think about getting the arm to move faster. Also make sure you are getting a good brushing contact on the ball to get the lift. Also make sure your rubber has some grip to be able to lift the ball.
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