Chinese and European differences
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Judah Cagas Asked 12 years ago
Hi
Chinese and European differences. What the differences on the both of them? Ex.How they loop,their strategy,they principle etc.
Why do europeans love to serve reverse pendulum and chinese love to serve pendulum?
THANK YOU
JUDAH
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Judah,
There are not a lot of real differences. It is an interesting observation that the Chinese serve more pendulum and the Europeans serve more reverse. I have never really thought about it.
If it is statistically right, it may be that the Reverse tends to suit backhand players a bit more.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this one?
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andrew brand Posted 12 years ago
Oliver Posted 12 years ago
i think the chinese players tend to be fh dominant while euro tend 2b allround.
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 12 years ago
Andrew,
The Chinese in general do seem to have a bigger swing at the ball. Is it because they are in a good position to be able to do this more often perhaps?
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 12 years ago
Oliver,
I think your generalisation is correct.
Julio Torres Posted 12 years ago
i think that in the forehand loop chinese players use in a really different way their knees... i reffer that europeans players keep their elbows still ... but chinese players use it for generating more speed...
let's take a look ...
Ma Long...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7_XHuTuBlE
Timo Boll...( see after the second minute)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gatqZi2bm7E
I chose videos against Joo See Hyuk Because i think when somebody is playing against a chopper we can see his loop clearly..
However i think there is exceptions like Jan-Ove Waldner and Kalinikos kreanga
Nigel R Posted 12 years ago
I also think that the chinese forehand loop tends to follow through a bit more forward than the european loop. I think its mainly because most chinese players use tacky rubbers on their forehand which allows them to "hold" the ball a bit more. Also, since tacky rubbers are usually slower than european/japanese rubbers their stroke has to be bigger in order to get the power and spin necessary.
Jonathan Huynh Posted 11 years ago
how about japanese players?
Tanya Zhurikova Posted 4 weeks ago
Jonathan, european style is similar to japanese