Chop smash
Table Tennis Strokes and Technique
Last updated 4 years ago
Petar Jovanovic Asked 10 years ago
It is a good move chop smash and why none of the professional players do not use it?
Petar from Serbia
Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago
Hi Petar,
When the ball is up high it is much safer to play a regular smash. When the ball is in that position you have a 90% chance of winning the point. The chop smash will only lessen your chances because it is such a risky stroke.
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DHS Lover Posted 10 years ago
Anyway, how make that chop smash ? As I must close the angle of my bat to smash down the ball and to chop the ball I must open the angle of my bat
I just want to know as a theory...
Erriza Shalahuddin Posted 10 years ago
I think it means that you hit the ball hard by hitting the back of the ball downward and/or hitting the top of the ball slightly backward. It's like "hammering" the ball :D Am I correct?
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago
Yes a little like hammering the ball. You are getting sidespin by brushing the side of the ball.
Xariuz Cruz Posted 10 years ago
Still confused @@
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago
So you are smashing the ball like a Tennis Smash and slicing down the side of the ball.
DHS Lover Posted 10 years ago
hhmm... i think that it's not affective as i can't hit the ball harder and less accuracy...
what about the sidespin smash ? i still confuse on how to make that stroke as when i saw people made the sidespin smash, he just smash the ball normally but the ball have sidespin on it...
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago
You can experiment with the contacts. Just brush across the ball slightly on contact rather than hitting it completely flat. This will also be less accurate because of the sidespin.
Brendan Nisperos Posted 10 years ago
Whenever my opponent uses a chop smash (one of my friends uses it a lot instead of a flick) the ball doesn't bounce up like it is supposed to but instead skids and doesn't bounce as high as a regular smash. It isn't nearly as fast as a flick but is effective in deception type hitting.
Johan B Posted 8 years ago
I love the chop smash off a short high ball without much spin.
Off balls with more spin when I don't have time to step around for a proper stroke, I cheat and go over the ball with a topspin tomahawk like action
fawwas fawwas Posted 8 years ago
teach me "how to make a loob"
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 8 years ago
Is that a Loop or a Lob?
D K Posted 4 years ago
Funny thing that loop and lob have the same basis,being offensive and defensive extension of each other,respectively :D
Alois,sidespin and backspin smashes are usually most effective against same-spin short lobs,correct?
(Because the spin incoming and the non-flat angled stroke will nullify each other)
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 4 years ago
They just need to be short on the table to make them a bit more viable.
D K Posted 4 years ago
Meaning they are good if someone throws in a chop so high that the ball bounces back above the user's table :P