Chopper Tactics
Strategy
Sasha Savic Asked 10 years ago
Hi, Alois
I am doing pretty well with defensive playing. I am an amateur, and playing with other amateurs is not a problem. They have wrong tactics keeping me close to the table, because I use my pimples to attack, and there is nothing they can do about it. But, I have a certain issue. You see, I am playing against an attacker who is a competitor, and trains for a long time. He attacks immediately third ball after my serve return, and goes for the winner. I see when professional players go against Joo Se Hyuk, they always do slow and spinny first topspin. So, how can I achieve this? You see, his attacks are so fast, I can not move away from the table.
For instance, how to keep the ball low and spinny with pushing with inverted rubber, and how to keep the ball long and low with pimples? Where should I place may returns? Can you help me with this? Thanks
Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago
Hi Sasha,
Keeping the ball deep on the table is important for a chopper. A good way in training is to put a towel across the table covering the shorter part of the table only leaving the end of the table uncovered.
You can also put a string above the net like we show you in the lesson on Keeping The Ball Low to focus on the height of your shots in training. These two things will help you to improve the quality of your shots.
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Sasha Savic Posted 10 years ago
I have seen your video Keeping The Ball Low, and I agree with the way to learn this skill. But, what are the technical factors of keeping the ball low, how to perform this. Because, the string can only be a pointer if I did something correctly, but, I am more into the technique of keeping the ball low. How to position my blade, how should my swing go, etc. That's what I need
I ask this because I played against a guy in my club, I push the ball, it is almost on the line, has backspin, and he hits it like it is nothing. He doesn't do topspin, his hits are almost flat, I don't understand how is it possible. And they are fast too, I can't get away from the table, so, any tip would help. See ya
Hi Sasha,
As a change up you can hit the backhand. You need to have the angle of your bat quite flat facing the net and hit flat at the ball. We show this in our Premium lesson on LP Attack Against Backspin.