Impossible Backhand Topspin Made Possible
Strokes and Technique
Romeo Chua Asked 9 years ago
Ever since I've started playing, my coach has always told me to take dead balls on the rise, topspin balls on the peak, and backspin balls on the fall. Recently, I have seen Ma Long do a backhand topspin off backspin shot on the rise. This has been really effective. I noticed Wang Hao did it as well. How do they make the shot?
Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago
Hi Romeo,
They have a very fast racket head speed which helps them to lift that backspin ball over the net. It is a difficult stroke to make but as you have seen, for these brilliant players make a lot look easy.
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Romeo Chua Posted 9 years ago
So that's how its done...
D K Posted 9 years ago
Taking a backspin ball on fall?
if you are pushing,it would be quite difficult to keep low.
If you are looping,taking a backspin on fall is a double edged sword-
You are getting an enormous amount of spin,but you are losing a bit of speed maybe...and of course you must lift the ball a lot more.
In my team,there is a player who can rise any teammate's backspin FROM UNDER THE TABLE.
In fact,I would like to see him in clash of the top choppers.
Once he looped my chop 30 cm under the table.
Romeo Chua Posted 9 years ago
Oh sorry I was talking about looping. As for pushing, I vary the time I contact it.
As for looping, it certainly is harder to lift the ball up on the fall, so I loop it as it is in the early stage of falling.
Wow! I would like to see him/her play!
D K Posted 9 years ago
Him.
But it has to be said that he is not any world master,he is just extremely good at creating an enormous amount of spin at our level.
At the elite district level.
I do not say that he is always able to get it on table.
Even against the most powerful chops I have seen him encountering,he often sent an inhuman amount of topspin far behind the table,even from under the table.
This is the fifth-worst level in my country.
I myself play at the beginner district level.
(to avoid misunderstanding,these are our leagues:
1.Extra league (highest level,republic league,country representation)
2.First League (second-level,secondbest players from republic)
3.Second League (thirdbest republic,here my coach was in his prime)
4.Third League (worst whole-republic league)
5.Division (Absolute elite from each region,entering gate into a whole-country leagues)
6.First Region League (advanced from each region)
7.Second Region League (the worse from Regions)
8.First District League (district elite level,here said spinning teammate plays along with his direct squadmates)
9.Second District League (advanced district level,here fresh grown-ups and people after 45years appear more from here)
10.Third District League(intermediate district level,there is a lot of pips/anti hitting players after 50)
11.Fourth District League(semi-intermediate level,there another squad of my team plays)
12.Fifth District League(beginner level,there are two types of players: younger than 10 and older than 70.
Except me,there is no player between 10 and 70 years.)
)
Romeo Chua Posted 9 years ago
So that's how it works...
D K Posted 9 years ago
and I am the worst
Romeo Chua Posted 9 years ago
...what makes you say that?
D K Posted 9 years ago
The fact that in last four years,I was always only one player who has never won a single set.
I have played probably more than a three hundred matches (4x2x8 league,10x7 region tournaments,from 5 to 8 x12 district tournaments....)
And I always lost 0:3,no matter if my opponent was training for 4 months or 70 years,no matter if he was 80 or 6 years old.
D K Posted 9 years ago
And I forgot about the unofficial matches or an in-team tournaments