Types of Choppers
Strategy
david soares Asked 11 years ago
Hello what is the difrence between defenceve chopper and ofensive chopper
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi David,
A defensive chopper mainly relies on variation of spin and placement to get you to make an error. An offensive chopper will often chop faster, stay closer to the table and use their topspin attack if they get an opportunity. This is often referred to as the Modern Chopper as well. Joo Se Hyuk is a good example of a Modern Chopper.
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ganesh burra Posted 11 years ago
Hi Alois,
i am still learning to precisely chop the ball. What should be the footwork be like for chopping, because I usually stand square on to cover the table. But from ur videos on chopping it is said one must be more sideon. If such is the case then what should be the initial position and after our chop if opponent gives us loose return then how to quickly switch to topspin/sidespin attack (should we attack from side on position only then?)
Is "push" a soft chop? Are we supposed to use wrist in returning spinny serve while Pushing?
I wonder how they perform chop closer to the table as said above in case of modern chopper, don't they get cramped for room Alois? I'm asking because I'm more of a blocker and I prefer staying close to the table,if I learn this close-to-table chop then it would really be a great weapon.
The closer you are to the table the more straight on you need to be because of the amount of time it takes to change. When you are closer you need to use more waist to turn.
A push is a close to the table chop.
Chopping close to the table is very difficult. You need a lot of touch to be able to do it.