Yes, thinking of doing a small series of 'playbooks' with strategies against different styles.

Yes I hate playing against short and long pimps. Any tips would be good.

Been asking for the same.. littery been sitting for 1 hour trying to find a video "How does short pimple work"

@@mauricetate3571a pimp named slick back?

Sounds like a good plan, you can do a lot of damage defensively with short if you get good at disguising heavy vs no spin etc

I came back to this as I am trying out Rakza PO on nobilis pbo c abs frictionless anti on forehand. It s definitely easier to block the heavy loopers but I am mostly not very confident in hitting yet. Might be a good combo for me and I will try this out for maybe couple weeks before switching back. Main advantage for me is the lightness of the rubber versus the forehand rubbers I am currently using

both sides with pips ? haven't heard of that since Johnny Huang

@@jrk1666 I see it a lot. One guy I know from Korea uses pips on both sides and he gives high-rated players a run for their money, LOL.

​@@ramonbmoviesname?

​@@ramonbmoviesname of the korean guy? What pips?

Thanks a bunch 😁

@@MHTableTennis I like this amount of thanks 🙏🏻

I think the best thing to do is start steadily and gradually build up the speed, it’s very important to build in some core rotation but it’s very quick and subtle

To keep it compact I’d recommend almost no backswing, get your racket behind the ball and focus on driving forward only

Thanks guys :)

She was using Express Ultra too. Her blade is very old Chinese tamca5000 blade it's about 30 years old. 802-40 is more defensive, no?

Honestly I did a few training sessions with short pips on both sides and I found it very difficult with the plastic ball to dominate rallies unless I set up a significantly easier ball. If you can get enough hand speed with the short pips it can work out ok, but in general I think smooth rubber is much more versatile.

I think in the beginning to develop and get a feel of the timing and touch the elbow is fine, but definitely to elevate your shots you will need a little snap from your wrist to add some bite

I would try working on that stroke first and see if you can make any progress with it, if not then short pips could definitely be an option.

Thank you! :)

802-40 is still quite hard, the 802 series of short pips were more for defensive use, so its hard to create topspin as much - but it has great control and good for driving. Important to remember the need to generate more hand speed into contact and a sharpness to your contact, and most importantly play to the strengths of the rubber - easier to open vs. backspin, easier to control against topspin and also great for punching and smashing. The key to being great with short pips is precision and conciseness in your technique, more compact strokes but explosive!

I need to find someone who can play anti to help me make it. I will see what I can do

I replied to this question already before, you didn't see it?

Sorry sir I didn’t see it

No prob :)

Good question, off the top of my head no but I could try and find out

@@MHTableTennis that would be great thanks!

Not at the basic intro level

you got it wrong. rapid wrist to brush the ball in pips? what short pips are you using?

Hi Scott, as far as I recall it was Express Ultra max sponge :)

Cheers

Joola Express Ultra :)

It was carbon 5 ply

@@MHTableTennis thanks Matt weve chatted a bit when you were prepairing a book

@@frankhillier8656 you might have me mixed up, I haven't prepared a book 😁

@@MHTableTennis sorry it was about older people progressing in tt

@@frankhillier8656 not ringing any bells, I definitely haven't written or prepared any books 😄 either way it's nice to have you here!

You can probably find some videos of someone like Mima Ito, she is a good example to follow