Floating balls from long pips
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Topic: Floating balls from long pips
Posted By: AVarun
Subject: Floating balls from long pips
Date Posted: 10/01/2022 at 6:07pm
Hello, just played an epic best of five match( losing 3-2) with a skilled long pips chopper, who can also loop. What may have made the difference( apart from a few misplayed serve returns) are several hits off the chopper's long pips block, which seemed to have created a floating ball. It was just too tempting to blast that ball  , because it was hanging in the air. 4 separate times, the ball flew off the table, and had me puzzled. What kind of ball is that. If it's a no-spin ball, should that just be hit down as opposed to forward?
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Posted By: mts388
Date Posted: 10/01/2022 at 7:22pm
| If it was a no spin ball, could you loop drive it? When I get a ball like that I loop drive it with a lot more speed than spin (just enough spin to bring it down to the table). I want to end the rally with that hit. My feeling is that the longer the rally with a LP'er the more the advantage goes to him. I'm a 1600+ USATT level player and I'm comfortable playing LP'ers up to a 1900 level. |
Posted By: AVarun
Date Posted: 10/02/2022 at 3:09am
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"If it was a no spin ball, could you loop drive it? When I get a ball like that I loop drive it with a lot more speed than spin (just enough spin to bring it down to the table)..." Makes total sense, sir. I will try that next time. My shot was too flat. A little spin probably would have brought it down on the table.
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Posted By: igorponger
Date Posted: 10/02/2022 at 9:56am
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KNOWLEDGE OF A MISSILE BALLISTICS IS NEEDED HERE. You seem to confuse floating balls with the three-axial wobblers (=zig-zag balls). You need some explanatory lessons on the dynamical behaviour of the table tennis ball in fly. So called zig-zag balls. Yes, Magnus Force plays the key role to get the ball zigzaging. https://clck.ru/32DsNk" rel="nofollow - https://clck.ru/32DsNk |