Switching to the DARK SIDE (First Lesson with Short Pips)

[@Eats_Flowers]

Super interesting, thank you for uploading!

[@musclepong]

I had to re-upload my latest match but saw your comment on the video. I won't be going to US Nationals, but I plan on going to US Open if you wanna hit there!

[@jpakjpak]

My favorite part was you being held by Ryan

[@BrunoNeureiter]

When you do a forehand loop you should have your arm relaxed, close to your bottom. But you move it too much away from your body. This means you're tensing too much your arm too much.

[@musclepong]

Relaxing my arm before contact has been a WIP for me ever since I playing ping pong more seriously 1.5 years ago

[@BrunoNeureiter]

After watching the whole video, I haven't seen a single backhand punch. I saw many great backhand loops that went into the net because you weren't using an inverted rubber. Look at how Mima Ito plays her backhand. It's all forwards. A *punch*. You always use your wrist. When you throw punches you don't use your wrist. It's the same exact forward motion. But you have to stay low and squat, otherwise you can't hit the middle/low part of the ball. And also start the movement closer to your body, so you can load the spring. I don't think you have a SP technique. You can go back to inverted and apply the same techniques. It will make your backhand better. Look at Fan Zhendong in slow motion to understand what he's doing.

[@musclepong]

This was one of my first times using short pips, after playing with it for a few more days my technique has improved a lot more and my "feeling" is much better using it compared to inverted. Maybe I'll switch back to inverted in the future, but for now I'm really enjoying playing with short pips

[@ikunpong]

may i know your usatt rating please

[@jpakjpak]

Do you have any coaching or training videos @BrunoNeureiter ?

[@musclepong]

I'm curious to see your backhand technique, do you have any videos?

[@BrunoNeureiter]

​@@musclepongHi, sorry for replying now. I didn't receive any notification. I don't have any videos! Today I have practice and I'll try to record. I'm not from the USA so I don't have an USATT rating. Don't learn from me, watch the slow motion of the pros!

[@BrunoNeureiter]

I don't fully agree with the short pimples switch just for the reason that nobody taught you the right technique. I completely changed my BH technique in one week and now I'm BH dominant.

[@musclepong]

I wanted to test short pips out to see if it better suit my style per my friend's recommendation. So far I'm really liking it and have a lot more fun playing with it

[@kiwishopper]

So you are currently trying sp bh? May I ask what rubber are you trying

[@musclepong]

Victas Spectol S1 1.6mm - my chopper friend Zhongjie recommended it to me. I'm not sure if it's short or medium pips 😂

[@kiwishopper]

@@musclepong My husband (the chopper also) uses medium pips on his bh. He's thinking about trying sp though. He's not decided on which type so it'd be interesting to see what he ends up with.