Table Tennis Pro Sabine Winter Switched from Inverted to Antispin - Can It Work?

[@danagaton]

At 0:39 and 2:50 you can see that she still has the reflex to hit with the backhand like he used to when she played with inverted rubber :) But, overall, it is clear that she adapted very quickly to anti-spin.

[@antispinguy]

Yep! :)

[@pingspiritpingspirit4099]

Très beau challenge 😊

[@antispinguy]

C'est vrais... :)

[@animaysh]

Footwork speed and forehand are very good. I assume though the top players will punish that anti spin side though.

[@antispinguy]

@@animaysh Maybe. We will see. This was just the begining. :)

[@helenlee2619]

The antispin rubber on her backhand didn't help at 1:16 as Sabine still dumped the ball into the net.

[@antispinguy]

Sure, the antispin by itself doesnt win the point without proper skill. Obiouvsly, she still have to learn how to use it at its highest capacity.

[@名字はい]

She would've done much better with Dr Neubauer medium pimples such as Aggressor or KO. Both are very effective at producing weird balls and have much more attacking potential than anti-spin rubbers.

[@antispinguy]

@@名字はい If you want to attack, yes. But if she want to attack with her backhand better keep his inverted rubber..The point is she DON'T want to attack with her backhand, I supose... :)

[@名字はい]

@@antispinguy yes she scores almost exclusively with FH, which is perhaps not a good idea. Modern TT favours BH attacks a lot, especially with serve return and inside the table shots, so it's not a good idea to adopt anti-spin on BH these days. With inverted rubber, one can produce dead balls and high spin balls, but with anti-spin, one is reduced to playing dead balls or spin reversal shots, based on what the opponent gives you.

[@antispinguy]

@@名字はい I,m just an old, very low level, amateur player... What can I say... :))) For sure she knows better how these things work.. :))

[@KinokoFuuko]

If she wants to attack she can simply twiddle and attack with her normal rubber...

[@GeoGeo451]

Having anti and twiddling is great to stuff up your opponents ready position, example would be if they loop heavy and you use inverted they have to move back slightly to keep attacking where as if you use the anti then they must be closer to the table ect. I think at these levels it's all about making your opponent move and putting them off balance. These players can easily attack anyball if they know what is coming to them.

[@Al-ImprovEd2022]

The Indian ladies do well with AS and hope she gets some top 10 wins.

[@antispinguy]

@@Al-ImprovEd2022 Yep! Sometimes they combine antispin on backhand with short pips or medium pips on forehand... :))

[@sirreyox]

what anti spin did she use?

[@antispinguy]

Answering to this question on her Instagram account, she says that "now" she is using Dr Neubauer ABS 3 Pro. Later,, a user on a table tennis forum says that at the time of the Bundesliga match she used Barna Super Glanti... In any case, officially we don't know, probably because she is still testing various antispins and hasn't decided yet...

[@erdoganvarlk]

@@antispinguyABS 3 en kötü performansa sahip.dms esp ya da diabolic harika derim

[@antispinguy]

​@@erdoganvarlkCan be - I did not played yet with all this.. so I can't argue with you on this topic. But what i saw is that at pro level mostly play with dr neubauer antispins.

[@Pablo-vr8sv]

She can try to learn in a training with Luka. The start is good 👍🏽

[@antispinguy]

Nice ideea! :)

[@Abcdef12396]

Is the other player also using Anti?

[@antispinguy]

Not at all.

[@Abcdef12396]

@@antispinguy Just a little bit?

[@antispinguy]

@@Abcdef12396 :))) no! :)))

[@bossbosss135]

Cum va cheamă in amatur ca nu găsesc numele dumneavoastră nicăieri și vreau sa văd ce rezultate aveți cu anti spin dacă se poate.

[@antispinguy]

Se poate, sigur ca se poate.. :) boboc viorel e numele meu real, nu e niciun secret. :)))

[@bossbosss135]

@ Mulțumesc și sa știți ca faceți treaba buna cu anti spin va urmăresc mereu👍 sa ne vedem cu bine la turnee🙏🏼

[@antispinguy]

​@@bossbosss135Mercic mult! Sa ne vedem sanatosi! :)

[@chrischris5164]

in about a year she will know if it was the right decision

[@antispinguy]

@@chrischris5164 yes, indeed. Need some time to find the right antispin, the right tactics...

[@aseq2]

In the men's game, I don't think it would work very well. At intermediate levels, sure. But not at the top. I don't know the women's game well enough to say much about it, maybe there are very few antispin players so other players have very limited experience against it?

[@antispinguy]

There are some female indian players who play with antispin. Sometimes they have very surprising results again top chinese pros. But, indeed, at men competition, even the best antispin player - Luka Mladenovici - has very modest results against top level players.

[@thelastofthedinosaurs]

@@antispinguy I think at a very high level you just get crushed with a big forehand every time you play with your anti spin. Deep ball to your backhand and then full power forehand every time probably and then game over after like 10 min against world class players.

[@antispinguy]

@thelastofthedinosaurs It's not so simple as you think... Even the no 1 had some problems and lost a game some time ago to an indian antispin player...

[@thelastofthedinosaurs]

@@antispinguy But not number 1 male players right? The have too much power in their forehand I think.

[@antispinguy]

@thelastofthedinosaurs I think male competition is totally different, indeed. Even the best antispin player - Luka Mladenovic - can't win against the top male players. :)

[@ravanpee1325]

She didn't have a backhand, so of course it was worth the shot

[@antispinguy]

Hm... At that level it's hard to believe that you can be "without" a backhand... But, for sure, as i saw in her games, her forehand looks better - a common thing for almost all the players, pros included.

[@ravanpee1325]

@@antispinguy Come on, she switched to substitute for her main weakness.. there are not so many players with Anti or Glanti for a reason..

[@antispinguy]

@ravanpee1325 the reason can be an injury... also the age.. she is not so young anymore.. for that high level 32 is a bit old already..

[@guileguileguile8177]

@@antispinguy Sure...even Timo Boll had to retire at the age of 32... ah non someone is telling me it was 42...

[@silversurfer6821]

​​@@guileguileguile8177So every pro Player retires at 42 is that what youre saying? At 32 most Players have Had their prime. Its a Downhill slope from there on. Even Timo Had His peak TTR value in 2009. He was 28.

[@saintpetersburg3188]

No no no. There is the only antispin queen in the world, Amelie Solja

[@antispinguy]

Yeah. Amelie is good. But until now no other so fast female player with such powerful forehand are playing with anti-spin. I really think Sabine can become the best antispin female table tennis player. :)

[@jpcheung5819]

There is a new kid on the block, playing with long pimples and defeating the world number one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHe6cplnmtlpidk&si=CuKbcTFXZjioZjnh

[@antispinguy]

@@jpcheung5819 Also Ayhika Mukherjee won against World No.1, Sun Yingsha, with antispin half year ago. Looks like there are a new era for pimples and antispins.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJfCfWSfhtyVlbM

[@rudypalmer6511]

Why no? There is always new Queen and King... everything will change...we have to face the real world brother...

[@antispinguy]

@rudypalmer6511 cool.. the new queen of antispin.. sounds cool!!! ;))

[@taniwhaman2250]

The Zero Skill style

[@antispinguy]

Pfff. I really want to have myself at least 10% from "zero skill" of Sabine Winter....