Chops

Shripathi ramakrishnan Asked 14 years ago

Hi Alois and Jeff,

As a last defence to try and save a point (desparately), i use chopping. but i really dont have that much success as i would in lobbing! whenever my opponent would just play a topspin (spinny and somewhat fast) and i chop, it lands on the table with tremendous backspin (this i can make out cuz it stops/slows down considerably) but gets tossed about shoulder high. players with the experience put it away easily . How can i keep it low? Is it a mattter of imparting more (or even less) backspin or is it something else?

Thank you very much!