Backhand smash or backhand topspin after loop

Dhaval Dwivedi Asked 12 years ago

Sir,

When I look at the video clips of Waldner, I noticed that his backhand loop is always followed with a backhand smash stroke (seems more flat than spinny) or he moves to hit a forehand topspin. In modern table tennis it seems that players like zhang Jike and Timo Boll always go for the spinny shots even after their backhand opening loop. Backhand topspin strokes are likely to go wrong especially from mid distance.