How to play against players using pips rubber

Table Tennis Equipment

Last updated 9 years ago

Tony Phan

Tony Phan Asked 12 years ago

Can you give me a few tips on how to play against the pips players?

Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Tony,

If you are talking short pips, then it is a matter of adjusting to the ball coming through flatter and with less spin.

If it is long pimples, you need to remember that the pimples will give you back the opposite spin to what you gave.  SO if you topspin then it will come back with backspin. It is a matter of hitting a lot more balls against these rubber to get used to them.

Take a look at the lesson on the Effects of Rubbers.  This will also help you. 


Notify me of updates
Add to Favourites
Back to Questions

Thoughts on this question

John Bartolucci

John Bartolucci Posted 10 years ago

Hi Alois,

I've adopted the strategy of chopping deep to the pips player, then attacking with topspin whatever comes back. This has been working nicely against both long and short pips.  It makes the pips player grumpy, and that's 1/2 the fun! ;).  Cheers.  


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago

Good work.. not that we want to make pimples players grumpy 


utkarsh agarwal

utkarsh agarwal Posted 9 years ago

Hi coach,

Can you give some gameplay tips against long pimps . My opponent uses tibhar grass.


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago

Hi Utkarsh,

We do have these in the Match Strategy section under Playing Against Long Pimples.



Become a free member to post a comment about this question.