Play against a defensive player who places ball
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Akash Mukesh Asked 10 years ago
Hello sir,
Greeting,
I am Akash from India and i have been a great fan of your website n service towards teaching table tennis.
I am playing table tennis from past eight-nine months. One of my friends continuously randomly across the table sometimes my backhand side then forehand side. This is becoming a big issue since he makes me to quickly lose my control and balance.
how to play against him? so that he wont b able to place ball here and there?
Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago
Hi Akash,
If you place the ball to the middle of the table he will not be able to get such wide angles.
The other thing you can do, is that if he plays the ball wide, play it back even wider on the same diagonal. This will limit the options of where he can put the next ball. It will be difficult for him to play the ball down the line.
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Akash Mukesh Posted 10 years ago
thank you sir for the tip.
one more thing that i would like to ask is that does it really matters that we have two different rubbers on both sides of our paddle?
i mean like if i am using a custom bat with rubbers of same specifications both sides that ll be better or different rubbers ?
Hi Akash,
To start with I think it is easier to use the same rubbers but then as you progress and find your style, most players use slightly different rubbers even if it is just different thicknesses.