Playing against Long Pips v Anti Spin
Strategy
Carol Day Asked 12 years ago
I have played against both and my preference is to play the long pips as I find the anti plays differently. I often find the anti does not come onto you as much as the long pips. Can you help explain how you would play differently against these two rubbers?
Many thanks
Carol
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Carol,
The anti can be a little slower depending on the type of anti spin. Apart from that there is no real difference in how I would play against the two. I would try to play a backspin ball to the pimples or anti and then make an attacking stroke off the next ball.
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Ji-Soo Woo Posted 12 years ago
It's hard to compare the two when there is such a wide range of different LPs (not to mention the effect of sponge thicknesses) and antispins. As a very general rule of thumb, if the player is a chopper, I find it is easier for an antispin chopper to keep the ball on the table, but it's also easier for a looper to loop against antispin chops rather than LP chops. I think it is because (in my experience) antispin chops are more predictable...i.e. less spin deception. If the player is a close-to-the-table player, I find it is easier to hit the ball using antispin than LP. If you are playing against such a player, watch out for attacking strokes.
Basic rules (i.e. spin reversal properties, alternating backspin and topspin, feeding them no-spin balls, etc) are more or less the same.