Types of Choppers
Table Tennis Match Strategy
Last updated 10 years ago
david soares Asked 10 years ago
Hello what is the difrence between defenceve chopper and ofensive chopper
Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago
Hi David,
A defensive chopper mainly relies on variation of spin and placement to get you to make an error. An offensive chopper will often chop faster, stay closer to the table and use their topspin attack if they get an opportunity. This is often referred to as the Modern Chopper as well. Joo Se Hyuk is a good example of a Modern Chopper.
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ganesh burra Posted 10 years ago
Hi Alois,
i am still learning to precisely chop the ball. What should be the footwork be like for chopping, because I usually stand square on to cover the table. But from ur videos on chopping it is said one must be more sideon. If such is the case then what should be the initial position and after our chop if opponent gives us loose return then how to quickly switch to topspin/sidespin attack (should we attack from side on position only then?)
Is "push" a soft chop? Are we supposed to use wrist in returning spinny serve while Pushing?
I wonder how they perform chop closer to the table as said above in case of modern chopper, don't they get cramped for room Alois? I'm asking because I'm more of a blocker and I prefer staying close to the table,if I learn this close-to-table chop then it would really be a great weapon.
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago
The closer you are to the table the more straight on you need to be because of the amount of time it takes to change. When you are closer you need to use more waist to turn.
A push is a close to the table chop.
Chopping close to the table is very difficult. You need a lot of touch to be able to do it.
ganesh burra Posted 10 years ago
Ur absolutely right Alois, I am newly learning to spin the ball and it is tremendously difficult to just skim the ball to generate spin and at the same time to put the ball on table.
Even the loop is difficult and more often the ball just goes down on my side of table, when I'm trying to put maximum vertical TS.
I find Sidespin a bit easy but Vertical Topsin/Loop is a shot which just throws the opponent off-balance and myself experience it.
And on top of that this close to table chop - a new shot for me to practice.Despite all those difficulties, I would try to practice them one at a time.
By the way Alois what is meant by 'touch' ? does it mean delicate shot?, I guess so because I play with an old man of 79 who chops the ball perfectly also has tremendous topspin(he holds the bat more like tennis racket though, low down the grip and just whips it with precision) who keeps saying not to hit the ball at all and just to spin it very slowly. This guru keeps saying unless you learn spin, you are incompetent at TT. I am finding his words very true and trying hard to put spin into play.
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago
Hi Ganesh,
Progress sometimes takes a while.
Touch is the softness and the ability to feel the ball and control it to where you want it to go.