By switching the robot back and forth between these two spins, you can develop proper shoulder placement for both shots. Against topspin, shoulder should only drop slightly, if at all. Against backspin, drop the back shoulder (right shoulder for right-handers, left shoulder for left-handers) when forehand looping. This usually has to do with the shoulders. Many players learn to loop well against one type of spin (topspin or backspin), but not the other. Second, it allows a player to switch back and forth between looping against topspin and backspin, so both techniques can be developed together. First, it will give you a consistent ball, coming out at the same speed, direction and spin over and over, enhancing the learning process. This can be done either on a robot or against a living opponent who blocks. Once a player can loop against backspin, he’s ready to loop against topspin. Always remember that Correct Techniques + Constant Repetition = Well-Developed Strokes. With a robot, a player can loop against the same backspin ball over and over, developing the stroke. The last thing you want when you are learning to loop is for the incoming ball to keep changing its placement and degree of spin! It’s hard enough trying to get the stroke right, the contact right, and keep the ball on the table. Even if you practice with a chopper (who returns ball after ball with backspin), the various returns will have varying amounts of backspin and will not always come to the same spot, making it difficult to learn to loop. It’s hard to get much repetitive practice against backspin this way. With a live player, you may be able to loop one ball against backspin, but then most players will block the ball, and the rally becomes a topspin rally. A player should learn to loop both forehand and backhand against backspin.Ī robot gives a player a huge advantage in learning to loop.
Three, any player with sponge should learn to loop at least against backspin (even pips-out players), so this shot will be part of any player’s arsenal eventually. Two, the ball is traveling more slowly than a topspin (usually), and so is easier to learn against. First, it’s more natural, as you are simply adding to the spin, rather than trying to change it. The shot also adds excitement and variety to a player’s game, turning a basement player into a dedicated table tennis addict.Ī beginner should start out looping against backspin, for three reasons. A player shouldn’t think of a loop as an advanced shot it’s simply another shot, one that should be taught shortly after learning the basic forehand and backhand drive (also known as counter or counter-drive) strokes. However, once a player can hit a moderately good forehand with moderately good technique, he’s ready to begin the process of learning to loop, even as he continues to develop his other basic strokes. This doesn’t mean that a complete beginner should be looping on his first day. Against topspin, however, the backhand loop is normally learned later on - although some may consider that to be outdated!) Against backspin, you may also use a backhand loop. (For the purposes of this article, I will be mostly discussing the forehand loop. The moral is: it’s rarely too early to learn to loop. If looping isn’t among those habits, it’ll be more difficult to learn later on.
By the time a player has reached a relatively high level of play, the player’s strokes and major habits are set. Many players (and coaches) feel a player should be able to hit many, many forehands & backhands, and reach a relatively high level of play, before learning to loop. Table tennis is a game of spin, and the loop is the primary example of using spin during a rally. A loop in table tennis is an offensive stroke with the primary purpose of producing lots of topspin. Many players would say that you aren’t really playing table tennis until you learn to loop.
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