3 posts tagged “Chopping”
Unusual styles beat you through unfamiliarity, not superior technique. This article breaks down the spin rules and the routines for long pips, short pips and choppers, with a two-minute scouting checklist for the start of a match.
At the 1936 World Championships, a single rally ran 2 hours 12 minutes and more than 12,000 strokes, and the umpire asked to be replaced after injuring his neck from turning it so often. The absurd match produced the time limit and the expedite system still in force today.
A mainstay chopper on the German women's team, silver medalist in the women's team at the Rio 2016 Olympics, and one of the most representative defending players in women's table tennis.
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