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    Tennis ball spinning-which direction will lead to?

    This is a classic case of lifting drive versus Sinking drive! Best demonstrated against chop In lifting drive the ball is brushed vertically and has a high arc and therefore kicks high In sinking drive the ball is brushed more forward over the top and so tends to dive toward the floor...
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    Table Tennis Topspin/Chop questions

    though yr 2nd clip illustrates well what we are talking about your suggestion that it shows the amount of spin generated as stabilising after 3 reps as a bit subjective. Yr ball striking is not near enough to a pure brushing motion to be a good test. In an (equally subjective i admit) practice...
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    Table Tennis Topspin/Chop questions

    wrong consider 2 identical robots infinitely playing identical backspin strokes to each other (1st stroke struck from hand) consider ball/bat impact speed which will effect the spin 1st chop has impact speed consistent with stroke effort x + zero rotational force from ball 2nd chop has...
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