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As being a antispin player I was asked by my opponent if I could warm her up with my anti in the 2 minute warm up period.. As I refused to do so she told me , its in the rules to warm up your opponent with both sides of the blade.
So my question is, do I have to warm up my opponent with both sides of my blade in the warm up period.
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No you don't. It's just nice. If you wanna screw people up warm them up using the shot you hardly use... If you chop... Hit... Or vice versa

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I've found sone trick warm up with twiddling and make opponents only warm with your long pimple or antispin side is very confuse.

Many people warm FH and BH with both invert rubber.

Some match, You might try twiddling to warm with long pimple or antispin all time in both forehand and backhand with little topspin skill which you can do with your long pimple or antispin ability.

Target is make them forget invert rubber feel.



Then in the match you will see your opponent with your invert rubber side

Thats what I do as I can hit with inverted or anti, But when she said to me that I HAVE to give here a warm up with my anti it was just funny to me , I am a mid div 1 player and just know thats is my choice if I want to give my opponent a warm up with normal or anti rubber .As you said I just used strokes I never use in a game

First of all you do not HAVE to warm up at all, it's optional. Though most players probably want to warm up.

I use anti on my bh too and never use it in warm-ups in tournaments. I actually hit the ball with inverted on my fh from the bh side, so my opponent does not get used to my anti and it's a good excercise for me too since I like to run around sometimes and hit with my fh from the bh side.

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Agree . When I play tournaments I was never asked to use my anti so they can get use to it thats why I started to twiddle .This was only a pennant game so it really didnt worry, I played at the world veterans in New Zealand and the same thing happend to me.
I think when the opponent is not sure how to play funny rubber , they try to find excuses or bend the rules of TT.

I think it is sporting to warm up by hitting forehand and backhand shots with the rubbers you use on those wings normally. I don't twiddle though.

Bulldog.

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Amely Solia, Austrian perversed girl, used to never play with her black anti side while in prematch rallying.. Never.

Why would you give your opponent the chance to adjust the the funny rubber , at the end of the day its all tactics
and yes I do twiddle

I tend to agree, so I use the pimple when people warm up to my backhand.

I can see the point the others are trying to make though... it's perfectly legit not to do so, and you may well get a strategic advantage out of it, so I would not hold it against anyone.

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I don't ask the opponent to show me their best serve and don't expect to be asked to show them how I'm going to use the pimples.

The pre-match knock is meant to be a warm up and on 90% of occasions that means a forehand to forehand knock followed by a backhand to backhand knock and I always play with the reversed side because both of us have a better chance of warming up that way.

If I knock with the pimples - and particularly against someone who feels the need to "get used" to my bat - then chances are I'll hit the ball at them and it'll go straight back in the net.

That said I usually hit a couple with the pimples towards the end of the knock just so I can't be accused of being unsporting.

You do make a good point actually... it is indeed a warm-up, which really does not include an opportunity for the opponent to get a feel for the equipment, even though I'm sure some use it for this.

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Only world class pips player I have seen warming up with pips (not twiddeling) was Jang Song Man who pushed with pips and opponent pushed back. All other lp players twiddles, even most SP players.

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As stated earlier, you are not required to do any particular shot or use any particular side in the 2 minute brief hit before a match.

I also will say that while some say it is "sporting" or "good form" to do so, that is one opinion. I use the 2 minute time to get ready for the match, not to allow my opponent to get ready. If someone asks me to, I would respond with a polite, "no thank you". If you want to that is ok as well.

I agree... it's probably double inverted players who tried to make this etiquette.

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