How has your RBP developed by now?
I’m just starting out with it but I’m loving how surprisingly explosive it can be!


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RPB BH for me is my main finish/ attack loop/killer return etc

So right now RPB BH is pretty solid part of my game. I have developed serve-3rd ball attack sequences, etc.

All Pips-out players get to see my fully confident RPB BH attacks into that corner and the "inside-out" BH down-the-line with insane speed + spin. Doesn't matter how much spin-reversal or heavy dead ball they want to push to my BH. It's a full on RPB BH loop-kill every time.

As to how did I learn it ? 1. I was a natural BH player. Attack, loop, chop, push, block on the BH side was always waaaaay better than anything I could do on my FH side.

Switched to C-pen within 1 month of playing Shakehand seriously and unable to compete or improve. On-the-fly played RPB BH without any idea what that stroke was and/but it felt natural. I got a thrill electric shock of joyous confirmation when I Youtubed videos of C-pen players XX, Ma Lin, WangHao, LGL doing the "modern" RPB C-pen BH.

No coaching, hours of YT videos, repeatedly failing, persisting despite injuries, recovering+correcting, believing in myself to learn the techniques needed.

Finding supportive friends and getting help from talented C-pen players.

Joining a Local State-level club. Continuing to believe in myself and training.

Getting help here in these forums

It wasn't an easy journey, and this is only the beginning

One bit of advice I feel is get a proper C-pen coach and learn BOTH TPB and RPB !!!

My FH still needs work, but no one will take my FH lightly! I am a FH killer too ! Though not as deadly as my RPB BH.

Good luck in your own journey and hope to hear back some good news

maybe trying to develop a aggressive backhand with the shakehand grip and then going back to penhold could be the answer, because instead of dealing with the initially awkward grip and the whole learning process you would only have to worry about the grip
but here is a video kreanga made with butterfly about his technics, backhand practice starts at 5:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yMdwja5c4c&

Actually and surprisingly, Qiu Dang has the best RPB in my opinion, he gained alot in consistency in the past months, he dominates the drills from the backhand side but he also has a strong forehand; he's better than Zhao Zhihao.

I also found another RPB player, but unfortunately he's from North Korea, very consistent player https://youtu.be/_J4UokhFmHo

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Better video without the eye-bleach and crappy video editing



He is NOT a RPB LOBBER

I guarantee that continuing to play with C-Pen or J-Pen WILL DEFINITELY improve your ability to learn and play Shakehand grip.

Problem here is do you want to play Shakehand or Penhold ?

It is like learning TWO very very similar languages but with significant differences in grammar while most of the words are similar but not exactly the same meanings!

Penhold has a LOT and I mean A LLLLOTTTTTT of variations. It can and probably will take several lifetimes to achieve mastery. So you can do most of the stuff, but you can't master all of it. You have to pick and choose.

Shakehand is VERY straightforward and most professional and amateur players want that solid fundamentals and mastery skills. But variation in Shakehand is limiting and not as easy to develop. So you have to have a extremely very very high level of mastery and refined skill.



Coming back to your suggestion of SH-Kreanga vs CPen/JPen-Kreanga .... that won't work the way you expect it to work. The RPB has subtle variations that allow you to meet the ball very late after the bounce on the descent as well as playing the ball early on the bounce while it is rising. But RPB variations make it possible to play the ball at every angle and position and state

But WHERE IS THE POWER AT ? HOW DO YOU PLAY RPB Kreanga?

You have to try it with your body + arm + movement dynamics. Every person is unique. What works for me might need hours, weeks, months, YEARS, LIFETIMES, AEONS of practice or just a C-pen coach giving timely advice within one one-hour session