Watch Jian Li. he will serve underspin, and when opponents push it he will bump it aggressively.



Depends on your rubber and sponge. If you have too much grip, you will need a slight upward motion to the bump. It's a flat hit. Bogeyhunter will bump on serves as well, he's really good at it.

Hope it's ok to post this here as this topic hasn't had any posts for a while.
Basically I'm struggling to return heavy backspin from my practice partner who uses victas v401 in 1.5mm. I'm returning the ball with palio ck53a on my bh and it either just sinks in the net or if I open my blade a bit the ball goes long off the table. I'm wondering how this works, does the heavy backspin bite on the small amount of friction on the pips and therefore should I hit through it more but keep the bat angle more vertical and I lift it up while I play the shot. Any advice appreciated.

For me it depends on the alignment of the pips. This shot works best for me with horizontally aligned pips.

oh ... anyway, most of the popular LPs are with Horizontal Geometry.. . I've never had LPs with Vertical Geometry ..

I'm quite eager to get the Globe 979, which has Vertical Geometry..

For my technique I came to realize that horizontally aligned pips seem to work better .

I will also be changing my style/ strategy a little bit since it is very limited after a certain level,especially with this new ball .

What style of play are vertically aligned pips, better suited for .. ?