Should You Play with SHORT PIMPLE RUBBERS? | Table Tennis | PingSkills

I come back so many years later and you are still making these great guides/tutorials. 😊❤

Great explanation. A lot of examples. Cons and pros.
Big Cudos to the author for this video

I'm left hand penhold who started off using inverted rubber, but I changed to short pips on the fh and long pip on the bh and haven't looked back

How do you block underspin and top spin serves with short pimples?

I think you missed important advantages especially for intermediate players. Short game and backspin attack opening is easier because an usual pips out rubber is less incoming spin sensitive. So service receive is easier especially aggressive receive. As you feed less spin into the game you give less spin and power for the opponent to play against you.

Since I have a really bad backhand and I've been playing for 5 years and not seeing any improvement I was thinking to put short pimples there. Is it going to be a good idea? Everyone is telling me not to do it but my backhand is just terrible I have to do something about it.

Thanks. I´ve tried short pimples on my weaker forehand but that was no fun. Once you´re used to the inverted rubbers you can´t just switch. It takes lots of training session to get used to the pimple style and even more to apply the benefits under pressure to the league matches. That´s because you´ll have to built new synapses in your brain and that takes time as anyone knows who has ever changed a habit.

the way of playing, the execution of the strokes is the same with the short dots and with the smooth tires? or is the execution of the strokes different? thank you

Hi Sir i am playing table tennis since 3 years regularly and i am 19 years old so i just started using short pips for my back hand so can you please tell me how to play attacking from short pips

Having tinkered with hardbat and pips in general, I really like short pips (with sponge). Something quite raw and nostalgic. Remember, the game was all pip out, in previous eras.
As for playing, they are certainly more unforgiving, as one has to get that bat angle right, or else it wont work. However if you turn up on the day, and are 'on the button' with your angles and footwork... devastating !!!!!! Nothing hits as well as a crisp pip shot 😃

I changed my backhand to short pips and surprisingly I improved a lot after a while

Sir I am watching your video every day last 2-3 year. You are very good coaching for all TT lovers. I subscribe your ping pong chanel. So I request you. suggest me t t rubber , recently I play, rasanter R47 &blue fire.short pimple.

Great video! How about a similar one on Medium (not long) Pips rubber?

Great video as always 👍👍👍

my veteran players in club advised me never stroke with Short Pips. Play game yes, stroking or warming up is a no-no. They say it messes up your strokes.

Anyone agree or disagree with my statement?

Once more, very nice explanation of difference between inverted rubber and short pimped rubber and how to use them.

In North America university teams, table tennis is often co-ed. I remember playing against another school's women players who used short pips... those backhands were so fast!

I started with inverted rubbers. Slowly i changed to short pips and i liked it. Now i play with short and mid pimples , and suit very well to my style of playing. I like very much short/medium pimples.

I have a small disability that makes spinny loops hard for me to make, so I use short pimple on my forehand instead of inverted. I sometimes also use it on my backhand for blocking and attack.

A small tip for short pimple users, use the short pimples on the red rubber, because red rubber can be a tiny bit less spinny because of the red coloring mixed in with the rubber, so the inverted rubber should be black.

The difference is marginal but every advantage adds up.

Hello pingskills
Now yesterday I lost six games in a row in vr to a player whose style I haven’t played much
I don’t know whether it was blocker or short pimpled rubber.
But here is what happened
He was having very spinny sidespin backspin and sidespin topspin serve very deceptive and quick. Both from his backhand.
Both were short serve. And i could not returned the ball backspin with my racket completely open still felt as if when i am touching the ball there is not much impact it just hits the racket goes into the net and topspin off the table where I would just gently touch it.
And then there was flat fast serves with his backhand which i think skids when bounced at my side. It was so fast that he indicated which end he will serve still i missed the ball.
And the first bounce of serve was at his end of the table from the ball just shoots off i can barely follow the ball.
The guy was short in height may be was some child.
I decided to move back and chop but he was smashing the return because of the height.
And my backhand topspin far from table to his backhand was punched badly before I could get back to position.