I beat two players, usatt 1900 and 2000 rating, for the first time in our leage last week. How? It is an interesting story.
I've been suffering some knee pain for a few months and not able to loop or move as much. I decided to work on my push and block during this time, following along guidance given in this thread by many people (
@NextLevel @pingpongpaddy @blahness ... ). Fastforward 3 months later, my push and block are much more consistent than before. I am able to vary spin in my push which cause a lot of problem for my oponents especially who like to loop first. The 1900 player used to easily kill me with his slow spinny opening loop, now starting making more mistakes when I add extra under spin or return with dead floating balls. My block is still passive (much like
@kindof99 comment above) but I am able to put more balls back with some placement.
This is an a practice match recently. I couldn't include all points because a free version, but tried to have a good representation of every different points.