Comments on: Cambier Park Doubles Quarters

By: Richard Hands

Richard Hands — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:55:13 +0000

I played Gargiula and Schreiber recently. They beat us badly….very badly

By: George

George — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:30:00 +0000

UPDATE: The team that beat us in the 65 quarters won their semis by the same score; and in the finals against the #1 seed team (Rudy Hernando and partner) took the first set — before losing the last two. AND, they won the 60 doubles section!

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:46:00 +0000

In tabletennis, instead of opening the face of your racket to “defend” against that chop you would recognize that the chopper’s spin rotates bottom to top TOWARD the chopper. As the receiver of that chop, the OFFENSIVE way to handle it would be to actually CLOSE the face of your racket & drive straight up on the ball to lift it over the net and actually increase the same directional spin you received. After your shot cleared the net, air pressure would act on that spin and push the ball down into the court. Gisermo Villas (spelling?) made an entire career of doing this. The closest player today that does this is Rafael Nadal.

By: George

George — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:43 +0000

Someone asked me what we tried to do to counteract the spin? Two things. One was to try to take everything in the air, and not let it dig into the court. And the other was to realize it was a lot like playing ping pong, where the spin would impact the ball off your racquet; so you have to open up your face a little on impact to get it over. Any other ideas?