Analyse the SUPER FAST backhand of Lin Shidong

Analyse the SUPER FAST backhand of Lin Shidong

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[niklasfink]

Just saw some of your older videos and it is absolutely insane how much your English has improved! Love your content, it has helped me a great deal over the years, keep up the good work!

[terencedavid]

What makes Lin Shidong's BH stroke so incredibly effective and powerful is his incredible speed, taking the ball early, his super bendy wrist action and powering right through the ball, like a flat hit.
One thing's for sure, he's a monster 👾 @ 16.
Watch out world.

[limittless.]

I honestly learned my bh from just looking at one single lin shidong video, just copied it in the following training sessions and it resonated right away.

[khmostafa]

Yes lin has very strong backhand likes zang jike, fanzendong

[AlphaTennisinPittsburgh]

Okay, this tennis backhand tutorial is great and all, but I tried it and ended up hitting the ball into a different zip code! Time to call NASA, I'm serving for space exploration now! 🚀🎾 😄

[leepinsoo]

Lin's inherent skills, little to do with equipment, ... unless it's average or sub quality. Darko Jorgic has a rocket like back hand n he uses Tibhar. Equipment is Nothing without skills. 😉..

[vinadamsllc]

Coach, excellent observation! Lin Shidong's philosophy is truly impressive. His "Mantis" style is essential and direct, maximizing force without any wasted movement. This approach can be extremely beneficial in managing energy levels throughout a match, making it a very effective strategy.

[animaysh]

It looks like a really hard flat hit, hitting the tip of the bat....most likely with super hard rubber. Seems as fast as a full body FH kill shot. Pretty amazing.

[pranavshukla]

I think people underestimate the backhand of Patrick Franziska . Another great bh player.

[otisskopik]

To me already the best BH I have ever seen

[canicetang]

The problems of Felix as a natural penholder is the weak backhand defense. Often when it comes to dealing strong and very fast attacks of Lin Shidong, depends on the spins and depths of his BH flicks and loops, it would be better to take a half-step or even a full step back to give himself more time.

In this match, LIn was hitting his BH right to his body or away from him in the opposite wing. Therefore, even earlier preparation would be vital to get his position and footwork exactly in the optimal position. Then judging with Lin's BH arc and trajectory, finding the right distance and height to loop back with power. Since those BHs from Lin was too powerful and spins to block or chop block.

Therefore, using the RPB loops at distance would be needed to counter properly. Or else, Felix can pivot his foot and use a forceful forehand loop or drive on his off-wing. The key is NOT to return the ball onto his LIn''s strong BH side but to line the loop or drive down the line on his forehand side.

This will provide two important aspects: 1. Lin has to move sideways when it is unexpected. If Felix's drive is deep and far, then LIn has to backtrack further than he wanted to. 2. In sports, anything that is straight would be much faster than cross-court due to the distance being covered. In this case, Lin would have even less time to react. When your opponent has less time to respond and out of the position, this automatically creates the rally in Felix's favour to have more time to prepare. Lin would produce a less than quality shot to recover. Therefore, he has more time and more of the table to work with until he can dominate and winning the point out right.

We can see the frustration of Felix in dealing with LIn's powerful backhand. Therefore, a timeout must be called to address this issue and resulting a change in Felix's tactics of play. Stay away from his BH side and carefully placing wide angle shots to make him move away from the table. The inexperience of Felix of unable to change his style of play was the reason why he continues to do the loop-to-loop rallies on LIn's BH, therefore a predictable finish as Felix's own lunch was eaten and spat out for the entire match.

Felix is young and will learn. However, change of tactics is a key to a mental game for all Table Tennis players. He or she must have various players to dig out of difficult situations and not playing to the strength of the opponent.

[pingpongstev]

Lin Shidong superb technique: perfect timing and flexible backhand wrist

[klaasparlevliet]

I think that this is not a real profound technical of arm speeds/ degrees of bending wrist/ forearm position/lenght of movement/ hip movement/ how does he moves exactly from fh to bh etc...and than compare with other

[masterchief]

I feel like for the backhand stroke it’s sometimes better to go more through the ball and hit more flat than focusing on spin. Wenn I focus on spin I have a high rate of mistakes, if I just hit it flat it’s really easy for me to do very fast and precise shots with the backhand. I use Viscaria and 09c max on both sides

[theocogill]

Lin backhand isn't hard it's extremely fast though his timing is perfect he hits the balls before the peak his sometimes he looks like a simple player to face but his, strokes, are quality we played them in Doubles whenever you attack to him his always in a good position to attack back and his anticipation is extrely good thus, saying this you really have to train lots of hours like they always do next generation of off the bounce backhands he makes it look easy so I believe in the, quality of the stroke to win the point he has many qualities and his, still very young and probably the next big thing ✌️

[maxlogan]

Are you 100% certain his BH rubber is Dignics 09c?

[youwaiyap]

How far is Jorgic's BH vs. Lin SD's?

[Dragon_Rider]

A relatively shorter figure, Lin Shidong has to rely on hard-hitting BH to win points. Unfortunately the next ML or XX will end his game.

[cuongtkong]

Hehehe! "Baby-Fatty" Lin Shidong. But, remember, "friends, " I made that call, first.

[hkhcjkw]

For backhand power alone, he is even better than former greats, Zhangjike and Fanzhendong. It seems like he is unbeatable in backhand rally. But still to become best, he must improve his footwork and forehand. Fan zhen dong at 19 looked much more powerful bacause he was strong in both sides, with a wonderful footwork.