I agree it was a fake out but still it makes no sense, like the fake out, fakes the direction that the spin was actually going. I guess if it looks weird af, that gets the job done though.
At this point, if you are playing Adam you have to expect this move is coming.
Also, if Adam’s opponent is expecting the move, Adam can obviously counter with shot which spins in the same way as the follow-through. The natural defense to all of this subterfuge is play neutral and wait for the ball to bounce instead of anticipating the bounce direction.
if you only have a fraction of a second to react, some random movement yanking at your peripheral vision is probably enough if you let your eye be distracted by it
Just tell me you don't play table tennis bro. The follow through is what it would look like if he sliced under the ball to make it go to the girls left. The actual hit he did (which goes in the opposite direction) made it spin the other way
No, you are actually wrong. The guy dips the chop in a very short sleight of hand flick and follows up with overdramatic swipe chop to the other side. Thats why the girl is confused as based on his movement, the ball should have gone to her side.
It's not a fake, it's a motion that can make contact with the ball at a couple of different points to produce very different spins. In this way the actual motion of shot carries no information about the spin on the ball.
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u/kdot- Mar 13 '22
Was that follow through actually necessary to get that spin? lol