NextLevel wrote: on September 9 , 2025
Depends on the level of player you are looking for, but this forum might not be the best place to ask, there are lots of good table tennis community and clubs in NY/NJ - Lily Yip, Princeton Pong, Westchester TTC and so on. The highest level player you could find would probably be Jian Li but as someone pointed out he is an LP chopper, but there are lots of good players and coaches in the area who could help and lower rated players who could help if you are cost averse as well and with MLTT, you might also be able to get some sessions from top players when they are in town (not sure whether Wei Wang is still playing). I know one 2000 level SP chopper but not sure whether he coaches or whether he is what you would want. But the TT community in your are is so strong you can start at the best clubs or go to a good tournament/club like Westchester or Lily Yip and you will be pointed in a good direction eventually.
It is truly hilarious to see NextLevel & JJ Ng try to give coaching advice on fundamentally flawed premise.JJ Ng wrote: on September 9 , 2025
Agree. Modern choppers need to attack too so some of the basic strokes close to the table aren't difficult to teach (FH inverted, BH short pips). As to how to use the short pips to generate lots of spin v.s. no spin away from the table, as a chopper, that might need someone who is a chopper to teach. However at the level of 1400-1500, using short pips to deceive the opponents in terms of spin v.s. no spin is not a big part of the repertoire. That technique can come later.
I think at her level and her age, the most important thing is to find a coach who she can connect with, rather than finding a specific 2000-level chopper to learn from. Good players don't necessarily make good coaches, especially for youth or beginner adults.
When a 14 year old kid or their parents teel you that they want to use wide (stiff) pips for chopping , they just go laong & do not even ask why wide (stiff) pips for chopping
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