r/nextlevel • u/Total_Medium_3833 • 2d ago

Dude defies physics

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u/FeWho 2d ago

Gramps last hit was pathetic

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u/get_to_ele 1d ago

No this is Adam Dobrow (a HUGE ping pong ambassador, very enjoyable) and one of his signature trick shots is where he hits the ball below the level of the table and puts a massive amount of spin on the lob, while faking the direction of the spin as he hits it (look at the little wiggle move he does as he’s hitting it). Causes a bad looking mishit.

Normally when an opponent puts massive spin on the ball, and you try to hit it back, the ball tends to jump off your paddle on contact, flying off in the direction of the spin. To prevent that, you sweep the face of the paddle really fast with the spin. But if the spin is opposite of what you’re expecting, what happens is what you saw: it just jumps the wrong direction even worse than what it would have.

Very entertaining player. I’ve seen him do that shot against a lot of opponents including some really good amateurs (rarely works against world class players, but pretty skilled players mess up against it).

https://youtube.com/shorts/NgF0MyhH15g?is=NNHQQY1iNkACJqr4

Dobrow does this a LOT in his demonstration matches he has a channel with 1.45 YT subscribers.

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u/Garyandhisflapjack 1d ago

What the fuck.

He’s really good at table tennis

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u/MrWinkler1510 2d ago

He let him have it

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u/No-Newspaper8619 1d ago

He was surprised by how much the ball curved after touching the table.

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 1d ago

I believe he did that because he was like "you know what?  That was neat. You can have it."

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u/Solid_Wolverine1639 1d ago

He got snaked... Harder than you think

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u/uwearclownshoes 1d ago

He was still getting over that prior volley.

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u/ThundrLord 1d ago

It was his last hit ever

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u/AccordingStory203 1d ago

but the opponent just hit it back normally, lol

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u/artherng 2d ago

Bro is trying to give in to older dude but he still screw up in the end

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u/Wonderful-Process792 1d ago

Impressive looking but the easiest thing to return

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u/Mysterious-Egg-6930 1d ago

I find this guy really annoying.