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What is Loop in Table Tennis?

The modern game's signature attacking stroke: a full-arm brushing hit that puts heavy topspin on the ball, making it dip onto the table and kick forward off the bounce. Rallies between attackers are largely loop-versus-loop exchanges.

Example: He opened with a forehand loop off the backspin push and never gave up the attack.

Related terms

TopspinBackspin (underspin)SidespinPushChopBlockSmash (kill)Flick (flip)
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