Introduction to receiving loop: returning loops is also related to timing. Firstly, if the opponent’s loop is spinny, the ball should be blocked when it is around the height of the net. If the intention is to counter loop. Then the ball should be hit when it is around half the net’s height or a bit higher. If the opponents ball exceeds twice the height of the net, its spin would have completely come out. In which case it would be difficult to “press down” on it, and the only option is to hit it directly. Secondly, one cannot entirely depend on pressing down on the ball to control its trajectory. If the blade is pressed down so that it is parallel to the table, it would easily miss the blade or hit the edge. Actually, such drastic pressing down is not necessary, because control of the ball’s trajectory depends on timing and the direction of force exerted by the body and hand/arm. In other words, it is using the body’s centre of gravity to help the arm to press the ball down. The body’s centre of gravity or balance is used to: stabilize upper and lower extremities (i.e. arms and legs), assist in generating power and help modify the stroke. It is sometimes impossible to control a loop entirely with the arm alone, and in particular centre of gravity is needed to control the length and height of the loop. Thirdly, with backhand receive of loops, one needs to learn how to direct the stroke/power downward and sideways ，Nowadays, a lot of people teaches that one should direct the stroke forward, but that often leads to the stroke being too upwards and the ball can easily go out. This is not accurate as backhand receive of loop should actually direct the stroke towards the right. In this way, counter looping and counter blocking should be much easier.
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