In my opinion, the development of the backhand is either to be Hao, whose backhand can be the same as that of the backhand player, or at least not at a disadvantage. However, Hao, an athlete with a lot of horizontal strokes, just played the ball well on the road, but lost the advantage of the traditional direct-shot first three boards. However, if you want to be like Marin, the traditional first three boards really need talent, but with the test of time, Marin's playing advantage is reflected in another aspect. This is sports life. Often talented players like Marin in the first three boards have a long sports life. There is another person who has to say that it is Ryu Seung-min. His style of play is also the traditional penhold style, but his penhold style is different from ours in China. Their stalemate is obviously better, but their handling of the ball is not as good as China's. If you look closely, you will find that Ryu Seung-min's forehand is obviously big and powerful.
Speaking of the future of backhand, although the present situation is that backhand is dominant, there is no absolute thing. With the innovation of technology, many things become uncertain. After all, table tennis is mainly a single sport, and everyone is different. The key is to combine its own technical characteristics and strength structure. It's no use learning new technologies blindly. Some things may not suit you.
Generally speaking, to play backhand, it is necessary to highlight the first three boards, strengthen control, and at the same time reasonably increase some advanced techniques of horizontal pulling to strengthen stalemate. I believe the future of backhand will be beautiful!