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I don't think anyone has said backspin is bad, just that it's useless to chase it because its affect on distance is negligible. I fail to see how one artificially induces backspin. Backspin created by any means is still backspin. The physics don't change based on the force that causes it. Bottom line is that, discounting rare exceptions that produce a knuckle ball-type flight, simply hitting through the ball will get you all the backspin you need.