About JOOLA

A modern defensive blade - lighter, 5 plies and no vibration.

90 +- 5 g

164mm

157mm

6.2mm

100.5mm

23mm

TSP BRIO rubber is a superior elastic rubber that provides a hyper-speed effect for your offensive shots. BRIO rubber has a wider sweet spot, made possible by a high-tension top sheet with built-in power. BRIO's top sheet, in combination with its unique elastic sponge, produces more powerful shots with maximum speed. BRIO rubber, when used together with a TSP REFLEX or AWARD table tennis blade provides optimum speed-shots and exceptional spin with the 40mm ball.

TSP BRIO is a highly elastic offensive rubber, which gives your shots extreme acceleration. The TSP BRIO rubber has a wider sweet spot, made possible by a dynamic, high-tension top sheet with "built-in-power" effect. BRIO's surface, in combination with its unique elastic sponge, allows extremely effective shots with maximum speed.

TSP Real`s harder sponge gives your shots optimal acceleration. TSP REAL is especially suitable for players, who want to win the point quickly.

This book is written by coach Larry Hodges in cooperation with the USATT (United States Table Tennis Association). It provides a solid foundation for learning and understanding table tennis. "Table Tennis: Steps to Success" gives you a self-paced program for learning the important skills and game strategies in table tennis. It explains each skill and concept step by step and includes a checklist for practicing and evaluating your progress. Covers serves, strokes, spin, equipment, practice, game strategy, and more. 

Who is Larry Hodges?

- USATT Certified National Coach
- Member, U.S. Table Tennis Hall of Fame
- 2002 USATT Developmental Coach of the Year
- Editor of USA Table Tennis Magazine for 12 years
- Author of Table Tennis: Steps to Success 

Table of Contents

Author's Preface
The Steps to Success Staircase
Table Tennis Today
Table Tennis Equipment
Warming Up for Success

Step 1 The Grip and Racket Control
Step 2 Ready Stance, and the Forehand and Backhand Drives
Step 3 Spin and Racket Angles: It's a Game of Spin
Step 4 Beginning Serves: Getting the Initiative
Step 5 Positioning and Footwork: How to Move to the Ball
Step 6 Pushing: Your Basic Backspin Shot
Step 7 Blocking: Close to the Table Defense
Step 8 Looping: Topspin Attacking
Step 9 Flipping: How to Attack Short Balls
Step 10 Chopping: Backspin Defense
Step 11 Lobbing: How to Return Smashes
Step 12 Advanced Serves: Really Getting the Initiative
Step 13 Playing Styles and Rallying Tactics
Step 14 Advanced Service and Receive Strategy
Step 15 The Physical and Mental Game
Playing in Tournaments
Rating Your Total Progress
Glossary

This is the revised version of TSP Curl P1R which was once banned by ITTF. P1R has the longest and softest pips among the TSP CURL rubbers produces very deceptive spins and actions after bouncing. The best long pips rubbers to generate maximum underspin while cutting a top spin ball. The TSP Curl P1R is for active modern defenders and choppers.

It is not a forgiving rubber for a beginner. Start your chopping game with TSP Curl P3 before migrating to TSP Curl P1R.

TSP Curl P1 R, a long pimple out rubber with profiled pimple surface. The thin pimples made out of soft rubber, support the possibility to produce dangerous defensive shots. It is possible to bring in your own chopping variation, which almost all professional players prefer.

TSP Curl Series:

Four types of TSP long pips rubbers have been approved by ITTF. The redesigned CURL rubber sheets P1R, and P3 ALPHA R CURL rubbers have been produced to have the optimum level of playing characteristics of the original designs of the P1 and P3 Alpha CURL rubbers. The latest assortment of ITTF approved TSP CURL products are follows:

P1R has the longest and softest pips among the TSP CURL rubbers produces very deceptive spins and actions after bouncing.

P2 has the same design as before. This CURL produces deceiving spins while allowing you exceptional control.

P3 has the same design as before. This CURL is great for a combination of defensive and offensive play.

P3AlphaR is very pliable and has soft long pips produces more deceptive shots than P3 and P2. It will also absorb the fastest of drives and spins.

The OX version comes with a glue sheet. You don't need glue sheet to affix the TSP Curl P1R OX version onto a blade.

The world top players who use TSP Curl P1R:

• Joo Se Hyuk - World Top 11 
• Chen Weixing - World Top 10 
• Ding Yaping - World Top 92 
• Evgenij Chtchetinine

Exceptional spin capability by “Aramid Carbon”
Sharp and compact feel for top offensive players

STRADIVARIUS, which has been one of the bestseller of XIOM, was reborn for top players of new era. Aramid Carbon, which is the mixture of vibration absorbing soft Aramid and highly elastic Carbon, provides ideal performance for professional offensive players. STRADIVARIUS catches ball deeply with sufficient deformation, but the residual vibration after impact is greatly reduced by high-tech material. The results are the combination of exceptional spin capability and stable feel. Player can feel the moment of impact directly and clearly without any irritating vibration. The topspin attack close to table or from mid-distance is very powerful and secure. When combined with new “Hyper Elasto” rubber such as VEGA PRO, STRADIVARIUS shows even greater performance.

HIGH-TECH BLADES OF SUPERB SENSITIVITY FOR TOP PLAYERS

NOVUS TOUR CARBON family is designed for skilled, professional players. Advanced technologies are applied to the blades of this family for realizing the optimal performance. Their relatively thin construction provides sufficient deformation and sharp feel those are preferred by top players who mainly play with continuous topspin. They are faster than most of all-wood blades, but the ease of making strong topspin is the same level or even greater. Also, their large sweet spots will make table tennis more stable and more enjoyable. Players can easily dominate the high speed rally of modern table tennis, even with less effort.

Compared to NOVUS HINOKI CARBON, NOVUS TOUR CARBON is more captive. It means that NOVUS TOUR CARBON blades catch ball more deeply along with the increase of impact strength “captive”. It also means that these blades are basically very good for continuous topspin play. The feel of NOVUS TOUR CARBON is sharp and stiff (hard). The information of impact is transferred to player’s hand directly and clearly.

Light, fast and very sensitive carbon blade for aggressive players
Mixture of powerful attack and very precise block

Very light carbon blade for aggressive close-to-table players. V1 is very hard and speedy blade. But, its thickness is only 5.4 mm, which allows sufficient deformation required by modern aggressive players who play with topspin. Special hard wood is used as surface material, and “Energy Carbon” which provides very high energy efficiency is inserted directly under the surface. The result is the combination of high speed and compact feel. Both of close-to-table topspin and hard smash are very easy. On the contrary, players will easily be able to enjoy extremely precise ball placing of block. The stability and security of V1 even let players win the battle of topspin against topspin. The most recommendable rubber for the combination with V1 is VEGA ASIA.

HIGH-TECH BLADES OF SUPERB SENSITIVITY FOR TOP PLAYERS

NOVUS TOUR CARBON family is designed for skilled, professional players. Advanced technologies are applied to the blades of this family for realizing the optimal performance. Their relatively thin construction provides sufficient deformation and sharp feel those are preferred by top players who mainly play with continuous topspin. They are faster than most of all-wood blades, but the ease of making strong topspin is the same level or even greater. Also, their large sweet spots will make table tennis more stable and more enjoyable. Players can easily dominate the high speed rally of modern table tennis, even with less effort.

Compared to NOVUS HINOKI CARBON, NOVUS TOUR CARBON is more captive. It means that NOVUS TOUR CARBON blades catch ball more deeply along with the increase of impact strength “captive”. It also means that these blades are basically very good for continuous topspin play. The feel of NOVUS TOUR CARBON is sharp and stiff (hard). The information of impact is transferred to player’s hand directly and clearly.