Pips and anti on the backhand

Short pips sit close to the sponge. The sheet punches and blocks instead of brushing. Spectol (Victas / TSP heritage) is the Japanese short-pip reference still stocked in Europe; S1 is the classic, S3 the newer step. Andro Hexer Pips is the German club alternative.

Short pips on the backhand pair with an inverted looping forehand. They are not a beginner shortcut — you give up inverted push and loop for a different timing.

Long pips flex on contact. Grass D.TecS is Tibhar’s tensioned long pip, more disruptive on this index; Feint Long III is Butterfly’s control-first spare sheet; Curl P1-V is the Victas chopper pip from the old TSP Curl family.

OX (no sponge) is a separate SKU — Grass D.TecS OX is not the sponged D.TecS. Hardness is often unlisted on long pips; that is a missing factory fact, not a zero.

Antispin is a slick inverted topsheet. Super Anti is Butterfly’s long-running spare; Dr. Neubauer Bison and the German pips specialists (Sauer & Tröger, Spinlord, der-materialspezialist) live in that disruption aisle.

If you only wanted a safer backhand, a softer inverted (Tenergy 05 FX, Vega Europe) is usually the kinder change. Pips and anti are for a game that uses the disruption, not for hiding a weak wing.

On long pips, OX (no sponge) is the reversal setting; 0.5–0.9 is a slightly faster chop; 1.2 is more block than float. Grass D.TecS and Grass D.TecS OX are separate SKUs — glue the one you meant. Curl P1-V lists OX / 0.5 / 0.9 / 1.2 on one product page.

Short pips thickness is a hitting sponge (1.7 / 1.9 / 2.1), not inverted MAX. Super Anti thickness is a dead-ball sponge, not a loop setting. Combined speed / spin / control on this site do not change with thickness — those are shopping facts on each product page.

A straight (ST) handle is easier to rotate into the pips wing than a flared (FL) handle. The ply recipe does not change.