Dr. Neubauer · Viper · Long pips
Viper Soft
The softest Viper: a slow long pips for classical defence and very short passive returns.
Viper Soft is a defensive specialist. The soft build absorbs pace, so blocks drop short and chops stay heavy and low, and away-from-table defence is where the rubber is most comfortable. Attacking is deliberately limited. Reversal is high on passive contacts and drops, as always with long pips, when the player brushes the ball themselves.
Dr. Neubauer product photography is not licensed for TTDNA, so TTDNA renders its own neutral topsheet visualisation generated from verified construction data.
Official Dr. Neubauer data
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TTDNA ratings
Confidence: Medium
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Effect profile
Spin reversal is the returned rotation of the incoming ball. It is stored separately from the TTDNA spin rating, which measures the rubber's own spin production.
Strengths
- Very high spin reversal on passive contacts
- Very high control for its category
- Stable when chopping
Weaknesses
- Own spin production is minimal by design
- Limited speed; points have to be won by placement
- No currently verified official thickness selector
Best for
- Players who disrupt rather than out-spin opponents
- Defensive players
- Chopping players
- Disruptive players
Not ideal for
- Players who want to loop with this side of the blade
- Players who want to hit through opponents
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
1 variantColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Black · Red · Standard sheet range
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 45 · Spin 21 · Control 91
Known users
Defenders, choppers and disruptive blockers who rely on spin reversal rather than their own topspin.
Dr. Neubauer publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
Rest of the Viper family
69 Dr. Neubauer models in TTDNA · Compare the range