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SANWEI · 388 Pips-Out · Short pips
388A-1
The classic SANWEI short pips sheet for hitting and blocking close to the table. It keeps the ball flat and takes spin out of the incoming stroke.
Official SANWEI specifications
Official SANWEI models collected from the current manufacturer catalogue: the Target inverted family, the Gear and T88 families, the Pistol sheet and the 388 pips families.
- Series
- 388 Pips-Out
- Category
- Short pips
- Official sponge degree
- 38° ±2
- Hardness scale
- Official SANWEI sponge degree (Chinese scale, no named standard)
- Published thicknesses
- 1.5 mm · 1.8 mm · 2.0 mm · MAX
- Published colours
- Red · Black
- Technologies
- PIPS-OUT GEOMETRY · TACKY CHINESE TOP SHEET
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Sponge description
- Chinese short pips sponge
- Topsheet description
- Short pips with slight surface grip
- Lifecycle status
- Active
- Last verified
- 1 August 2026
Sponge degrees are published by SANWEI on the Chinese degree scale without a named laboratory standard. TTDNA stores them exactly as published, with the published tolerance, and never relabels them Shore A, Shore C or ESN.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are analytical 0 scores derived from official specifications, construction and verified category data. They are never official SANWEI ratings and are never shown as manufacturer values.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Pips characteristics
Spin reversal is the returned rotation of the incoming ball. It is a separate value from the TTDNA spin rating, which measures own spin production.
- Disruption
- 74
- Spin reversal
- 42
- Attackability
- 90
- Chop control
- 55
Confidence: medium
Variants and configurations
8 variantsColour, 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.
Red · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38° ±2
Speed 77 · Spin 58 · Control 91
Red · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38° ±2
Speed 80 · Spin 59 · Control 89
Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38° ±2
Speed 83 · Spin 61 · Control 87
Red · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 38° ±2
Speed 86 · Spin 62 · Control 84
Black · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38° ±2
Speed 77 · Spin 58 · Control 91
Black · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38° ±2
Speed 80 · Spin 59 · Control 89
Black · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38° ±2
Speed 83 · Spin 61 · Control 87
Black · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 38° ±2
Speed 86 · Spin 62 · Control 84
Surface classification
Short pips
Surface classification (grippy, hybrid, tacky, very tacky) is a TTDNA editorial classification, not an official SANWEI metric.
Price
- List price
- Varies by retailer
No verified official SANWEI price snapshot is stored in this import, so prices are shown as varying by retailer. CNY and EUR prices are never converted into each other.
Playing characteristics
- Skill levels
- Intermediate · Advanced
- Play styles
- Hitting · Close to table · Direct offense
- Aliases
- SANWEI 388A-1 · 388 A-1 · 388A1
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Known users
Fast-block and hitting players — pen-hold forehands and close-to-table backhands that punish topspin early.
SANWEI publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.