Modern defensive players that want to generate lots of backspin with the long pimples, utilise spin reversal and attack when the opportunity arises.
Elastic, versatile, with heavy spin reversal.
Technology: Medium-hard sponge (also available without sponge), topsheet with long pimples with ribbed pimple heads.

BEWARE OF THE SPIKE
The SPIKE P1 and the SPIKE P2 are classic long pimple rubbers for defensive players; each of them has a sponge, but they are also available in the OX version (with no sponge). Anyone looking to play more aggressively or offensively with the pimples will be well suited to the SPIKE P1, which has a slightly harder sponge. Anyone who loves to play a classic defensive game will prefer the SPIKE P2. However, both rubbers provide players with what they need for a modern defensive game.