540-231-8241. Customer Service. Short pimples rubber for offensive forehand attack is a new trend in table tennis. Clipper Wood Table tennis blade. Clippa Table tennis rubber. STIGA Legend Liu Guoliang’s weapon of choice as an active player. During his prime (1996–1999) Liu played with TSP Spinpips on his forehand and Mark V on his backhand, yet still on the Stiga Clipper blade. Guoliang (Greg) Liu Associate Professor 3107 Hahn Hall South. Short pips rubbers are used mainly by Chinese players with the penhold style (Liu Guoliang, He Zhi Wen, Wang Zeng Yi, Yan Sheng, Tang Peng, etc). He also won the World Singles Championships in 1999 and was a member of the Chinese winning team in the 1995 and 1997 World Team Championships. gliu1@vt.edu. Related Products. Liu Guoliang was born in Xin Xiang and is arguably the most successful Table Tennis Coach of all time. Rubber: As active Clippa / Mendo. Liu Guoliang (simplified Chinese ... his forehand rubber is Stiga Clippa and his reverse backhand rubber is Stiga Mendo Energy. However, due to the new ball with higher bounce, short pips quick attack on the forehand side is coming back. This short pips rubber is developed in close collaberation with STIGA Legend Liu Guoliang Royal features a medium sponge with STIGA’s fastest pips-out surface. Liu Guoliang and Ma Long (Photo by ITTF Flickr) USA's Kanak Jha just finished a practice session with Ma Long on the 19th April and asked the question to Liu Guoliang, "who would win between Jan Ove Waldner and Ma Long when both players are at their peak with the celluloid ball?" Research Interests "Economical energy" has been listed as the number one challenge in the 14 Grand Challenges by the National Academy of Engineering. Well one person had their say, Liu Guoliang! €60.00. Famous throughout the world for its speed and used by many world class players, notable Liu Guoliang, Miu Hirano and Jean-Michel Saive. The Spinpip rubbers was banned in the late 2000 and their counterpart Spinpip Md the year after. He was also a very successful player himself as he won 2 Gold Medals in the 1996 Olympics and also the Men’s Singles in the 1996 World Cup. Shipping & Order tracking.