Giant Dragon 8228A First Class

Fast rubber with low throw, good power from its purple sponge, but you need to hit through the ball, not brush it. Good for a blocking and smashing game and enough spin on serves to give people problems. Higher performance than 651, 802 and other traditional short pips rubbers

This is not a short pips. It's medium. Plays like a medium pip as well. Not fast. Good rubber for someone who wants to hit through spin, block. Barely has enough spin to topspin the ball. There are long pips which hit better than this. All in all, a failure of a rubber.