JOOLA Viva

Viva is a classic of Joola blades. Soft spacers of Limba and red Samba without the use of carbon - the composition itself suggests the use of equipment: a controlled rotating game with an increased parabola of moves. Especially for players who like to pull the ball "from under the table". In addition, there is still an attractive price.

Medium fast, good control. I pair it with Rhyzm-P (FH) and Rhyzm Tech (BH). Good for looping at 1-2 m from the table. Comparable with Nittaku Latika and Tibhar Stratus Power Wood which are slightly more expensive.

A good blade indeed! very spinny, not so fast, more like an off- than off, best in combination with offensive rubber/defensive rubber!

it´s a well made blade, you can do all with this blade!!! best for begginer-intermediate player who want to improve skills and i guess for pro´s to depend of the rubbers! but it´s a very good blade in all points of view.

Clipper-like a bit thinner (I have measured mine and it's 6.6mm thick), a bit slower than a traditionnal Stiga Clipper from what I've read. To me, it's right between OFF- and OFF. Very good feeling / feedback. Just what you can wait from a Clipper-like : really good at looping (both spinny and power loops), stable for blocking and punching, and offers a very good control in short game. I'd say the throw angle is medium-high, higher than my HRT Clipper, but lower than my Zetro Quad or my 2 Waldner Senso. On looping, you can feel a bit of flex that helps for spinny play (loops are very spinny, I'm always surprised myself). This bit of flex helps away from the table as well. Away from the table, I found the blade really suited to my game, it's not crazy fast so you can really control the game, and depending on your rubbers, counter attack really hard (but you need to put your body in the stroke, this is not an OFF+ composite blade). For blocking and punching, it behaves like a typical 7 plys blade, stable, linear, reliable. Really helps me to be confident in this area of my game. All in all, this blade has nothing "extraordinary" in it, it's not a revolution for me, but it is a well-balanced and versatile blade, good for close-to-table loops (both spinny loops / power loop), reliable in short game and blocks, not crazy fast so that you don't have to hold back your strokes, still fast enough for a typical offensive player. I really can't find any flaw to this blade, this will be my blade for the year to come, and I look forward to playing more with it !