Carbon Fiber Speed With High ControlButterfly Timo Boll CF1000 Shakehand Ping Pong Paddle | Carbon Fiber Speed With High Control | Japan Series | Recommended For Beginning Level PlayersAbout the PaddleThe Butterfly Timo Boll CF1000 Shakehand Ping Pong Paddle is a hybrid of wood and carbon fiber layers. The wooden surface outer plies are followed by a thin layer of carbon fiber. The addition of the carbon fiber will make the blade lighter, stronger and stiffer. This provides a larger sweet spot than an all-wood blade and will therefore be more consistent. Pan Asia Pan Asia is an entry level rubber and places an emphasis on control but it still has enough speed and spin to get the job done. Pan Asia rubber is widely used on many of our recreational rackets for its reliability in all situations. Pan Asia is more entry level rubber due to its emphasis on control.Blade Construction: 5-Ply Wood + 2-Ply CarbonFlared – Concave At The Center – The Most Popular StyleRubber: Pan Asia – Sponge Thickness (mm): 2.1 & Rubber: Pan Asia Sponge Thickness (mm): 2.1Recommended For Beginning Level PlayersInternational Table Tennis Federation ApprovedPLEASE NOTE: Like most recreational rackets, this racket is assembled with a glue that is intended to keep the rubber permanently attached to the wood for the life of the racket.Did You Know?More World Class Players Trust Butterfly Than Any Other Brand – At the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships, 99.8% of the participants were surveyed regarding their individual blade and rubber usage. Of those surveyed, Butterfly blades were used by 56.6% of the participants while the other 43.4% consisted of 11 different brands. Butterfly rubbers were used by 53.2% of the participants while the other 46.8% consisted of 11 different brands.