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The Defense Alpha is an initiative vertical position<\/strong> of the wood core.<\/p>\n

Offer more supporting force to this chopping blade and enlarge the \u2018sweet spot\u2019.<\/p>\n

Enhance the power\u00a0transfer, which compensates the weak point of chopping\u00a0at offensive playing.<\/p>\n

It helps to make a more powerful return of the ball.<\/p>\n

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Product pictures:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Defense
Defense Alpha Blade ST handle front picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Defense
Defense Alpha Blade ST handle back picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Defense
Defense Alpha Blade ST handle bottom detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Technical Specifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Brand<\/strong><\/td>\nSANWEI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottom<\/strong><\/td>\nPure Wood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Material<\/strong><\/td>\n5 Wood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reaction<\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vibration<\/strong><\/td>\n12.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First speed<\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Second speed<\/strong><\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Player Type<\/strong><\/td>\nMid-fast speed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Impact<\/strong><\/td>\nMID<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Playing Style<\/strong><\/td>\nDEF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Handle type<\/strong><\/td>\nST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size<\/strong><\/td>\n265 x 160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Defense Alpha is an initiative vertical position<\/strong> of the wood core.<\/p>\n

Offer more supporting force to this chopping blade and enlarge the \u2018sweet spot\u2019.<\/p>\n

Enhance the power\u00a0transfer, which compensates the weak point of chopping\u00a0at offensive playing.<\/p>\n

It helps to make a more powerful return of the ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[6,58],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1676","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-blade","product_cat-defense","product_shipping_class-1kg","desktop-align-center","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-center","ast-product-gallery-layout-horizontal","ast-product-gallery-with-no-image","ast-product-single-variable","ast-product-tabs-layout-horizontal","ast-qv-on-image","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable","has-default-attributes"],"yoast_head":"\nDefense Alpha - SANWEI Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/en\/product\/blade\/defense\/defense-alpha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defense Alpha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Defense Alpha is an initiative vertical position of the wood core. 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