What is going on with all these pickleball paddle technologies?! | Rackets & Runners

Rackets & Runners' Luca Berg shares his thoughts on all of the relevant technologies found in today's industry-leading top-end paddles.

[Piper]

Luca, your presentation is first class. Very professional and a cut above the other YT reviewers. Nice job on this and all your other videos.

[PanamaLou-zkxe]

Thank you Luca, well done, short specific and to the point. Keep up the great work. Saludos from Panama.

[michaelyoong]

Kevlar & titanium has been used in other sports for sometime. They have more tensile elongation meaning they stretch more than rigid carbon. Hence the "softness" they add when combined with carbon. But their elongation is limited meaning it will only stretch just a tad & stop. This provides the dynamic feel people have grown to love - soft when dinking but hard when driving!

Kevlar or aramid fiber is quite unique. Its one of the stiffest fibers & absorbs shock very well. This is the reason it can catch bullets & adds comfort for senstive arms. The slight softness of padfle face also contributes to better spin as the ball sinking into the paddle face results in more mechanical friction as opposed to just surface friction!

[Vasu_Polu]

Man, That was an amazing summary on all the paddle technologies . Beautiful presentation.

[marcabrahams]

Luca is the best and it's not even close

[NanCot-wy]

Hey Lucas, thank you for all the details. Would really appreciate any feedback on the new Selkirk halo Max that’s coming out September 20. Would love to know your thoughts on the upgraded version. Thank you so much.

[mr.mr.]

Really it should be simple. You could create a machine that hits with a certain amount of force and if it hits the ball faster than that speed or set determined speed then it’s outlawed they need to put specific guidelines in place and then let manufactures develop around that.

[NexusPickleballUSA]

You forgot to mention us! We add titanium and foam into the core!

[BCOLLOT]

Great Video, simple, informative and well edited!

[vitdelrosario]

please have a look at the Paddltek Bantam TKO-C which is gen1 but hits as hard as gen3. You might have an extra category after foam tech, which is core/epoxy tech. curious to know your thoughts.

[kjkeum]

The power was not what got Gen 3 de-listed. They got banned due to administration error. (The wrong paddles were submitted, the Gen 3 alpha paddles.) The Mod TA-15 came from the Gen 3 alpha paddle which were approved from that submission. That explains why Mod TA-15 is approved and is essentially the same paddle as a Gen 3.

[kevinmontgomery]

Great summary. The best I've heard.

[kimleith]

Awesome explanations. I've played everything now except the TI/Carbon face sheet. Waiting for some feedback from other reviewers before pulling the trigger.
As for foam, I use the GB Pro Pwr E, and even some "non-approved" EVA models. My concern is with foam adhesion to other material. How will it last over time and impact, being "bonded" to Carbon or Polypro?? Hear that Nexus?

[karensermersheim]

What do you think of the "Kevlar & Carbon Fiber" mix paddles such as Mark Pickleball's Kinetic, Thrive's Azul, 11Six24 Pickleball's Hurache-X Control 14mm, Komodo's Katana, etc.?? Are they comparable or better than Honolulu Pickleball J2K 14mm & Six Zero Pickleball's Ruby, in your opinion??

[arrowhead]

need help looking for my next paddle, shogun or j2k? j2kTi? am using vatic pro prism flash rgiht now and i use 2 hands back hand..tia :)

[mahimapranab]

I am a beginner, i am just playing with a very Basic Racket, i am looking for a racket which will help me to play control shots to keep the ball inside court and a all rounder racket better 100-150 usd?

[picklepaul]

question. why at 5:15 did he not have to let it bounce on the return?

[Firesongng]

Titanium is such a misnomer. Titanium was a miscommunication in Chinese language. It described the 'color' so in reality it's a titanium color which is 'Polyester' (not really titanium

[ThisNguyener]

What grips are you using for the paddles? The bright teal is nice.

[JSTN_]

Honolulu will be coming out with its own Titanium paddle named the J2Ti I’m hyped to get my hands on it being a J2K player!