An in-depth Review & Guide to Hesacore | Are They Worth It?

Overgrips mentioned:

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Disclosure
0:34 - What is a Hesacore?
1:08 - Understanding the options
1:17 - Texture
1:35 - Length of Hesacore
3:16 - Thickness of Hesacore
4:34 - Small recap
5:21 - How to install a Hesacore (the easy way)
7:26 - What are the reasons to try a Hesacore?
9:47 - My personal thoughts

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[tommydanner]

Another reason to get a hesacore: if you are someone who switches paddles often, it's a very familiar feel every time you switch. There is no need to adjust to the feel of a new handle. Makes picking up a new paddle that much "easier".

[MrDavei]

Few other reasons you might want a Hesacore:
1. If you prefer a thicker grip, but don't want to 2x overgrip or don't like the stock grip shape (Ronbus for me).
2. If your hands get really sweaty, the "locking" feature of Hesacore helps.

[justicesarte]

Such a needed review! The different options are so overwhelming and so many people that own them don't even put any thought into which one they bought. I love my hesacores! The carbon one is my favorite so far because I get the best feel. I find that the others dampen too much. But I have used the gel one on stiff paddles like the spartus apollo to dampen it on purpose.

[donovanchin]

It really helped me with my tennis elbow. I now have them on all my paddles.

[GoldenDogCreative]

I love my Hesacore grip. And their installation method with the plastic strips worked well for me. Took me two minutes to put the grip on.

[Olorin]

I've been using these for almost a year. Love the basic white. I'm fairly new to pickleball, but have a tennis and racquetball background.

For me I really love the help they give me indexing the paddle in different grips.

They also really helped me with grip pressure to not grip so hard. Easier on the hands and better for soft shots.

[twodubz]

I love these Hesacore grips. I put them on every paddle I use. Definitely a comfortable and secure grip.

[MatthewKPickleball]

Great breakdown! Big fan of Hesacores!

[wolf-xfhf]

Honestly I don’t love hesacores on pickleball paddles but they are an absolute must in Padel. In padel the balls are much heavier and any off center shot will 100% make the paddle twist in your hand and the hesacore really locks your hand in and massively improves its resistance to twisting, sweet spot, and just generally makes your wrist hurt less from not having to grip so hard. Imo the biggest downside to the hesacore grips is that they make it much harder to grip the paddle in different ways essentially locking you in to 2 possible grips that you can change between being straight continental and straight eastern so if you like to hold on the bevel between continental and easter like ben johns does at the kitchen or hold a more extreme eastern close to a semi western like a lot of pros do for forehand drives and drops now you can’t. However in padel because you never hit top spin drives, you occasionally hit roll drops or top spin overheads, you don’t ever need to hold eastern. On the contrary since virtually every ball is either flat or with slice from ground strokes to volleys to bandejas, ganchos, and viboras, the primary types of overheads, virtually every single shot is hit in a standard continental grip and the hesacore really locks you in to that super consistent and solid continental grip.

[barrygraham]

Best handle wrap ever! Everyone should give it a try at least once.

[jeffreydardick]

I occasionally switch from my Six Zero Ruby (more of an all court) to my Thrive Azul (more power and pop) but the Azul felt a little harsh in my hands making the soft shots and resets more difficult.. When I added a white Hesacore grip to my Azul, it significantly softened the feel in my hands and helped me with my softer shots. I think part of the reason is you tend to grip the paddle less tight with the softer ridges on the grip. Glad to hear you can reuse these which makes them a little more economical.

[picklepractical]

Hey, I have a tutorial using rubbing alcohol as well! Love to see you spreading the good tips on getting the Hesacore on, Chris.

[jespb]

Thank you! I like how you demonstrated 5.25" Hesacore on a 6" paddle! I have a 6" handle but I prefer the blue gel grip which is 5.25" AND you mentioned we can 'reuse' the Hesacore !!! Perfect! I am going to switch the old one to the new paddle!!!

[deanp.]

Greatly looking forward to your J2K review!

[Pickapackofpickles]

something you didnt mention but if you change your grip mid point it is much easier, you can do by feel instead of looking

[PaulSuholet-lflf]

Nice video.
1) instead of rubbing alcohol....i use hot water with a few drops of dishwashing liquid. It takes a bit longer to dry....but doesn't have that smell hah.
2) I play the hesacore without an overgrip....and I have had zero issues with slipping even on the hottest days in ATL. I like the max amount of texture on the grip.
3) to keep the hesacore from slipping....I put superglue around the butt of the grip under the hesacore...works great.

[jnagator]

I saw someone with a hesacore and thought I would give it a try and love these things. I have it on all 5 of my paddles. I am using the carbon small on my new Joola 3s paddle and it feels and plays great. Why I like them is that I keep changing my grip every shot so this just makes me feel comfortable that I have the right grip position when hitting the shot. So that is why I am hooked. Also I used hand sanitizer on the paddle handle and some on inside the hesacore grip and it goes on really easy.

[justicesarte]

Pro tip. Remove ALL glue residue left from the original grip before applying. It makes a difference putting it on and it really makes a difference if you ever take it off.

[Xproplayer]

I have a 6.0 double black diamond (thanks to you Chris), since it has a bad grip, I just did a hesacore a week ago and it now feels how it should. My selkirk power air epic doesn't need a hesacore since it has the right grip already. Both paddles I run a yonex super grap dry (absorption type) and I'm a fan.

[wesleyoliver]

FOR YOUR UPCOMING BALANCE POINT DEEP DIVE VIDEO:

Please test leather grips!! Replacing ypur stock grip with a leather one for a slightly thinner grip circumference, more defined bezels and wayyy more weight that's evenly loaded into the handle of the racket is what almost every pro and high-level player has been doing for decades. What do you guys think about the viability of putting a leather base grip (cut down a tennis grip) on a pickleball paddle?

I love it, but you almost 100% have to put an overgrip on (making your overall grip size slightly larger than the non-overgripped stock grip) so that it doesn't slide around when your hands are sweaty.