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This is awesome! I keep scrubbing backwards to re-digest each segment.

Would you ever consider doing a review of the Kiwi Labs Circuit? I know he said he wanted reviewers to reach out to get a paddle not just sending them out. I just haven't seen very many reviews of their stuff.

he groomed you, stay safe braydon. this was a chatgpt joke. too soon

Great podcast episode! Aaron's Mookie Betts story was awesome!

This is awesome. Definitely more of this kind of content!

Braydon I’ve been enjoying your content ever since finding my first serious paddle with your online quiz! Can’t wait for Kyle to get back!

On the 8th Day, God created the ripple - that’s amazing - bring Aaron back soon - so good !

Aaron is awesome and a natural. You need your own weekly segment!

Great job - I’m 43 and the Slyce undoubtedly aggravated Golfers elbow - thanks guys!

Love Aaron.

Would you recommend the pro series over the prism series Thanks

Can I put a reload skin on my Vatic prism and would it be considered USAPA approved?

Hahaha that intro was money ❤

Proton needs to impytheir paddles. The spin is great but they are: Way too much swing weight. Need better sweet spot. More control.

Great Pod! Mookie should be the next guest!

Aaron the Editor needs to come on more; this guy is awesome. I don’t usually watch podcasts, but I’m invested in this guy now. Pay him more!

Braydon great new co-host. Should do more podcasts with him. Very relatable, loved the Mookie Betts story ( Huge LA Dodger fan ! ). Keep up the great work Sir. Saludos from Panama.

Ignatowich released a vid saying beginners should start with power paddles because control paddles let you get away with too much and build bad habits that have to be unlearned later when you’re forced to transition to power as a high level player. Honestly, I also think lower level players will just win more games in general with power paddles (except PPE because the sweetspot is just so bad). Aggression will get you lots of pts at 3.0-4.5 because people don’t let out balls go and can’t counter well. 4.25+ is when drives transition from outright winners to a means of making the 5th shot easier. And at that point, it’s nice to be used to a power paddle already to have the edge in hand battles and putaways.

Aaron was awesome! Love the humor :)

Braydon I like your positivity on the 3S being more accepted. I wish people with influence in pb community nationally could step up and convince local tournament directors to understand that the 3S was apparently approved under more rigorous standards than the previous USAP approved paddles. It’s just locally and regionally I have asked multiple tournament directors and they have always gone with the rule of only on the list USAP approved paddles for tournaments, leagues, etc… they aren’t seemingly comfortable accepting a new and different paddle approving body or process. so it does matter bc you hate to adjust to and spend $300 on a 3S paddle that you can only use some of the time.

Why not just suspend the entire core with the Joola Gen 3 paddles?

Reload doesn't make sense to me. Skins that fit the paddle you like makes perfect sense! Very excited about that.

Thank God no more "jokes"!

I got a reload and I really like it. I usually weight up my paddles, but I just didn't put any weight on it because I felt like it was already stable. I don't think the swing weight is that bad, my hands are still fast.

Comments are engagement though, right? Even the negative ones. Apparently people can't appreciate your humorous attempt at your lack of humor, so that means they think you're a bot 😂 But Aaron... You really sold your soul to the Adobe powers, that's much worse, imo... I'm team DaVinci Resolve, but not professionally... 😜

the man, the myth, the legend, cool to see the face behind these edits

I stopped playing DUPR matches two and half years ago. . .Im good on DUPR.

When is the Olympus review coming out!

Love your content, be yourself, not a fan of the AI comedy

Swing weight???? How do you determine that? Is that in grams? Ounces? Etc. I understand 90-100 is light weight, 100 - 117 is mid weight and 118+ is heavy. But what does all that mean? Is 90-100 like a 7.5 oz - 8 oz paddle, 100 - 117 like a 8 oz - 8.5 oz paddle, 118 + like a 8.5 oz and above. Or is it more like if the paddle is more head heavy or balanced? Please help me understand this better. Thanks

Why do you rest your hand on your thigh while playing? kinda random question

What times (other than balance) do we prefer a heavier (static weight) paddle in doubles? What I came up with: - return of good deep serve when taking of bounce rather than usual full swing, extra weight helps with the block return - blocks volleys at kitchen off good 3rd shot drives - some resets My thinking is light head heavy paddle fine for full swings … serves, drives, flicks, overheads … but there are definitely shots where extra mass is useful. What other shots do others think benefit from heavier static weight?

I think you paddle reviewers have got swing weight, static weight and balance point all wrong. OK … that was clickbait 😁, love you guys … but perhaps a different perspective to stir discussion. I’m going to use tennis for analogies … I understand tennis and racquets, and find paddle tradeoffs in pickleball doubles a mystery that can’t be solved. Disclaimer Some or all of the following could be wrong. 😋 Swing weight: In tennis, swing weight would apply to arm swinging from shoulder, not any racquet rotation at the hand (called racquet lag in tennis). - So did I just suggest swing weight isn’t the best metric for a pickleball flick … yes I did. - Did I suggest swing weight is a good metric across paddle shapes for serves and baseline drives … yes I did. - Did I suggest static weight and balance are better metrics for racquet or paddle rotation at hand … yes I did. Static weight: Static weight matters … you paddle nerds blew this one … break it to brother Lanky gently … love the chickens and horny cows. Guys … one of the weirdest and awesome things for me coming from tennis is the pickleball firefight. We didn’t have that in tennis (some good reaction tennis volleys with four guys at the net but short lived). There is so much quick arm/hand movement from point A to point B in firefights before you ever hit the ball (paddle rotation at the hand or not). No … sorry to say … a 1 oz addition of weight is not your friend on those movements. One could argue it’s worth the tradeoff for x, y or z … but we just have to stop with the “static weight doesn’t matter”. btw … another place tennis players ran into static weight limits is serving. That point in back scratch throwing motion where you are lifting the full weight of racquet up before the momentum of the racquet takes over. There are places where perfect technique can’t protect your rotator cuff from too heavy for you. Balance: The hammer is used as swing weight analogy. I would like to use it here as a question about flicks and rolls: The hammer is head heavy, and even a light hammer can drive nails. If we swing holding head of hammer, you can whip it fast but you can’t drive a nail. You see where I’m going with this … somebody stop me. Don’t we want to flick with light hammer holding handle? 🙄

Here for these jokes.

4:27 you can't glean anything from this. The sample size was way too low. Even with the results you have, twice as many people preferred the stock, unweighted paddle than the setup you preferred (with 1 oz of weight added). Two thirds of the paddles had weight added, but 40% of the people preferred the unweighted paddle despite it only representing 33% of the paddles offered. None of this is statistically significant, but even with this low sample size it doesn't argue in favor of the weighting.

Have you tried the Gearbox slyce cap or has anyone? Wondering if it's worth it for the head heavy pro ultimate. It also has a clam shell design so its way different. Wonder if it feels too weird or helps the paddle.

is this accurate, though? I can kind of understand the balance point thing but its not rotating from the center/balance point. Your still effectively rotating or flicking from the wrist, so the amount of weight/mass above that point is the same? Know what I mean?

I can't use a paddle now without the slice cap. I do have one paddle with just the W tape. If you overlap it down from the base of the handle in a very tight pattern it feels kinda like an end cap.

I laughed out loud with the tax scene. hilarious.

The word experiment is pronounced ex-pair-iment, not ex-peer-imint.

I legit was laughing on that tax joke haha

Braydon great new logo and new venue for your reviews. My opinion is ditch the AI humor, much better when it comes out naturally. Please do a Ronbus R2 and R1 shaped 14mm Ripple review ! Keep up the great work Sir. Saludos from Panama.

Tennis players just popped off the butt cap cap, and stuck tungsten putty wrapped in a cotton ball in trap door. When the paddle industry gets around to improving handles they should also have butt cap caps, and a better way to refer to butt cap caps.

The ability to quickly flick (rotate) the paddle is defined by the swing weight. If you want a faster flick you have to reduce the swing weight. Adding weight (the Slyce Cap) can only increase the swing weight and decrease the flick speed. And, no, adding weight doesn't increase maneuverability. Adding weight can only decrease maneuverability. If the Slyce cap really provided an advantage don't you think the Slyce website would contain a technical explanation with examples of how the Slyce Cap improved the performance of popular paddles? The only advantage to adding the Slyce Cap is that more speed is imparted to the ball during the ball/paddle collision (faster serves).

Hey Brayden, What's your paddle now?

I like them thicc so I love me a slyce cap

As a brand ambassador for Slyce I have tried them all. Personally their new (Slim Cap) is the best. I found the standard 1oz (28g) made the butt cap too fat and bulges out. The (15G) model is not a good value. It basically is the same as some standard caps that are already on your paddles. Some are glued and some have like 6-8 staples in them so you would just be replacing one for the other just because you like the way it looks or better color. This will have no effect on paddle performance. The Slim version is the best of both worlds. It weighs just under 1oz (24g) and also does not bulge out at the bottom hence the "slim" model. All of these caps require you to remove the oem grip and either replace with replaced oem leather grip or what I recommend is the pink XS hesacore and a Udrippin overgrip. I have recommended several of these to and have installed a ton of them. These also help with Tennis Elbow due to lowering the balance point which Brandon did not bring up. Taking the weight out of the head and making it lower makes your paddle easier to swing relieving arm pain long term. What I also found on some paddles too with just installing the cap alone was actually a power loss due to shifting the balance point. It is recommended also adding maybe 2g back at about the 10 and 2 position to level it out. Keep in mind. DO NOT pay attention to static weight. A 9.5 oz paddle can easily play like a 7.5 oz paddle and be super fast in the hand when set up properly. Great video Brandon. Discount Code: AdamS10 Hesacore Code: AdamS

Braydon … just do you … we already liked that Braydon. You got bad advice, or you gave yourself bad advice suggesting you need to change. OK … I think the weight in the butt cap is utter nonsense other than one situation, and that is it got you to a static weight/balance point that was your preferred spec to begin with. I will give you an example from tennis. Say I preferred a 11.5 oz 4 pts headlight racquet (I did). Let’s say I found a 10.5 oz 4 pts head light racquet I wanted to alter to my preferred spec. If I add a 1 oz to butt cap, I end up with a 11.5 oz racquet, but it’s not 4 pts head light … not my spec … not equal. btw … I can’t remember anyone from my tournaments and USTA even talking about swing weight, we talked about static weight and balance. I was curious why that was after all this paddle swing weight interest, so I asked a friend that is the closest to a paddle nerd I know. His answer was racquets that are the same weight and balance tend to be very similar swing weights … industry standardization to some degree. I think with the flick example you used, my bet is most of us would actually do better with a lighter static weight head heavy paddle than a heavier static weight head light paddle. Say both with same swing weight of 115. Said another way, I bet I could flick a 7.5 oz head heavy 115 swing weight hybrid paddle better than with a 8.5 oz head light 115 swing weight paddle. To me … the “utter nonsense” part raises it’s ugly static weight head on quick extended arming movements. We are already doing that unnatural thing that should not be found in nature 🤣, leaning forward as far as we can, arm extended, all paddle weight at the end of that lever (arm) … and static weight doesn’t matter? It does on my arm, but then my arm doesn’t look like Kyle’s. 🤐 One last thing. I took a shot trying to get Kew to splain the following dilemma my mind has been struggling with to believe in butt weighting (some butt weighting is hot 😛, but not paddles). If we are talking seesaw, two people on each end provide counterweights, the pivot point is in the middle. But we are grabbing butt cap when we grip the end of the paddle … the Slyce, our hand and end of paddle has become one … the pivot point. What would be the difference if I had a 1 oz glove on instead of the Slyce, or 5 quarters in my hand instead? Until someone shows me the light … and that could happen, I think adding weight to butt cap only makes sense if you already wanted a heavier static weight paddle, and after you could also get to your preferred balance without too much additional lead … oops … tungsten. One last rant addition … I want that 7.5 oz head heavy paddle on flicks but not on drives. There is no way to solve this wiffle doubles dilemma. Paddle reviewer job security … the mythical search for the holy grail paddle continues.

don’t listen to your editor. you don’t want you be like everyone else who tries to be funny but doesn’t succeed. you excel at You being You 😊

Not entertained. lol. Seriously. It’s just filler. Kind of like another reviewer (not Will) who added all these sound effects throughout the whole video. It’s just a distraction. I have a shogun that I’ve weighted with lead next to the end cap, overgrip, and two 3 gram strips. Folks thought my stock Shoguns weighed more than this one.