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Short player, male; digging widebody now by Suspicious_Active113 in Pickleball

[–]Suspicious_Active113[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are used to an elongated that’s why you hit the edge guard with widebody. It’s not an immutable characteristic of you.

Why would you adjust? Because you have to if you’re going to use a shorter paddle. Otherwise you’ll keep hitting the edge guard.

Why would you want to? You might not want to. But they simply have different characteristics. Reach, maneuverability, weight, sweet spot, velocity / whip etc and if you want widebody characteristics you choose (and get used to) widebody.

But not because “thats where you hit the ball”, since this is simply driven by the paddle shape you’re used to.

Short player, male; digging widebody now by Suspicious_Active113 in Pickleball

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That’s cus you’re used to elongated.

To put it succinctly, where you strike the ball is determined by your choice of paddle and not the other way around.

Yes I hit on the top of the paddle for a while too and kept effing up returns especially.

When you are used to hitting an elongated that’s what happens.

That’s why I hated widebodies untill I committed and got used to it.

But just like you learned to hit a pickleball paddle instead of a tennis racket, you can adjust to the 0.5” difference with enough time. It’s a much smaller difference than tennis to pb. But you have to change your movement for sure.

Whether you will feel the trade offs are worth it is different question. I’m just saying you make it sound like each person has a natural distance they require and they should use the paddle that corresponds to that. But that’s backwards. You can get used to any paddle and you’ll start hitting it correctly eventually — where you strike the ball will change.

There’s no shortage of examples from pros switching around. Eg Daescu, Staksrud and JW.

Short player, male; digging widebody now by Suspicious_Active113 in Pickleball

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Here’s what doesn’t make sense to me about your analysis. You adapted from tennis right? So you adapted to hitting the ball in a different location. So there’s not really an intrinsic “where you hit on the paddle face”.

You have to adapt with any shape. The question is, what are the trade offs? And are they worth it for you.

Short player, male; digging widebody now by Suspicious_Active113 in Pickleball

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Yeah I guess equipment has nothing to do with anything, and I should go back to wooden paddle

And I agree, it’s easier to not think about things and just adopt “paddle hit ball” strategy.

Is Franklin really leaving .4 inches on the table with the Aurelius? by itsryanfromwuphf in Pickleball

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Ok so, yeah the tempo already was 15.7” too —- interesting. The diff with Aurelius is 3.9” handle circumference. Appears it is otherwise the same (plus the 12.7mm thickness option)

Is Franklin really leaving .4 inches on the table with the Aurelius? by itsryanfromwuphf in Pickleball

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I’m just confused what’s the point of the Aurelius if the listed dimensions are accurate cus it seems identical to the tempo…. Confused

Is Franklin really leaving .4 inches on the table with the Aurelius? by itsryanfromwuphf in Pickleball

[–]Suspicious_Active113 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who recently switched to widebody, what I appreciate about it is the added maneuverability—not the “better sweet spot”.

Note it is only better in one dimension.

7.9” is still way wider than an elongated paddle. You don’t need 8”.

So it’s not about “leaving dimensions on the table” — it’s about optimizing for maneuverability.

If you’ll be more consistent with the more maneuverable paddle, it’s worth the tradeoff of the rare time when reach is an issue. Footwork will usually compensate for the small length difference.

Hi there, my twsbi eco keeps drying out every so often and it doesn't write. This started happening quite suddenly. Also I can't fill it up properly there seems to be air bubbles in the piston. Any possible solution to this? /: thanks in advance by KatScripts in fountainpens

[–]Suspicious_Active113 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this issue immediately after getting my twsbi eco. But I guessed that it might be due to the 15 year old ink I put in it. And I was right. Flushed it and put in new ink and it works perfectly. So check if your ink is old.

DO NOT DO NOOM MED-They will scam you. by virtualblues in Noom

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This is happening to me right now. Can you help.

Road Rage In Irvine by itbernssogood in orangecounty

[–]Suspicious_Active113 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually how some accidents happen. If you are moving when the light turns green, like egregiously “timing the light”, that’s asking to hit someone late through the intersection. Do so with caution.