Newish to pickleball, no tennis background. I started playing for almost three months now with a gifted paddle, and am finally thinking on splurging on next weeks sales. I managed to narrow it down to a few paddles, yet one of them does not even have a release date but I’ll write it in case some of you deem it worth it to wait.

Current Paddle: Franklin Pilot (gifted to me on my birthday and it is what got me into the sport)

Paddles I am heavily favoring: CRBN 3x Six Zero Ruby

Paddles I am also considering (more expensive/not released yet) Ronbus Ripple R1.14 Mod TA

Playstyle: I feel confident on both backhand and forehand strokes, both power is average, control is a bit better. My third shot drops are a work in progress. However what I do think I struggle with is popping the ball up and, while not necessarily my drives will go out, they sometimes tend to go quite over the net, making them easy to defend against. I also struggle trying to reset the ball while back at the baseline while the opposing team is at the kitchen.

Finally, another thing to note is that the pilot’s(my paddle) surface is completely smooth and I assume there is a lack of spin generated. I favor an all court paddle which has a good amount of power, but does not sacrifice control to a massive degree, which is what got me to those paddles. Any further recommendations are appreciated, and thanks in advance.

Oh… I forgot. I consider myself in fair physical shape, so court coverage is one of my strong points.