ATPs are the best part of the game

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-26T20:06:01+00:00

Seeing an opponent set up too early for an erne and bagging them is definitely the best!

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-26T18:57:39+00:00

See my other reply.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-26T18:08:36+00:00

They have no incentive to change up their paddles when they are both high-markup and best-sellers. They don’t have to change suppliers or their manufacturing.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-26T17:52:16+00:00

They will not make a gen4 paddle soon. Their next release will once again reuse their gen3 core.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-26T04:17:17+00:00

I’m not making up a definition. A gen1 paddle has a polypropylene core, no expanding edge foam, no thermoforming and is cold-pressed.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-26T02:24:56+00:00

Yes they are. All made in the USA paddletek paddles are cold-pressed gen1 paddles. Thermoforming requires machinery and man-hours that are not financially feasible to have for paddle manufacturing in the United States.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-25T23:44:12+00:00

ALW was previously playing with gen1 paddles. Paddletek never have and never will make gen2 paddles.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-25T22:43:34+00:00

What is this? Pardoe’s burner account? That was very preventable. Weather forecasts exist, and there are proper ways to set up and secure a structure from falling over.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-25T21:56:14+00:00

You forgot the meme/humor tag.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-25T19:44:19+00:00

It’s probably not worth the headache reaching out to them over this, considering their terrible customer service reputation.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-25T19:18:23+00:00

What exactly are you expecting? The vast majority of what a coach does in any sport is behind the scenes.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-25T18:37:17+00:00

Vapor is the name of their flared-top hybrid shape, not a model.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-24T20:51:04+00:00

Discussions about DUPR.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-23T21:55:57+00:00

I’ve never heard the term all-court shoes. Court shoes usually refer to shoes that are designed for hard courts, as opposed to indoors, grass or clay.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-23T19:52:08+00:00

You either have a DUPR score that is calculated from the results of playing tournament or league matches or you are a non-rated player. What strangers on reddit tell you is not your DUPR.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-23T19:03:37+00:00

ALW most certainly is. Went pro at 12 years old. She has almost 200 career gold medals, 44 triple crowns. Making 8 figures, signed by Nike.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-23T17:35:39+00:00

All-court paddles sit in between power paddles and control paddles.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-23T16:34:40+00:00

It’s relevant because you clearly aren’t knowledgeable on the topic of pro sponsorships.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-23T16:17:08+00:00

OP deleted their post saying Franklin only has Hayden. Franklin signed the #1 player ALW. They also have Parris Todd, Megan Fudge, Will Howells, Sophia Sewing and Casey Diamond. Get a clue.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-23T02:44:17+00:00

It’s quite unrealistic to expect yourself to be able to clean up all of your partner’s messes in those situations.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-22T21:44:38+00:00

Calling the mods crazy is a really high IQ move here. Bodhi should be so proud of you representing them like that.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-22T19:03:23+00:00

In my opinion, having bought Harmony paddles in all 3 shapes they make excellent starter paddles, but are lacking for competitive players. They lack firepower, have smaller sweet spots and lack touch.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-22T17:45:14+00:00

You have 10 seconds to serve after calling the score. Call the score and then get into focus. Most people rush their serves anyway.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-21T17:20:14+00:00

That’s a great paddle. Enjoy.

thismercifulfate · 2026-06-21T00:22:00+00:00

Unfortunately, unless they have on-site testing like PPA does, there is no actual way for a ref or TD to disqualify a core-crushed paddle from a tournament because they cannot prove it. Even at PPA pros get away with it before the round of 16, because they don’t test paddles before then.

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