Definitely more of a control paddle. The swing weight is very light, under 110 so the paddle feels very fast in hands battles. The pop is good enough to do the job at most levels, and the low swing weight makes up for the lack in raw pop and power.

​@@bk_pickleball- what is the weight of the paddle? And how about the feel for drops and dinks?

The paddle is unreal value for money!! Very control based, as you can see, some pretty great drops and resets there without having to get used to the paddle too much. Also a ton of spin out the box, very good on rolls and slices. It's geared towards intermediate players looking for good control and don't need a long handle. For under $100, might be the best value paddle out there, almost a budget version of the ProXR Sweet Spot Max.

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Thanks for watching 🙌🏽

Absolutely, in the works!! 🙌🏽

Coming soon, that's a prototype he's been working on

Thanks Matt!! We'll do some of these next time haha

@@bk_pickleballLet’s GO!!!!

Thanks 🙌🏽

Average DUPR Rating of the players on court is 5.5

Hahaha, maybe if you were 20 years younger and actually had a good shoulder, you could show us what pros look like 😅

Fantastic power paddle, feels very different than most paddles. Has very good dwell time, and the spin is pretty decent as well. I had a lot of control on dinks, but the paddle is very hard to reset from transition or drop consistently in indoor conditions with hard balls. As you can see from the game, I was driving most thirds, so it's definitely geared more towards players that like to drive and counter the ball a lot. Unreal pop when you hit the sweetspot. Personally, I'm a big fan, it's just not for everybody haha!

@@bk_pickleball Thanks! I appreciate the feedback.

@@bk_pickleball Excellent assessment. I couldn't reset and drop consistently. Just a tad too much pop for a 3.5+ player.

You got this!! Practice makes perfect, stick with it and you'll definitely feel the difference when you execute correctly!!

We have pros come in to play with us a ton whenever they're in town, he had some meetings in the city so came to play some games!

@@bk_pickleball he was Ben Johns before Ben Johns …he has moved on a little bit more into the business side of the game.True pioneer of the game..Your content is great keep up the great work

Deeper thirds are good when you can hit them away from your opponents and get them moving. Shallow thirds can be hit with the same mechanics, just add more height so the ball has time to drop down closer to the net. As long as you can get your opponent hitting the ball from below the net, it doesn't matter much if they take it out of the air. The goal is to get them playing from below the net so they have to swing upwards.

Hahaha, I try 😂

Thanks for the support!! I love spinning the ball, will definitely put out a video on those spin variations sometime!

Absolutely, will definitely do that!! 🙌🏽

@@bk_pickleballPLEASE 🙌

Thank you!! 🙌🏽

I coach out of Pickle X in the Baldwin Park area in Orlando. You can reach me on Facebook, Instagram or email to schedule a lesson. Those links are available here: linktr.ee/bk_pb

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Thank you, appreciate the support 🙌

Actually, he is following a slowly emerging trend of teachers who r advocating making contact AFTER the ball reaches its apex. Until maybe this year, almost all teachers advocated hitting the ball AT its apex.

Let's see your video on a 3rd shot drop. Post it and then comment here when it's up loaded.

I think this is an excellent question. I have my own ideas but lack the certainty to opine on this issue. Hopefully, someone more knowledgeable will comment

For the most part, yes! Biggest difference is, a lot of the times with a hard drive return, you don't have time to really wait for the ball to start coming down before making contact. What you wanna do for those is slow down the swing speed and follow through, and most importantly, get more height on the drop! Softening the ball and getting a smooth arc on the shot will help drop it in the kitchen

@@bk_pickleball I was thinking that one should get in a deeper squat and stay there longer

@@bk_pickleball Thanks for your reply. I think it's solid blueprint, I just need to drill like Kobe now!

It's a great control paddle, huge sweet spot!! Good choice for a lot of intermediate players looking for a control based paddle with forgiveness! Not ideal if you play a two handed backhand, definitely geared towards single handed shots.

@@bk_pickleball Thanks for the response. I am a 4.0+ player and use the M2 Forza 16mm paddle. I can generate my own power. Your thoughts on the Fat Boy compared to the M2 Forza? I've read the Fat Boy is much stiffer/poppier. Thanks.

The tips should be applied to the backhand as well for the most part, but I will be making a separate video on the backhand drop, so stay tuned ☺️

Thank you, appreciate the support!! ☺️

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Never thought about it that way, reverse Yates is right haha! That would be a great shot to add to your arsenal 🙌🏽

maybe a 4.0 ? don't think so why not 3.0 out of my backside

Thanks, appreciate the support!! 🙌🏽 And yeah, definitely gets loud and echoey in there! I'll try to do some noise reduction next time before I post a game from there haha

Hahaha that's just a little trailer to the game 😜 He hit that shot about 10 minutes in, you should check out her full reaction lmao, it was hilarious

Definitely a 4.0 player commenting this

@@thejayenvya1789 more like a 2.0 baby