I love pickleball!  I have time to play every day.  I listen to the YouTube reviewers (Johnkew is my favorite) as they muse about power, pop, swing weight, balance point, hand speed, PBCOR, spin, break-in, delamination, the trampoline effect, delisted paddles, etc. 

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But, in addition to being a pickleball aficionado, I'm also an engineer and I have a need to understand the details.  So, I read the technical literature, especially the research papers on the baseball-bat collision since the concepts are applicable to the paddle-ball collision. I'm familiar with the USAP and UPA-A test procedures.  When interested, I'll purchase or build test equipment.  I've gotten so far into the weeds that I've duplicated the USAP and UPA-A test equipment to evaluate a paddle's PBCOR - an air cannon, a speed gate and a pivoting paddle clamp.  

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This website documents the results of some of my experimentation.  I hope I've presented those results in a manner that is understandable to a technically inclined pickleball player.   Let me know if something is not clear or if there are errors.

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Contact me at info@technicalpickleball.net