Buying Guide: Type of Player How To Choose A Pickleball Paddle

At JustPaddles, we know that choosing the right pickleball paddle can be the difference between victory and defeat. That’s why we have created a comprehensive pickleball paddle buying guide for players of all levels.

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Type of Player

Paddles are broken down into three categories geared toward a specific play style; Power, Balance, and Touch. Each paddle will have a specific play style that the paddle is designed to do. Power paddles will give a player more power, touch paddles will allow a player to control the ball and balanced paddles will give a player a happy medium of power and touch.

Note that any player can provide touch and power given their skills, but these paddles are designed to give a player more power or more touch.

Below are the characteristics of the types of players

Power
- Third shot drives
- Speedups at the net
- Powerful serve
Touch / Control
- Spin and control are what bring you success
- Third-shot drops are your go-to
- Slowing down the game
Balance
- Well rounded player with dinks and finishes in your arsenal
- Wanting both power and control out of your paddle

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What is the best paddle on the market right now?

Once you have filtered your search on JustPaddles, our paddles are defaulted to list in the order of most popular. The best paddles on the market right now will depend on who you are asking. Here at JustPaddles, we carry a wide variety of great brands because we realize everybody has their personal preference.

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