It's been a bit since I have posted anything. Schedule been a little crazy. I have been playing at least once a week lately and more so as I am training for annual corporate challenge where Pickleball is in our second year.
I decided to give the Outbreak another go. As you will recall my first impression was not the best. It had nothing to do with the paddle and more to do with me. This paddle IMO requires a more skilled player to achieve all that it is worth. I'd like to think I am better than when I first started and it shows now as a result of this paddle playing so much better. I needed more control of the ball before this paddle would unleash it's true potential.
I love how quiet the paddle is even under a smash. Once you understand how the paddle responds to ball contact it becomes obvious that the technology built into the face specifically offers great spin and control.
What I like most about this paddle and I have talked about this before with other paddles is that it doesn't have a brittle response. I refer to how the ball leaves the face of a paddle by it's "brittleness". Hard non forgiving paddles produce a high brittle response meaning the ball leaves the paddle quickly with lots of force and less control. Because the ball spends less time on the paddle there is less control on what happens to the ball. While the difference is fractions of seconds, it's long enough to either create more spin and accuracy or less to no spin and bounciness.
This paddle has great control, a soft response when needed and controllable returns either with finesse or lack of. I've played a couple dozen games with this paddle now and my level of play has changed to more confidently hitting those tougher shots.
I've now switched to this paddle for regular play as I gear up for our Kansas City Corporate Challenge division A event. Looking forward to that and more play with this paddle.
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