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PICKLEBALL PADDLES, THE NEXT GENERATIION MY CHOICES                             PART 4/4              Coach Joe Palmere Jr. © What's The Next Generation of Pickleball Paddles Would Be Made of? KEV;AR CORE & CROSS-LAID CARBON FIBER SHEETS Let’s begin at the very “Core of this subject.” One possible core material that really attracted my attention was Kevlar. Kevlar aramid is used for high-performance composite applications where lightweight, high strength and stiffness, damage resistance, and resistance to fatigue and stress rupture are important. Kevlar’s resistance to squashing and compression creates a more solid core material with a reduced core thickness to half that of Nomex, fiberglass or aluminum cores. This would increase ball feel and ball control, and power when needed. Solid core paddles are trending today, due to their large sweet spot and non-protrusive edge guards. Some may argue that Kevlar would reduce a paddles capability to take

PICKLEBALL PADDLES THE NEXT   GENERATION   Part 2/4 COMPOSITE MATERIAL: · Composite material is two or more physically and chemically different materials which when are mixed together without a chemical reaction , form a new material that has have improved properties over the individual materials. · One of the materials used in “composites” is called the “reinforcing phase,” and comes in the form of fibers, sheets or particles. · Other material used in “composites” with reinforcing material is  called the “matrix phase. · An example of “Composites,” (aka Fiber-Reinforced Polymer “FRP”), are made from a polymer matrix (plastic) that is reinforced with an engineered, man-made or natural fiber(like glass, carbon or aramid) or other reinforcing material. · The matrix protects the fibers from environmental and external damage and transfers the load between the fibers. · The fiber in turn, provide strength and stiffness to reinforce the matrix – help it resist c

PICKLEBALL PADDLES THE NEXT GENERATION, Part 3/4 Coach Joe Palmere Jr. © PICKLEBALL PADDLE SURFACE OR FACING MATERIAL Most paddles are made with one of three types of facing: fiberglass (aka composite), graphite and carbon fiber. ü Any one of these facings can be applied to one of the cores mentioned above. ü Fiberglass is the most common facing on the courts. ü Fiberglass is not as strong as graphite or carbon fiber but has more power (pop). ü Graphite is also very common, graphite is strong and provides great ball control but you’ll sacrifice a bit of power. ü Carbon Fiber is similar to graphite but more durable, this material provides the ultimate in ball control and will lose a bit of power. As part of my “futuristic paddle,” I researched a long list of  “ superpolyamides” primarily developed for the aero-space industry, but have found homes in the auto racing, road racing bike industry, canoe, keyak, surf board, snow board, skate board and any oth