Are Pickleball Paddles Like Tennis Racquets?

Conventional knowledge suggests that pickleball paddles behave like tennis racquets, which have strings that are supported by a rigid outer “frame”.  When striking the ball, the strings stretch and deform like a trampoline, thereby storing the kinetic energy of the ball in the form of potential energy in the strings.  At maximum deformation, the potential […]

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