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Paddle or player? 5.0 players with wooden pickleball paddles vs. 3.5 players

What happens when 5.0 pickleball players use wooden paddles to play against 3.5 players who are using quality pickleball paddles? Follow Barrett and Danea Bass, rated 5.0+, as they use wooden pickleball paddles from the early days of pickleball paddle technology.

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Barrett & Danea Bass

05/14/2025

What happens when 5.0 pickleball players use wooden paddles to play against 3.5 players who are using quality pickleball paddles? Follow Barrett and Danea Bass, rated 5.0+, as they use wooden pickleball paddles from the early days of pickleball paddle technology.

Wooden pickleball paddles are generally much heavier than current paddles on the market, and the handle is “not long enough… like a ping pong paddle.”

But who will win between 5.0 players playing with wooden pickleball paddles and 3.5 players who are playing with much higher-end pickleball paddles? Watch the video above to find out.

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