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Forgiveness 79/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
53
Power
67
Control
85
Spin
79
Forgive
Pickleball Paddles With the Biggest Sweet Spot
Sweet spot size is mostly a width question. A wider face resists twisting on off-centre contact, which is why widebody shapes stay popular despite losing reach.
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Ranked by our forgiveness index — a twist-weight proxy driven mostly by face width, since resistance to twisting scales with the square of the distance from the paddle's long axis.
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Forgiveness 85/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
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Forgiveness 76/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
68
Power
69
Control
89
Spin
76
Forgive
4
Forgiveness 76/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
52
Power
66
Control
85
Spin
76
Forgive
5
Forgiveness 75/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
67
Power
69
Control
89
Spin
75
Forgive
6
Forgiveness 75/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
66
Power
70
Control
89
Spin
75
Forgive
7
Forgiveness 75/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
75
Power
59
Control
89
Spin
75
Forgive
8
Forgiveness 75/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
75
Power
59
Control
89
Spin
75
Forgive
9
Forgiveness 74/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
64
Power
70
Control
89
Spin
74
Forgive
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Forgiveness 74/100 — 8" wide widebody face resists twisting on off-centre hits.
42
Power
76
Control
85
Spin
74
Forgive