18:48 “I got a couple spare” bro has 49 paddles in this vid alone

Brayden's Tungsten Tape- non-toxic and just as effective

Thank you Christian for giving such a detailed explanation on your paddle setup!! I learnt a lot about the setup. Great tournament in San Clemente!! Good to see you back

Great vid! Nice to see how one of the best setup their paddles! All the best during this current tourney

You should get the Pickleball Effect tungsten tape.

Thanks for the in depth breakdown and led tape placement. Helps to understand what placement does and how it affects gameplay

Congratulations on your win ❤❤

Thank you for showing the setup!

lets go, been waiting on this video

Thank you for sharing your paddle setup. 😊

Hey Christian, love the set up vid, thanks for sharing. I’m very surprised that after that much lead it’s only weighing in at 8.5 oz! I swear, similar to ALW, you’d be thinking you’re swinging Thor’s hammer! I mod my TKO-CX that was stock at 7.7 with 12 grams lead, electrical tape over the edge guard, a Hesacore small elongated grip and an over grip and am at 8.5 oz as well!

@TweenerKing

3 күн бұрын

Nice! Yes, the density of the lead you are using can make a big difference.

I smooth out my lead with the side of a Sharpie or other type Pen. Also tape over the lead. Tungsten is 3X as expensive.That must be light lead since it only brings the total weight to 8.5 with how much length you put on. Great to see ya at the Orange County Open this weekend.

Thanks, this is awesome. I am a fan . Hope to win one of your paddle.

Thanks, going to try this on my Shogun. Great paddle but I think it will benefit from some lead tape and an overgrip.

Tennis I used to put lead under the factory grip or take the cap off and put silicon inside the handle. Works for PB also. One time I almost tried cement in the handle.

@adamheath4599

9 күн бұрын

Agreed, I put .6 ounces on the base. Because I use so much wrist, having the counter balance will help me accelerate my head

Thanks for sharing, very interesting 🎉

Great video!

Really would like your tips for someone who played D1 tennis and trying to improve. Suggestions on how to reset dink when pulled out wide on both forehand and backhand sides.

"Not here to sell paddles........directly" that was funny moment. For anyone who hasnt gone to a ppa event, you should. You get to observe the play from close up. Players show amazing speed, talent. Was impressed with C.A.'s attitude & focused approach on/off the court.

@TweenerKing

3 күн бұрын

Agreed! The tourneys are awesome in person

I weigh my paddle to 8.5 oz too! Nice video. I would love to try one of your paddles someday!

Wow that’s dope you’re giving one away each month!

With the Gen3 Joola paddles banned… I decided to go with your 12.7mm paddle. It’s a very good paddle but it’s dead around the top edges. Please have Paddletek fix that. :)

the white Wilson grips are the best

Thanks so much!

@TweenerKing

3 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

@thomasconner1010

3 күн бұрын

@@TweenerKing Christian hope you had a great birthday! I’m curious, any suggestions for consistency on drop shots? Also, what drills do you like to do for reaction time? I know you are busy, just if you have a minute. Thanks

Fingers crossed I win next month!

You should use tungsten tape, it’s non toxic.

@kimleith1378

13 күн бұрын

For 3X the cost.

Lead increases the twistweight of a paddle, thus decreasing how much it twist in your hand when impacted by the ball. Thus, paddle becomes more stable and it opens up the sweetspot.

How do you decrease a paddle's swing weight with lead tape?

can't wait to get mine, but the 12.7 is out of stock on pickleball central and that's where my store credit is :/

DO you ever sell any of your used paddles? I would be interested if you do.

Try using the half a a gram per inch of tungsten weight instead. I personally review a lot of paddles and find that tungsten often yields a better feel off the face as its denser and stiffer leading to a pretty different resonant frequency of the tape vs lead which I think creates a much more tactile satisfying feel.

Gimme that !!

I want the paddle lol

Golf Lead is the best

3:19 FALSE - It's physically impossible to decrease swing weight by adding weight anywhere, ever. You can only lower your balance point, making the paddle feel less head-heavy. 3:40 Every paddle scholar knows adding weight further from the handle increases swing weight which improves power (i.e. "plow-through"),at the cost of reduced hand speed.

I heard sooo many people talk about your paddle. Saw you at the san Clemente tournament. Can’t wait to try it :)

Tungsten is better. It's denser (so you don't need as much) and it's non-toxic.

@danr9659

13 күн бұрын

I prefer Tungsten, but one isn't better than the other assuming you're handling the lead safely. Lead tape absorbs vibrations better than tungsten. Also you have more customization options with lead where you can apply strips on top of each other. Tungsten doesn't sit as well on the paddle and the balance feels off when you try to apply more than one strip on top of another.

Lead widens the sweet spot and reduces vibration. But too much slows your reaction time.

@lucasg4170

13 күн бұрын

Your reaction time stays the same. Your movement speed is what slows.

@LowDinksHijinxPickleball

13 күн бұрын

More specifically it increases the twist weight (proportionally with distance from central axis of rotation, i.e. hotdog-style centerline), which increases the stability due to creating more resistance to twisting when contacting balls off-center. It CAN also make a sweeter sweet spot, but that is a more complex interplay between the paddle shape, construction, and materials and adding weight to the sides may not improve your paddles sweet spot at all. It will always increase it's stability though.

@LowDinksHijinxPickleball

13 күн бұрын

Adding weight further from the base (i.e. on the top of the head) increases swing weight more than twist weight, and that swing weight is what slows down your hand speed. Higher twist weight won't your hand speed as much, relatively speaking. That's why adding weight lower on the paddle and further out to the sides is better, as it maximizes twist weight while keeping swing weight manageable.

Brother can you send me one please? Id love to hit one. Was rooting for you all weekend!

Please use tungsten tape

Only a couple extra paddles

Pick me, pick me! Anyway, nice job as usual. I especially appreciate you noting the toxicity of lead and being careful with that. Most others make no mention of it. Onwards and picklewards!

Christian keeps saying "electrical tape adds an ounce" where he really means tenth of an ounce

@TweenerKing

13 күн бұрын

This comment! My bad 😅

I think you mean .1 oz. Not 1 Oz

I am C.A. and I will never move the rankings because I speed up to BJ's forehand no matter what...

Bro has so many paddles...

$300 paddles and people won’t spend an extra couple bucks for non-toxic tungsten tape lol.

@MaconCoolShit

13 күн бұрын

A couple of inches of lead tape isn’t going to hurt a thing pal.

@JovanniG678

12 күн бұрын

I would think that with the 100 paddles he has behind him that the cost per paddle would be why. Lead is like 20 cents a paddle and tungsten would be $10 per paddle since the smallest roll of tungsten is about $25 and with how much he puts on would be about half the roll. Just wash your hands afterwards and try not to pick your eye boogers when applying the lead tape hahaha, only a joke but really, don’t do it.

@WhitePillMan

12 күн бұрын

@@JovanniG678 he’s sponsored so he wouldn’t pay any of that. And his viewers are rec players who have 1-2 paddles max or 5 if they’re a paddle addict.

@JovanniG678

11 күн бұрын

@@WhitePillMan I use lead but, I understand what your saying. It’s just cheaper and it works the same and I cover it with electrical tape anyways like I did with my tennis racket.

@WhitePillMan

11 күн бұрын

@@therandyevans evidence?

pick me for the next giveaway fr

"Boughten" is an adjective, not a verb :-).

He uses so many paddles. They must not last.

Adding lead to the tip of your paddle doesn't increase spin, it increases swing weight

@kimleith1378

13 күн бұрын

Yep. He went a bit weak on describing the specifics of "where for what"

Worst arts and crafts channel on YT

@TweenerKing

3 күн бұрын

Bummer...