In this episode, John and Eddie discuss the latest pickleball news, compare foam-enhanced, "Gen-3" paddles, discuss whether or not Gen-3 is a useful term, and answer some viewer questions.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:17 PPA Las Vegas Recap: crazy women's doubles finals match

3:23 Andrei Daescu switched to Proton Series 3 paddle

4:46 Should I review the Proton Series 4? Testing the durability first

7:59 The Pickleball Science expert was recently featured in Scientific American

11:28 UPA-A releases certification costs for 2025

13:45 Gen-3 Paddle Comparison

18:38 Apes Pulse Series

26:57 PICKLN Alecto 3

29:54 Ace Heart

33:49 Nexus ProStar

36:52 Spartus Olympus

44:20 Our favorite Gen-3 paddles

47:64 Ranking Gen-3 paddles from most powerful to least

52:26 Is “Gen-3” a useful or problematic term?

1:00:52 Deep Dive: building my own exit velocity rig for measuring pop

1:08:42 Kew & A: what exactly are percentiles and how do you use them in the paddle database?