Know what’s happening inside your paddle.
Meet Pulse™, a handheld diagnostic device being developed to make pickleball paddle health visible, measurable, and easier to understand.
Currently in prototype development. Not yet available for sale.
A paddle can look fine and still be changing inside.
Today, players judge a paddle by sight, sound, and feel. A clean face and a familiar pop suggest everything is fine.
But the materials inside a paddle work hard every session. Internal wear and structural change may begin well before anything is obvious from the outside — and by the time it is obvious, the paddle may already play differently than it used to.
Pulse™ is being developed to give players a clearer way to look inside.
An EKG for your paddle.
Pulse™ is being designed to apply a light, controlled tap to the paddle face, capture the acoustic and vibration response that follows, and translate those signals into clear paddle-health information you can actually act on.
- Measure consistentlyA repeatable, controlled tap so each reading is taken the same way, session after session.
- See meaningful changeReadings are designed to be compared over time, so shifts stand out from normal variation.
- Understand the resultSignals are translated into plain-language paddle-health information, not raw engineering data.
Four simple steps.
- 01
Position
Place Pulse against the paddle face at a defined contact point.
- 02
Activate
The device delivers a light, controlled tap — no swing, no guesswork.
- 03
Measure
Acoustic and vibration responses are captured the same way every time.
- 04
Understand
Results are presented as clear paddle-health information you can follow.
Built for everyone who cares how a paddle plays.
Players
Understand when your paddle is changing, instead of guessing from feel alone.
Coaches
Add objective paddle context to conversations about consistency and technique.
Retailers
Support customers with a clearer, more consistent way to talk about paddle condition.
Manufacturers
Explore how paddle construction behaves through the life of a product.
Patent pending. Prototype in motion.
Pulse™ is in active prototype development. As the work progresses, Paddle Vitals will invite players, coaches, retailers, manufacturers, and industry partners to help shape what comes next.
Currently in prototype development. Not yet available for sale.