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Cannon-Tested Spin Durability

What it measures. A ball cannon fires LT Pro 48 balls at 60 MPH and a high-speed camera reads the spin (RPM) off the ball. The paddle then takes 100 impacts at 70 MPH to simulate wear, and the same 10-shot test is repeated. The label on each paddle is the Cannon Spin Retention: the percent change in cannon spin from New to After 100 Impacts.

The four results. These words describe what happened. They are not a ranking.

✓ Holds Spin dropped less than 12%.
▾ Moderate loss Spin dropped from 12% up to 20%.
▾▾ Heavy loss Spin dropped 20% or more.
▴ Measurable gain Spin increased, and the 95% confidence interval sits entirely above zero. Some textures gain spin as they are roughed up with use.

Confidence. Each result also carries a confidence level (high, medium or low) that shows how firmly the paddle sits inside its result. High means the whole 95% interval falls inside one result, medium means it spans two, and low means it spans all three. It describes the measurement, not paddle quality.

Read it carefully.

This is a controlled lab comparison. It does not convert into games, hours or months of play.
Cannon spin is not comparable to spin a human swing produces. That is why the Spin Rating filter above is labeled “Human-Generated.”
Where a model was tested in one shape and carried to its other shapes, the paddle label says which shape was actually tested.
Paddles without a cannon result simply have no label yet. Hover a label to see the exact percentage.

See the full Cannon-Tested Spin Durability list →

Feel Quadrants

A = Stiff + Dense
B = Stiff + Hollow
C = Soft + Dense
D = Soft + Hollow

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