FLiK F3 Triple Core Review: The Paddle That Quietly Makes You Miss Less
Hands-On Review • Three Shapes Tested • Roughly 12 Hours of Court Time
I came into this FLiK F3 Triple Core review expecting to talk about foam layers, shape differences, and paddle tech. After roughly twelve hours with the Hybrid, Standard, and Elongated shapes across drilling, warm-ups, open play, and direct shape comparisons, I kept coming back to a much simpler question: did this paddle family help me play cleaner pickleball?
Verdict: The FLiK F3 is a forgiving, control-first all-court paddle family that helps slightly imperfect balls stay playable. It is not the paddle I would hand to someone chasing maximum power, loud feedback, or record-level spin. It is the paddle I would hand to a doubles player who wants to miss less without giving up the ability to attack.
The Hybrid is my safest recommendation for most players. The Standard is the best choice if forgiveness is your top priority. The Elongated is the shape I would hand to players who already create offense and want additional reach and leverage.
Most Forgiving: Standard
Most Offensive: Elongated
Best For: All-Court Doubles
Personality: Control First
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The Fast Read
| Question | Coach Sid Answer |
|---|---|
| What is it? | A plush, muted, control-first all-court foam paddle family offered in Hybrid, Standard, and Elongated shapes. |
| Best overall shape | Hybrid. It gives the cleanest blend of forgiveness, hand speed, reach, reset confidence, and usable offense. |
| Best forgiveness shape | Standard. Start here if you lose too many rallies through small mishits, rushed blocks, or transition errors. |
| Best offensive shape | Elongated. Pick it if you already create offense and want more reach, leverage, and drive pressure. |
| Main strength | It makes more imperfect shots survive. In doubles, that saves more points than one perfect highlight ball. |
| Main tradeoff | You gain forgiveness and trust, but you give up some crisp feedback and raw explosiveness. |
| Who should skip it? | Players who want the hardest-hitting paddle possible, a loud/crisp feel, or a very dead reset paddle. |
Who Should Buy the FLiK F3?
Buy the FLiK F3 if your game improves when the paddle gives you a little margin. If you win through clean doubles, patient offense, blocks, counters, drops, resets, and fewer cheap errors, this paddle family makes sense.
Skip it if your highest priority is maximum power and explosive feedback. The expensive miss here is buying the F3 because you think “all-court” means explosive power with no penalty. That is not the job this paddle is trying to do.
| Buy It If… | Skip It If… |
|---|---|
| You value forgiveness more than raw power. You play mostly doubles. You want help on resets, blocks, drops, and counters. You like a plush, muted feel. You want to swing freely without constantly flirting with the baseline. You want the paddle to make small mistakes less damaging. | You want maximum power above everything else. You rely on crisp acoustic feedback for touch. You want spin to be the defining feature. You prefer an extremely dead reset paddle. You like loud, explosive paddle feedback. You want a paddle that feels sharp and lively immediately. |
FLiK F3 Hybrid vs Standard vs Elongated
The F3 comes in three shapes, and the differences are not just cosmetic. The Hybrid is my safest overall recommendation, the Standard gives you the most forgiveness, and the Elongated gives you the most reach and offensive leverage.
But the shape choice makes more sense after you understand what the F3 does when a point gets messy.
How I Tested the FLiK F3
- Paddles tested: FLiK F3 Hybrid, FLiK F3 Standard, and FLiK F3 Elongated.
- Total testing time: Roughly twelve hours across drilling, warm-ups, and open play.
- Main testing focus: Forgiveness, resets, drops, counters, drives, hand speed, shape differences, and trust under pressure.
- Primary setting: Real doubles play, because that is where forgiveness, blocks, transition decisions, and awkward contacts actually show up.
- Main finding: The F3 does not feel explosive in the hand, but it produces more usable offense than its muted feedback suggests.
I also compared my court notes against several detailed independent reviews to see whether the same patterns kept showing up. The wording changed from reviewer to reviewer, but the paddle’s identity stayed pretty consistent: forgiving, predictable, muted, control-first, and more offensive than the soft feel suggests.
Most Paddle Reviews Answer the Wrong Question
Most paddle reviews answer the easiest question: did the reviewer like the paddle? Interesting, sure. Helpful? Not nearly as much.
The better question is different: will this paddle make me play better than what I am using now? One question measures opinion. The other measures value.
I did not want to give this one the usual two-session handshake and pretend I knew it. I rotated through all three shapes, took court notes, compared those notes against the broader review consensus, and looked for the places where my experience either matched or disagreed with everyone else.
And honestly, comparing my notes against everybody else’s made the paddle harder to dismiss. Too many reviewers were circling the same animal.
I Expected to Write About the Triple Core
I did not. At least not in the way I expected.
When FLiK announced the Triple Core design, I assumed this review would revolve around engineering. Different foam densities. Energy transfer. Marketing diagrams. The usual paddle-nerd buffet.
Instead, after rotating through the Hybrid, Standard, and Elongated, I kept writing the same note in my notebook.
“That ball should have been worse.”
That thought kept coming back throughout my testing. Not because the FLiK F3 produced miracle shots, but because it consistently turned slightly imperfect contact into playable pickleballs. More than any specification or technology claim, that became the paddle’s identity for me.
That sentence became the review. The F3 does not magically fix bad swings. It does not create unbelievable winners from lazy contact. But it does make a lot of slightly imperfect balls less expensive.
Late on a block. Slightly off-center on a reset. Rushed during a kitchen exchange. Those are the balls that normally become free points for the other team.
With the F3, more of those balls stayed alive than I expected. That does not make a flashy highlight reel. It wins pickleball games.
What I’d Tell You on the Bench
The FLiK F3’s best feature is not that it makes perfect shots better. It makes imperfect shots less damaging. For doubles players, that shows up everywhere.
The Part Some Players Won’t Like
The FLiK F3 gives you confidence, forgiveness, and a calmer all-court game. The tradeoff is feel. You do not get the same crisp feedback or explosive punch that some players love in hotter paddles.
| What You Gain | What You Give Up |
|---|---|
| More margin on slightly imperfect contact. | Less sharp, connected feedback in the hand. |
| More confidence on resets, blocks, and awkward defensive balls. | Less of that explosive “rocket off the face” sensation. |
| A larger quality hitting area that keeps more balls playable. | Less crisp feedback telling you exactly where the ball hit the paddle face. |
For the right player, that is a fantastic trade. For the wrong player, the F3 may feel too muted, too polite, or not lively enough right away.
FLiK Did Not Just Make a Softer F1
The easiest mistake is treating the F3 like a softer version of the FLiK F1. That is not how it played for me.
The F1 built its reputation around offense. The F3 feels like a different answer to a different question: how many more quality balls can a player keep in play without feeling underpowered?
You feel that once the point gets ugly. The F3 is not trying to impress you with one spectacular ball. It is trying to quietly improve the next hundred.
What Happens When You Are Late?
The F3 is at its best when contact is rushed, stretched, or slightly off-center. Perfect contact looks good with almost any paddle. Real matches are decided by the awkward ones.
The rushed fourth shot. The stretched volley. The backhand block after your partner leaves too much court. Those were the moments where the F3 separated itself.
More than once I reached for a ball I thought would end the rally. The contact felt soft, almost uneventful, and the ball still climbed over the net with enough depth to keep the point alive.
The Standard made this feel almost routine. The Hybrid was not far behind. The Elongated rewarded cleaner mechanics, but even there, slight mishits felt less punishing than many elongated paddles I have played.
Where the Triple Core Shows Up
The Triple Core design showed up less as one magical center strike and more as a wider useful area around the middle of the face. That is where the F3 earned its keep for me.
I do not think the center of the paddle suddenly became dramatic or special. I think more of the area around the center stayed useful. There is a difference.
You still know when you miss the middle. The paddle does not lie to you. It just does not punish you as harshly. In fast doubles, that little bit of mercy shows up all over the place.
What stood out was not that the center of the paddle felt hotter than everything else. It was how gradually performance changed as contact moved away from the middle. Good paddles reward perfect contact. The F3 seemed more interested in making slightly imperfect contact behave close enough to keep the point alive. Over the course of a doubles match, that can save more rallies than one spectacular winner.
Power That Does Not Constantly Ask for More
If your favorite paddle launches missiles from the baseline, the FLiK F3 is not trying to replace it. This is offense with a seatbelt on.
From the baseline, the face feels plush and almost subdued. Then you look across the net and realize your opponent is backing up. That happened enough times that I stopped judging the paddle only by what I felt in my hand.
The Elongated delivered the most penetrating drives. The Hybrid stayed close enough that I never felt underpowered. The Standard gave up a little offensive leverage in exchange for making almost every swing feel comfortable.
None of them felt weak. None of them felt reckless. That middle ground is where this paddle family makes the most sense.
Third Shot Drops and Transition Resets
This is where I first thought, “Okay, maybe everyone is not feeling the same thing.”
After playing longer, I realized reviewers were not really split. They were describing different stages of the adjustment period.
The F3 sounds soft. It feels soft. Your brain expects a dead response. That is not what happens.
The paddle has noticeable pop. Enough that my first few resets floated deeper than intended.
Once I stopped treating it like an ultra-soft control paddle, everything settled down. Relax the hands. Trust the face. Let the paddle work.
From there, drops became remarkably repeatable. The paddle was not changing. My expectations were.
That small adjustment explains why some players love the reset game right away, while others need a few sessions before they stop arguing with the paddle.
Is the FLiK F3 Good for Resets?
Yes, the FLiK F3 is good for resets, but it may take a short adjustment period. The muted feel can make the paddle seem softer than it actually plays. Once I trusted the face and stopped over-softening my hands, transition resets became one of the paddle’s strongest areas.
Kitchen Exchanges
The first time someone sped the ball up at me with the Hybrid, I expected to absorb pace. Instead, the ball came off my paddle with more energy than the muted feel suggested.
Not explosive. Just clean.
Counters required very little extra effort. The Standard felt especially forgiving during defensive blocks. The Hybrid balanced offense and control so well that I kept reaching for it throughout testing.
The Elongated produced the fastest counters when I found the middle of the face, although it also reminded me that longer paddles naturally trade some maneuverability for leverage. Those differences were not dramatic. They just reflected the personality of each shape.
Spin Is Good. I Don’t Need a Parade.
Modern paddle discussions sometimes get way too obsessed with spin numbers. The FLiK F3 never struck me as a paddle chasing records.
It generated enough topspin for serves, rolls, and passing shots. More importantly, it put the ball where I expected it to go.
If heavy topspin defines your game, you may gravitate toward paddles with a crisper response. If placement defines your game, the F3 gives you plenty to work with.
When the Paddle Finally Made Sense
There was not one magical shot. There was not one unbelievable rally.
The realization came quietly.
Sometime during another ordinary doubles game, I noticed I had stopped trying to help the paddle.
I was not steering blocks. I was not babying resets. I was not swinging harder than necessary.
I was simply choosing targets.
That was the moment the FLiK F3 finally made sense.
It was not asking me to play differently.
It was quietly rewarding me for playing smarter.
Specs That Actually Matter
Specs should support the court story, not replace it. The F3 shape specs help explain why the three versions feel related without playing identical.
| Feature | Elongated | Hybrid | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Length | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16 |
| Width | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8 |
| Static Weight | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Swing Weight | 116.5 | 116 | 114 |
| Twist Weight | 5.85 | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| Balance Point | 245 | 243 | 241 |
All three F3 shapes are also listed as approved. The F3 Hybrid was listed as passing on 11/01/2025, the FLiK F3 Elongated on 12/15/2025, and the FLiK F3 Standard on 12/17/2025.
The specs line up with the court feel. As the paddles get shorter and wider, swing weight drops and twist weight rises. The Standard was the easiest to trust on imperfect contact. The Hybrid offered the best blend. The Elongated gave the most reach and drive help but asked for cleaner contact.
The Confidence Test
The FLiK F3 does not win points for you. It stops you from losing as many of them.
That might sound less exciting than “huge power” or “crazy spin,” but it is much more relevant to most doubles games.
Sometimes you are late. Sometimes your feet are not set. Sometimes your partner leaves you with a ball that belongs in a crime scene photo. Most paddles expose those mistakes. The F3 often softens them.
Confidence isn’t just psychological. It changes decision-making. When you trust that a slightly off-center volley will still behave reasonably, you stop guiding the ball and start committing to your targets.
That is not magic. It is margin. And margin wins a lot of 9-9 points.
Which F3 Shape Would I Actually Hand You?
This is where most reviews lose me.
They spend thousands of words explaining how a paddle plays, then end with a sentence like:
“Choose the shape that fits your game.”
That does not actually help anyone.
After rotating through all three FLiK F3 shapes, I do not think of them as three different paddles.
I think of them as three different players.
Each one solves a slightly different problem.
Choosing correctly has far less to do with your rating than it does with how you naturally build points.
Which F3 Shape Should You Choose?
The best F3 shape depends on the problem you want the paddle to solve. All three share the same forgiving, muted, control-first personality, but they differ in reach, maneuverability, leverage, and forgiveness. Think of them as three versions of the same paddle rather than three completely different paddles.
| If You Want… | Choose This Shape | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum forgiveness | Standard | Widest profile, highest twist weight, and the calmest response on rushed blocks, defensive volleys, and off-center contact. |
| Best all-around performance | Hybrid ⭐ | Nearly the same forgiveness as the Standard with quicker hand speed, more reach, and the best overall balance. |
| Maximum reach and leverage | Elongated | Longest reach and the most penetrating ball, but it rewards cleaner contact and better timing. |
My recommendation is simple: Choose the Standard if your biggest goal is reducing unforced errors. Choose the Hybrid if you want one paddle that does nearly everything well. Choose the Elongated if you already create offense comfortably and want extra reach and leverage.
The Player Who Simply Wants to Miss Less
Buy the Standard.
Every group has this player.
They do not lose because they are underpowered. They lose because one or two unnecessary errors sneak into almost every game.
A blocked volley catches the edge. A rushed reset finds the tape. A transition dink drifts just wide.
Those little mistakes quietly add up.
That is exactly where the Standard earns its place.
Of the three shapes, it produced the largest forgiveness window during my testing. More importantly, it felt like the paddle that demanded the least perfection.
Instead of encouraging me to manufacture offense, it encouraged me to stay in the rally one more shot.
That does not sound exciting.
It wins a surprising number of games.
If you have ever walked off the court thinking:
“I beat myself more than they beat me.”
Start with the Standard.
The Player Who Wants One Paddle for Everything
Buy the Hybrid.
This became my default recommendation almost immediately.
Not because it dominated any single category.
Because it never created a weakness.
The Hybrid felt balanced from the first session. Enough reach to attack. Enough forgiveness to defend. Enough maneuverability to survive fast kitchen exchanges. Enough pop to finish points without constantly flirting with the baseline.
Most players do not need the most power. They do not need the largest sweet spot.
They need the fewest compromises.
That is what the Hybrid delivers.
If someone stopped me after open play and asked:
“Coach, I do not want three paddles. Which one should I buy?”
I would answer before they finished the sentence.
Hybrid.
It is the easiest recommendation in the lineup.
The Player Who Creates Their Own Offense
Buy the Elongated.
Some players do not wait for opportunities.
They manufacture them.
They attack high thirds. They speed up from uncomfortable positions. They look for angles instead of simply extending rallies.
Those players will naturally gravitate toward the Elongated.
The additional leverage showed up most clearly on baseline drives and attacking volleys.
When contact was clean, it produced the most penetrating ball of the three shapes.
But leverage always has a cost.
The same geometry that creates extra reach also asks for cleaner mechanics.
The Elongated remained forgiving compared to many elongated paddles I have tested. It simply was not as forgiving as its two siblings.
If your game already creates offense comfortably, that is a trade worth making.
If you are still searching for consistency, I would steer you elsewhere.
It’s Soft, But It Is Not Dead
The FLiK F3 lives in the control-first all-court category, but it does not feel like a completely dead control paddle.
That is the part I had to adjust to.
Some soft paddles make resets easy but leave you working too hard to finish points. Some power paddles help you attack but punish every small mistake. The F3 sits in that uncomfortable middle, soft enough to defend with but lively enough to create offense when the ball is there.
If you are coming from a very crisp carbon paddle, the F3 may feel quiet at first.
If you are coming from a dead control paddle, the F3 may surprise you with how much energy comes off the face.
If you are coming from a power paddle, the F3 may feel calmer, more predictable, and easier to keep in the court.
Where the F3 Actually Sits
The FLiK F3 is not trying to be the softest control paddle or the most explosive power paddle. It makes the most sense for the player who wants fewer unforced errors without giving up the ability to attack.
Who I’d Put This Paddle In Front Of
The better question is what your current paddle keeps costing you.
The F3 starts making sense if one of these keeps happening to you:
- You hit too many drives long when you swing aggressively.
- Your paddle punishes off-center blocks and counters too harshly.
- Your resets are good when you are balanced but unreliable when you are rushed.
- You like soft paddles but hate feeling underpowered.
- Your current paddle feels too dead around the kitchen.
- You want a paddle that helps you play cleaner doubles without completely removing offense.
If you constantly hit long with powerful paddles, the F3 will probably feel calmer. If your paddle punishes every slight mishit, the F3 will feel noticeably more forgiving. If your current paddle feels too dead around the kitchen, the F3 adds life without becoming reckless.
You probably should not switch if your current paddle already gives you the exact blend of power, touch, spin, and feedback you want. A newer paddle is not automatically an upgrade. Sometimes it is just a new way to blame yourself.
But if your current paddle makes every small mistake feel like a free point for the other team, the F3 deserves a serious look.
Why Everybody Kept Describing the Same Paddle
Before locking in my opinion, I spent time reading and watching as many detailed FLiK F3 reviews as I could find. I expected more disagreement than I found.
Reviewers did not use identical words. Some called it plush. Others called it muted. Some praised the sweet spot. Others focused on forgiveness, consistency, control, or confidence.
But underneath the different wording, they were mostly describing the same paddle: forgiving, predictable, comfortable, control-first, and more offensive than its soft feel initially suggests.
That got my attention. Not hype. Not everybody clapping. Just different players describing the same animal from different corners of the court.
The FLiK F3 has a clear identity. It does not mean every player will love it, but it does mean the paddle behaves consistently enough for people to keep noticing the same traits.
Where Reviewers Split
The disagreements I found were mostly about preference, not confusion about what the paddle does.
Some players loved the muted feel. Others wanted more crisp feedback. Some clicked with the reset game immediately. Others needed a few sessions before they stopped treating the F3 like an ultra-dead control paddle.
Those are not contradictions. That is just different players bringing different hands, habits, and expectations to the same design.
That matched my own adjustment period. Early on, the paddle sometimes returned more energy than my hands expected because the contact felt so quiet. Once I trusted the face, the paddle made more sense.
That is why I like reading multiple reviews instead of treating one person’s paddle take like gospel. Consensus tells me the paddle has a real identity. Preference tells me whether it belongs in your hand.
What I Would Improve in a Future F3
No paddle is perfect. If FLiK asked for my feedback after twelve hours of testing, I would not ask for more power. I would not ask for a rougher face. I would not even ask for a larger sweet spot.
I would ask for slightly clearer tactile feedback.
The muted feel is one of the F3’s strengths. It is also the thing that creates the biggest learning curve. There were moments early in testing where the paddle returned more energy than my hands expected simply because the contact felt so quiet.
Once I adapted, it stopped being an issue. But if a future version kept this same forgiveness and predictability while making contact feel a little more connected, it would shorten the adjustment period for players coming from crisper carbon paddles.
That is a small criticism, which is honestly a compliment. I do not think the F3 needs to become louder, hotter, or more aggressive. I would just like the paddle to tell my hand a little more about what the face already knows.
Who Should Cross the FLiK F3 Off Their List?
The FLiK F3 is easy for me to recommend to the right player, but it is not the right paddle for everyone.
- Power-first players who want the hardest-hitting paddle possible.
- Players who love crisp feedback and rely on a louder, sharper carbon feel to judge touch.
- Spin-first players who want RPM to be the defining feature of the paddle.
- Players who already love their current paddle and have the exact blend of forgiveness, control, power, spin, and feedback they want.
The F3 makes the most sense when your current paddle costs you points through small mistakes. If that is not your problem, this may not be your upgrade.
Pros and Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Large quality hitting area. Excellent forgiveness. Plush, muted feel. Predictable all-court response. Hybrid is easy to recommend. Standard is very forgiving. Elongated gives the most reach and offense. Great for doubles players who value clean points. | Muted feel will not fit everyone. Not a maximum-power paddle. Not a record-level spin paddle. Kitchen pop takes adjustment. Players who want crisp feedback may prefer something else. Elongated asks for cleaner contact than the other two. |
Questions I’d Expect Before You Buy
Yes. The FLiK F3 is worth the money if you value consistency, forgiveness, and all-court play more than maximum power. It repeatedly turned slightly imperfect shots into playable balls, which is more valuable during real doubles than one spectacular winner.
The FLiK F3 is a control-first all-court paddle. It produces more offense than its muted feel suggests, but it is not built to compete with maximum-power paddles. Its strength is giving you forgiveness with enough pop to finish points when the opening appears.
Yes. The FLiK F3 is a strong doubles paddle because it rewards consistency, blocks, counters, resets, and transition play more than maximum power. Its biggest strength is keeping slightly imperfect shots playable, which often matters more in doubles than one perfect highlight ball.
The FLiK F3 Hybrid is the best shape for most players. It gives up very little forgiveness compared to the Standard while offering better reach, hand speed, and all-court versatility. The Standard is best for players who mainly want to miss less, while the Elongated is best for players who naturally create offense.
Most intermediate players should buy the FLiK F3 Hybrid. The Hybrid offers the best balance of forgiveness, reach, maneuverability, reset confidence, and usable offense. If reducing unforced errors is your biggest goal, choose the Standard. If you already create offense comfortably and want extra reach, choose the Elongated.
The FLiK F3 is better described as having a large quality hitting area than one oversized sweet spot. The center of the paddle is still the most rewarding contact point, but performance falls off gradually instead of dropping sharply as contact moves away from the middle.
Yes. The FLiK F3 is a good paddle for beginners and improving intermediate players because its forgiving, control-first design reduces the penalty for slight mishits. The Standard is the best choice for maximum forgiveness, while the Hybrid is the best overall recommendation for most players.
Players who prioritize maximum power, loud feedback, or record-level spin should probably look elsewhere. The FLiK F3 is built for players who value consistency, forgiveness, and all-court doubles play more than raw explosiveness.
Yes. All three FLiK F3 shapes are approved for tournament play. The Hybrid, Standard, and Elongated all appear on the USA Pickleball approved paddle list, making them eligible for sanctioned competition.
Six Months From Now
Six months from now, I will not remember the Triple Core marketing.
I will not remember the foam-density language. I will not remember the launch videos.
I will remember how the paddle made me play.
That is the part that sticks.
The longer I spent with the FLiK F3, the less I thought about the paddle itself.
I stopped wondering whether I had caught the exact center of the face. I stopped trying to manufacture extra power. I stopped steering defensive blocks.
Instead, I started focusing on where I wanted the next ball to land.
That shift is quiet, but it changes how you play points.
The best paddles eventually disappear from your conscious thought. You stop managing them. You simply play.
The FLiK F3 reached that point faster than I expected.
If Someone Took This Paddle Away Tomorrow
Whenever I finish testing a paddle, I ask myself one question.
If I actually left this paddle on a bench, would I actually miss it tomorrow?
Some paddles are easy to test. You learn what they do, take your notes, and move on.
Others earn a permanent place in the rotation.
The FLiK F3 Hybrid belongs in that second group.
Not because it is the most powerful paddle I have tested. Not because it produces the highest spin numbers. Not because it introduces technology nobody has ever seen before.
I would miss it because of how easy it became to trust.
When I reached for a difficult volley, I was not wondering what the paddle was going to do.
I already knew.
When I blocked a hard drive, I was not trying to manipulate the face.
I simply presented the paddle and let it work.
That does not fit neatly on a specification sheet.
You feel it immediately during real matches.
Where I Landed
The FLiK F3 Triple Core knows exactly what lane it belongs in, and that is probably why I trusted it faster than I expected.
It is not the paddle for players chasing maximum power, loud feedback, or a completely dead reset face. It is a paddle for players who want more playable balls, fewer cheap errors, and enough offense to finish when the opening is there.
My buying recommendation: Choose the Hybrid if you want the safest overall shape, the Standard if you want maximum forgiveness, and the Elongated if you want more reach and offensive leverage. Use Flik discount code PICKLETIP for 10% off.
The real compliment is simple: after twelve hours with all three shapes, I stopped thinking about the core technology and started thinking about where I wanted the next ball to go.
That is the good stuff. When the paddle disappears a little and the next ball becomes the whole conversation.
