Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 640+ reviewed
Reviewed
JANUARY 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
CRBN 2 Trufoam Genesis Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The TFG2 is the standard-shape answer in the original Genesis line, and the wider face means a more usable sweet spot than the TFG1. Same dense, connected feel that defines the foam line.
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 59.8 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 33.7%
- Serve speed z-score
- -0.038
- Punch volley speed
- 38.7 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 43.6%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- 0.265
- Spin
- 2352 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 92.4%
- Spin z-score
- 1.183
- Spin category
- Very high
- Swing weight
- 114.55
- Swing weight percentile
- 51.7%
- Swing weight z-score
- 0.076
- Twist weight
- 6.9
- Twist weight percentile
- 80.3%
- Twist weight z-score
- 0.868
- Static weight
- 8.36 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 97.8%
- Static weight z-score
- 1.845
- Balance point
- 23.8 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 22.0%
- Balance point z-score
- -0.694
- Firepower
- 39/100
- Control score
- 82/100
- Power rating
- 2/5
- Control rating
- 5/5
- Pop rating
- 3/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 4/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 4/5
- Touch shots rating
- 4/5
- Feel rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.5 cm
- Core thickness
- 14 mm
- Shape
- Widebody
- Length
- 16 in
- Width
- 7.875 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.125 in
- Surface material
- T700 Carbon Fiber
- Core material
- Proprietary Foam Blend
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Cold Layered w/ 100% Foam Core
- Classification
- Gen 4
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #273 of 529 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 525 measured paddles across 9 metrics