Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 620+ reviewed
Reviewed
OCTOBER 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Thrive Fury Elongated 15.5mm Pickleball Paddle Review
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 61 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 92.2%
- Serve speed z-score
- 1.006
- Punch volley speed
- 39.1 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 75.6%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- 0.747
- Spin
- 2272 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 58.0%
- Spin z-score
- 0.393
- Swing weight
- 116
- Swing weight percentile
- 63.9%
- Swing weight z-score
- 0.339
- Twist weight
- 6.13
- Twist weight percentile
- 25.7%
- Twist weight z-score
- -0.627
- Static weight
- 7.9 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 29.3%
- Static weight z-score
- -0.494
- Balance point
- 24.7 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 84.9%
- Balance point z-score
- 0.999
- Surface roughness (Ra)
- 6.07 µm
- Surface roughness (Ra) percentile
- 20.4%
- Surface roughness (Ra) z-score
- -0.783
- Firepower
- 84/100
- Control score
- 33/100
- Power rating
- 5/5
- Control rating
- 2/5
- Spin rating
- 3/5
- Pop rating
- 4/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 2/5
- Feel rating
- 4/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.9 cm
- Core thickness
- 15.5 mm
- Shape
- Elongated
- Length
- 16.375 in
- Width
- 7.5 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.125 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber & Fiberglass
- Core material
- Polypropylene + Foam
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 3
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #89 of 517 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 513 measured paddles across 9 metrics