Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 620+ reviewed
Reviewed
OCTOBER 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Adidas ADIPOWER PRO Edition CTRL 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 60.4 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 54.7%
- Serve speed z-score
- 0.492
- Punch volley speed
- 38.2 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 28.3%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- -0.304
- Spin
- 2249 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 45.1%
- Spin z-score
- 0.139
- Swing weight
- 118.5
- Swing weight percentile
- 79.8%
- Swing weight z-score
- 0.805
- Twist weight
- 7.25
- Twist weight percentile
- 92.6%
- Twist weight z-score
- 1.533
- Static weight
- 7.99 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 45.2%
- Static weight z-score
- -0.041
- Balance point
- 24.1 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 39.2%
- Balance point z-score
- -0.120
- Surface roughness (Ra)
- 5.56 µm
- Surface roughness (Ra) percentile
- 10.5%
- Surface roughness (Ra) z-score
- -1.116
- Firepower
- 41/100
- Control score
- 80/100
- Power rating
- 3/5
- Control rating
- 5/5
- Spin rating
- 3/5
- Pop rating
- 2/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 4/5
- Matt's star rating
- 3/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.8 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Widebody
- Length
- 16 in
- Width
- 8 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.5 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber
- Core material
- Polypropylene Honeycomb
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 3
- Approval body
- UPA-A
- Punch volley rank
- #359 of 517 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 513 measured paddles across 9 metrics