Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 620+ reviewed
Reviewed
SEPTEMBER 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
RPM Friction Pro Widebody 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The widebody 16mm plays like Scorpeus without the unpredictability: very high spin, very high pop, excellent serve speed, with top-tier twist weight making it the most stable paddle in the family. That soft sweet spot behavior blends into a more laterally stable platform that holds up in hand battles when you're catching balls toward the edges, and resets are straightforward without fighting the paddle.
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Matt's Feel Profile
Soft + Hollowsoft, springy touch with a lively pocket
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 60.8 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 83.3%
- Serve speed z-score
- 0.834
- Punch volley speed
- 39.1 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 75.6%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- 0.747
- Spin
- 2303 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 87.7%
- Spin z-score
- 0.735
- Swing weight
- 112.05
- Swing weight percentile
- 32.6%
- Swing weight z-score
- -0.397
- Twist weight
- 7.35
- Twist weight percentile
- 94.8%
- Twist weight z-score
- 1.726
- Static weight
- 8.03 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 54.4%
- Static weight z-score
- 0.160
- Balance point
- 23.7 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 17.8%
- Balance point z-score
- -0.867
- Firepower
- 79/100
- Control score
- 66/100
- Power rating
- 4/5
- Control rating
- 4/5
- Spin rating
- 5/5
- Pop rating
- 4/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 5/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 4/5
- Touch shots rating
- 4/5
- Feel rating
- 2/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.4 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Widebody
- Length
- 16 in
- Width
- 7.375 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.125 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber
- Core material
- Polypropylene + Foam
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 3
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Feel stiffness
- 76/100
- Feel hollowness
- 75/100
- Feel profile
- Soft + Hollow
- Punch volley rank
- #89 of 517 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 513 measured paddles across 9 metrics