Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 620+ reviewed
Reviewed
OCTOBER 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Engage Pursuit Alpha Pro 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The 16mm Alpha Pro sits in that interesting middle ground between aggressive Gen 3 speed and something you can trust when the pace picks up. It has that quick, connected rebound you expect from foam-enhanced construction, but without the hollow, harsh feedback that makes a lot of Gen 3 paddles feel like you're fighting them on touch shots.
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 60.5 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 62.2%
- Serve speed z-score
- 0.577
- Punch volley speed
- 38.8 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 49.4%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- 0.397
- Spin
- 2278 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 61.9%
- Spin z-score
- 0.459
- Swing weight
- 111.25
- Swing weight percentile
- 27.5%
- Swing weight z-score
- -0.547
- Twist weight
- 6.1
- Twist weight percentile
- 23.0%
- Twist weight z-score
- -0.685
- Static weight
- 8.1 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 70.7%
- Static weight z-score
- 0.512
- Balance point
- 24 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 32.8%
- Balance point z-score
- -0.307
- Surface roughness (Ra)
- 5.94 µm
- Surface roughness (Ra) percentile
- 16.5%
- Surface roughness (Ra) z-score
- -0.865
- Firepower
- 56/100
- Control score
- 58/100
- Power rating
- 3/5
- Control rating
- 3/5
- Spin rating
- 4/5
- Pop rating
- 3/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 3/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 3/5
- Touch shots rating
- 3/5
- Feel rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 4/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.2 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Elongated
- Length
- 16.375 in
- Width
- 7.5 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.25 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber
- Core material
- Polypropylene + Foam Enhanced
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 3
- Approval body
- USAP & UPA-A
- Punch volley rank
- #228 of 517 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 513 measured paddles across 9 metrics