System and Method for Testing a Sports Paddle

A method for testing a sports paddle, comprising:

• (1) providing a testing system for the sports paddle;
• (2) determining a height of a release tube;
• (3) securing a first sports paddle to a testing platform such that a playing surface of the sports paddle is in a horizontal orientation below the release tube;
• (4) securing the release tube to a support stand such that the release tube is in a vertical orientation;
• (5) selecting a first coordinate on the playing surface of the first sports paddle;
• (6) releasing a ball into the release tube such that the ball travels through an upper opening, through the release tube, through a lower opening, and onto the selected coordinate on the playing surface;
• and
• (7) measuring a response of the ball at the selected coordinate in terms of height.

A computer-implemented method of testing a sports paddle, comprising:

• obtaining, by a computing system comprising a computing device and a camera, a photograph of a ball relative to a playing surface of the sports paddle after the ball has struck the playing surface at a first coordinate;
• obtaining, by the computing system, a photograph of the ball relative to the playing surface of the sports paddle after the ball has struck the playing surface at a plurality of additional coordinates;
• determining, by the computing system, a height at which the ball has bounced after striking the playing surface of the sports paddle for each of the first coordinate and the plurality of additional coordinates;
• and
• providing for display, by the computing system via one or more display devices, a three-dimensional plot showing the heights of the ball response relative to the playing surface of the sports paddle.

A computer-implemented method of testing a sports paddle, comprising:

• (a) obtaining, by a computing system comprising a computing device and a speed detection device, a speed of a pickleball prior to hitting a playing surface of a pickleball paddle at a first coordinate;
• (b) obtaining, by the computing system, a speed of the pickleball after striking the surface of the sports paddle at the first coordinate;
• (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) at a second coordinate on the playing surface of the pickleball paddle;
• and
• providing for display, by the computing system via one or more display devices, a plot showing the speed of the ball after striking the playing surface of the pickleball paddle at the first and second coordinates.