The best pickleball training paddles

Alex Lantz
Director of Written Content

Last Edited

Jan 28 2025

Category

Gear

Whether you're a beginner, an experienced player hoping to take your game to the next level or simply looking for a fun challenge, pickleball training paddles are a great tool to help you improve your hand-eye coordination and build muscle memory.

There are several training paddle options that mimic regular paddles with raw carbon fiber hitting surfaces and standard thickness options to offer realistic spin and control while teaching you to hit the center of the paddle on every shot.

Here are a few of our favorites:

ERNE Sweet Stick training paddles

ERNE training paddles
$119.00 at Pickleball Central

These paddles are made with the same high level materials (T700 raw carbon fiber, premium grip, polypropylene core) as your game paddle, just a smaller hitting area so you can work on hitting that sweet spot every time.

The ERNE Sweet Stick also comes in two sizes -- 16mm and 14mm -- so you can train with the same thickness as your game paddle.

Enhance Bullseye trainer paddle

Enhance Bullseye trainer paddle
$59.99 at Pickleball Central

This training paddle from Enhance Pickleball is crafted to mimic the weight and feel of a standard paddle while helping you master precision.

Built with premium T700 carbon fiber and a durable 16mm polymer core, this paddle is engineered to refine your technique by training you to consistently hit the sweet spot for a stronger, more controlled game.

Franklin Sweet Spot training paddle

Franklin Sweet Spot training paddle
$49.99 at Pickleball Central

This practice paddle is 15 inches long by 5.1 inches wide, placing its head exactly where the sweet spot of your favorite paddle is.

And just like many regulation paddles, this training tool features a 16mm thick polymer honeycomb core, T700 carbon fiber face, 7.7 ounce weight and 4.25 inch handle circumference so it feels very much like your usual paddle on contact.

However, because the head is only the size of the sweet spot, over time your hand-eye coordination naturally improves and trains off-center strikes out of your pickleball game.

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