OneShot Brings Together Value and Quality in Expanding Paddle Line

OneShot Pickleball is owned by two pickleball-obsessed families and has all the positive hallmarks of a smaller business: great customer care, passion for the sport and attention to quality. But they combine these attributes with a strong system for QA and a focus on making products accessible to players of all strokes.

Coming from tennis backgrounds and dedicated to welcoming a broad spectrum of players to pickleball, OneShot is an impressive, growing company that's just released their line's first graphite paddle (the ProShot) and offers the only youth-centered paddle using high quality materials (the JuniorShot).

Owners Oscar and John were able to take some time with us to provide more background on their company and we're excited to share:

Why did you decide to enter the pickleball industry?

Our families met playing pickleball at Greenlake in Seattle almost 2 years ago. Oscar and John hit it off immediately with their style of play resembling tennis players. The families met soon after and it's been non-stop fun playing and growing a business together with something all of us were passionate about. We thought it shouldn't take a small fortune to buy multiple paddles for the game we loved. So we decided to create a paddle that was affordable for all styles of play and for all skill levels from beginners to pro players.

JuniorShot

How did you come up with your paddles' designs? 

We were all interested in finding a paddle that resembled a tennis racquet due to our backgrounds and the familiar shape and feel. There were one or two we thought came close, but we also wondered, 'Why not create one ourselves?' So we developed a paddle that could benefit both tennis and pickleball players. We engineered a paddle with a slightly longer handle and elongated face to resemble what we thought a tennis racquet would look like in a pickleball paddle form.

What makes your paddles unique?

We use fiberglass faces and polymer core materials that are similar to our competitors, but we believed these should also be affordable for our customers. Performance-wise, we would say it's the same or better than other paddles. We use a slightly heavier core but made it balanced through the middle, so while playing it feels light but also has enough weight to really power through a solid drive, volley or punishing groundstroke.

UltimateShot

What should players expect when it comes to the feel of your products?

Overall, our paddles are known for having a solid 'pop' and large sweet spots. We have various models that combine power and control to find the right balance for each player's game. Our face roughness is also a huge factor that we developed to make sure we had the maximum roughness allowed by the USAPA. Our solid grip will provide each player better blocks, turning those into winning volleys and finesse shots dink after dink?.

ProShot

Are there currently any pro players using your paddles?

We have who we believe are two young, up-and-coming pros in Michelle Lui and Lukas Crippen. Given more time to play at a higher level we believe these two will excel. Michelle likes the Powershot because she can rip her 2-handed backhand and Lukas likes the Ultimateshot for the soft feel of the finesse game, but if you give him an overhead, watch out!

Anything else you’d like to add to share?

We believe that the growth of the sport comes from our youth. Therefore, we designed the first playable paddles for kids in the market: the Juniorshot. We offer 2 options for this paddle 1) The U8; suggested for ages 2-7 years old and 2) The U12 (USAPA Approved); suggested for ages 7-11.

Last but not least, we are launching our first graphite paddle, the 'Proshot.' We believe from the response we have received from our team that this is the paddle of choice for a lot of players. It is so well balanced and powered that in the right hands we believe will bring your game to the next level.