Baseball’s handle technology, brought to pickleball. A paddle with a distinct advantage.
A paddle with a distinct advantage.
After two months of early-morning, one-on-one pickleball matches during the COVID lockdown, a lightbulb went off for ProXR Pickleball founders Ron Saslow and his son Joe. What if they took the handle technology sweeping baseball and brought it to pickleball?
Unofficially founded that afternoon and refined over the following year, ProXR Pickleball officially launched in October 2021. It quickly became synonymous with innovation and disruptive technology in the pickleball community.
In January 2026, ProXR Pickleball joined forces with Paddletek, bringing together two brands built on performance, innovation, and a drive to push the game forward. The merger combined ProXR’s patented handle technology and forward-thinking approach with Paddletek’s decades of paddle engineering and manufacturing expertise—creating a stronger platform for developing the next generation of high-performance pickleball equipment.
