{"product_id":"starter-set","title":"Starter Set","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the set for two people who have never played and want to start this weekend. One person buys it, two people play. It suits a \u003cstrong\u003ebeginner\u003c\/strong\u003e learning the swing, a family that plays a few times each summer, and anyone who wants to find out whether they like the game before committing to a carbon paddle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it plays\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWood plays honest. The face does not sprin\u003cimg\u003eg the ball back at you, so a soft shot stays soft and a dink drops close to where you aimed it. That is why this is a \u003cstrong\u003econtrol\u003c\/strong\u003e set rather than a power one: it rewards a clean, unhurried swing and teaches you to find the center of the face. Miss the center and you feel it straight away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe core\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no honeycomb core here and no layered composite. These paddles are solid \u003cstrong\u003epoplar wood\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the wood does the work a core does in a composite paddle. We publish no thickness for them: we do not yet have a figure we would stand behind, so the line stays off the page until we measure it ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe face\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hitting surface is \u003cstrong\u003epoplar wood\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is smooth, it is stiff, and it gives a crisp, audible contact that tells you where on the face you struck the ball. There is no grit coating and no fiber weave generating spin for you: what you put on the ball, you put there yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eShape and reach\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach paddle is a \u003cstrong\u003estandard shape\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e14.6 in\u003c\/strong\u003e long and \u003cstrong\u003e7.1 in\u003c\/strong\u003e wide. That is the balanced profile, with enough face to forgive a shot and enough length to reach a ball at the kitchen line. The handle runs \u003cstrong\u003e4.7 in\u003c\/strong\u003e, long enough to get a second hand on the grip if you like a two-handed backhand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWeight and balance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach paddle weighs \u003cstrong\u003e9.9 oz ± 0.4\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is a substantial paddle, and for a beginner that helps rather than hinders: mass steadies the head through contact and keeps a hard drive from twisting the face out of line. We do not publish swing weight or twist weight for this set, because we have not measured them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIn the box\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set contains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 paddles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 outdoor balls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 carry bag\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth paddles are the same, so nobody gets the better one, and the bag holds the whole set together. One thing to pick up on the way out the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCare and lifespan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWood and standing water are not friends. Wipe the faces dry after a damp session, and do not leave the paddles on wet grass or in a car through a rainstorm. Store them in the bag rather than loose in a trunk, where the faces get scraped by everything else in there. Kept dry and kept in the bag, a wood paddle stays flat and true.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seven Foot Line™","offers":[{"title":"color-12","offer_id":55519134187862,"sku":"14:200000195#color-12","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"color 13","offer_id":55519134220630,"sku":"14:200005536#color 13","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"color-11","offer_id":55519134253398,"sku":"14:1254#color-11","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"color 16","offer_id":55519134286166,"sku":"14:100018786#color 16","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"color-18","offer_id":55519134318934,"sku":"14:200006153#color-18","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"color 15","offer_id":55519134351702,"sku":"14:365016#color 15","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"color-17","offer_id":55519134384470,"sku":"14:200006152#color-17","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/2383\/6246\/files\/starter-set-paddles-pink-teal.png?v=1790709396","url":"https:\/\/sevenfootline.com\/products\/starter-set","provider":"Seven Foot Line™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}