{
  "id": "joola-perseus-mod-ta-15",
  "url": "https://pointcast.xyz/paddles/joola-perseus-mod-ta-15",
  "brand": "JOOLA",
  "model": "Perseus Mod TA-15 Pro Player Edition",
  "year": 2024,
  "launch": {
    "date": "2024-08-15",
    "precision": "month",
    "label": "August"
  },
  "lifecycle": "current",
  "listPriceUsd": 279.95,
  "listPriceLabel": "",
  "build": "hybrid",
  "buildLabel": "Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)",
  "thickness": "14 / 16mm",
  "shapes": "Elongated",
  "pro": "Used by several top pros in 2024 per Pickleheads; marketed as a pro-player edition",
  "summary": "JOOLA's workaround after the Gen 3 delisting: a still-approved 2023 mold carrying the Propulsion Core. Pickleball Studio called it 'a gen 3 with white paint'; Pickleheads gave it 5.0 stars and named it one of the best all-court paddles of 2024. It kept JOOLA's pros and top amateurs on approved gear until PBCoR caught up with it in 2025.",
  "construction": "Gen 3 Propulsion Core technology applied to an older prototype mold that had been USAP-approved in Sept 2023 under the static deflection standard; raw carbon face with an 'additive bonding treatment'.",
  "core": {
    "layers": [
      "polypropylene honeycomb core",
      "Propulsion Core foam channel (Gen 3 technology)",
      "raw carbon fiber face"
    ],
    "face": "Raw carbon fiber with additive bonding treatment",
    "edge": "",
    "source": "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/joola-perseus-mod-ta-15-pro-player-paddle-review"
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Perseus Mod TA-15 16mm",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.5,
      "widthIn": 7.5,
      "handleIn": 5.5,
      "thicknessMm": 16,
      "weightOz": "8 oz",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/joola-perseus-mod-ta-15-pro-player-paddle-review"
    },
    {
      "name": "Perseus Mod TA-15 14mm",
      "shape": "elongated",
      "lengthIn": 16.5,
      "widthIn": 7.5,
      "handleIn": 5.5,
      "thicknessMm": 14,
      "weightOz": "",
      "sw": null,
      "tw": null,
      "specSource": "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/joola-perseus-mod-ta-15-pro-player-paddle-review"
    }
  ],
  "status": {
    "usap": "yes",
    "usapSource": null,
    "upaa": "unknown",
    "upaaSource": null,
    "quiet": false,
    "patent": "own-patent",
    "investigation": null,
    "lifecycle": "current"
  },
  "certNote": "Approved Sept 2023 (static deflection). USAP's Dec 27 2024 notice listed it among seven paddles removed from sanctioned play effective July 1 2025 under PBCoR; JOOLA ran a 'Refresh Program' Mar 15–Apr 30 2025 offering 50% off a Perseus Pro IV.",
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2023-09-15",
      "precision": "month",
      "kind": "approval",
      "text": "Mod TA-15 Perseus mold receives USAP approval under the static deflection standard.",
      "source": "https://joola.com/blogs/updates/joola-mod-ta-15-paddle-refresh-program"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024-08-15",
      "precision": "month",
      "kind": "launch",
      "text": "Pickleball Studio (Aug 16 2024): 'After all the fuss over the gen 3 delisting we finally got the new approved Joola Mod TA-15.'",
      "source": "https://pickleballstudio.beehiiv.com/p/joola-mod-ta15-new-gen-15-paddles"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024-12-27",
      "precision": "day",
      "kind": "delist",
      "text": "USAP names it among seven paddles sunset from sanctioned play effective July 1 2025.",
      "source": "https://usapickleball.org/usap-news/equipment-news/paddle-certification-updates/"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-03-15",
      "precision": "day",
      "kind": "price",
      "text": "JOOLA Refresh Program (Mar 15–Apr 30 2025): 50% off Perseus Pro IV for Mod TA-15 owners.",
      "source": "https://joola.com/blogs/updates/joola-mod-ta-15-paddle-refresh-program"
    }
  ],
  "labs": [
    {
      "lab": "Pickleheads",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/joola-perseus-mod-ta-15-pro-player-paddle-review"
    },
    {
      "lab": "Pickleball Studio",
      "kind": "review",
      "url": "https://pickleballstudio.beehiiv.com/p/joola-mod-ta15-new-gen-15-paddles"
    }
  ],
  "colorways": [],
  "madeIn": null,
  "warranty": null,
  "notes": null,
  "productUrl": "https://joola.com/products/joola-perseus-16mm-mod-ta-15-pro-player-edition",
  "sources": [
    "https://pickleballstudio.beehiiv.com/p/joola-mod-ta15-new-gen-15-paddles",
    "https://www.pickleheads.com/pickleball-gear/joola-perseus-mod-ta-15-pro-player-paddle-review",
    "https://joola.com/products/joola-perseus-16mm-mod-ta-15-pro-player-edition",
    "https://joola.com/blogs/updates/joola-mod-ta-15-paddle-refresh-program",
    "https://usapickleball.org/usap-news/equipment-news/paddle-certification-updates/"
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "image": "https://pointcast.xyz/images/og/paddles/joola-perseus-mod-ta-15.png"
}