THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2026 · CURRENT
JOOLA Pro V collection (KineticFrame)
Debuted on tour at PPA Cape Coral, preorders reported from Feb 24, official launch Mar 3. A refinement: more control and consistency, less free power than Pro IV. Pickleball Effect's headline asked whether JOOLA was falling behind the foam field. The Kosmos is JOOLA's first hybrid shape.
- List price
- $299.95
- Launched
- Mar 3 · pro debut Feb 10 week, 2026date known to the day
- Build
- Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)
- Thickness
- 14 / 16mm
- Shapes
- Perseus · Scorpeus · Hyperion · Kosmos (new hybrid) · Agassi · Graf
- Pro
- Ben Johns · Anna Bright · Federico Staksrud · Tyson McGuffin
- Made in
- China
- Warranty
- 12 months, registration required (Pickleball Studio reports up to 3 replacements)
photos and colorways at joola.com ↗ its row on the 2026 calendar
Certification note. Eleven Pro V models hit the UPA-A list the week of Feb 10.
Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.
TIMELINE
- Mar 3, 2026 LAUNCH JOOLA launched the Pro V collection (Perseus, Scorpeus, Hyperion, Agassi, Graf and the new hybrid Kosmos) at joola.com and retailers, $299.95 each. joola.com ↗
- Apr 16, 2026 NEW VARIANT Pickleball Studio's measured review called the Pro V a minimal upgrade over the Pro IV and flagged that Gen 3 core-crush risk remains. pickleballstudio.com ↗
HOW IT IS BUILT
Patent-pending KineticFrame flexing throat on top of the Propulsion Core (polymer honeycomb plus foam). TechFlex, peel-ply carbon face.
- 1patented Propulsion Core: polypropylene honeycomb with carbon and EVA foam elements ('PP Core + CF + EVA Foam')
- 2Hyperfoam Edge Wall foam-injected perimeter
- 3KineticFrame throat geometry (patent-pending) that flexes in parallel and recovers at impact
- Face
- textured carbon fiber (raw / peel-ply texture), TechFlex construction
- Edge
- edge guard over foam-injected Hyperfoam Edge Wall
- Colorways
- Blaze Red (Ben Johns Perseus) · Breeze Blue (Simone Jardim Perseus) · JOOLA Yellow (Anna Bright Scorpeus) · Club Green (Collin Johns Scorpeus) · Surge Green (Staksrud / McGuffin Kosmos) · Bolt Blue (Hyperion) · Royal Blue (Agassi) · Blue/Yellow (Agassi Buckner/Fahey dual-signature) · Seaside Green (Graf)
Construction per joola.com ↗
Pro V is a Gen 3 polymer-honeycomb build, not full foam; KineticFrame is described by JOOLA as patent-pending while Propulsion Core/TechFlex are patented. Pickleball Studio measured Perseus 16mm at 8.04 oz / SW 116 / TW 6.04, slightly below Pickleball Effect's 117 / 6.26. Kosmos is a new hybrid shape for the line.
VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS
| Variant | Shape | Length × width | Handle | Core | Weight | Swingweight | Twistweight | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perseus Pro V 16mm | elongated | 16.5 × 7.5 in | 5.5 in | 16 mm | 8.1 avg oz | 117 | 6.26 | pickleballeffect.com ↗ |
| Perseus Pro V 14mm | elongated | 16.5 × 7.5 in | 5.5 in | 14 mm | 7.9 avg oz | — | — | joola.com ↗ |
| Kosmos Pro V 16mm | hybrid | 16.3 × 7.7 in | 5.25 in | 16 mm | 8.1 avg oz | 114 | 6.53 | pickleballstudio.com ↗ |
| Kosmos Pro V 14mm | hybrid | 16.3 × 7.7 in | 5.25 in | 14 mm | 7.9 avg oz | — | — | joola.com ↗ |
| Scorpeus Pro V 16mm | standard | — | 5.5 in | 16 mm | 8.05 measured oz | 111.72 | 7.03 | pickleballstudio.com ↗ |
| Scorpeus Pro V 14mm | standard | — | 5.5 in | 14 mm | 7.87 measured oz | 111.13 | 6.76 | pickleballstudio.com ↗ |
Swingweight and twistweight are each lab's own measurement of its own sample. Unit-to-unit variance is normal.
MEASURED BY THE LABS
The register does not re-measure paddles or copy a lab's numbers wholesale. Power, pop and spin belong to the people with the radar guns; go read them.
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