Our Story

Paddle Tap Pickleball was founded by Duane Patchin and Alan Laymon, two fiercely competitive, pickleball obsessed athletes with a shared vision: to build a company rooted in community and driven by performance.

Created with the player in mind, Paddle Tap paddles are engineered through real feedback, refined through real play, and built to perform when it matters most.

After hosting more than 70 tournaments and working alongside 80+ professional players, the Paddle Tap team gained firsthand insight into what today’s players truly want. Through constant feedback, hands-on testing, and extensive demoing across every price point, one thing became clear—the future of pickleball equipment lives at the intersection of power and control.

Backed by experience in business, manufacturing, sales, and professional pickleball coaching, Paddle Tap committed to engineering paddles without compromise. Months of research, refinement, and real-world testing followed, resulting in a lineup crafted with premium materials, optimized shapes, and performance-driven face designs.

The result is the DNA Power Series—where power meets control.