I'm not sure if this would be everyone's experience because I think it depends on what you paddle you were playing before, but the transition to this J2 from the Legacy Pro with added weights that I was playing before was pretty remarkable for me. No question I had increased power, spin, and significant differences in my confidence level in blocks, resets, and dinks on defense, and drives with spin and accuracy on offense. Overheads were much more effortless, but I think the main thing I experienced, and without adding weight, was I felt much more confident that the paddle would perform on most every type of shot, even when I was off center on contact.