Pickleball star Zane Ford tried to unleash his frustrations on his paddle after he misplaced a match this week … however as he shortly realized, his tools is hard as hell!!

The match of rage occurred in entrance of followers on the Humana Championship Courtroom for the Carvana PPA Tour … the place Ford went up in opposition to James Ignatowich.

Whereas the 2 athletes had been going forwards and backwards, Ford hit the ball far left of the road … and Ford instantly crashed out by violently slamming his paddle on the court docket.

What’s loopy is the paddle did not break … so Ford used his knee to destroy it as a substitute. Guess what? That did not work both — it solely bent the racket a bit of bit!

Ford — who’s ranked within the high 15 of the APP Males’s Professional Singles — went on Instagram to elucidate his “paddle smash video” … saying he regrets damaging his “lovely ruby.”

“I am sorry for damaging such an exquisite paddle,” Ford mentioned.

“On the finish of the day, I am right here to win. I put my entire life into this, and I wanna be the perfect participant on this planet, so my feelings bought the higher of me that day.”

Ford additionally vowed to do higher along with his on-court reactions.