Paddles with Holes vs. Paddles without Holes

This question might be a little too pedantic for some but does being paddled with a paddle with holes hurt more than paddle without holes? I attended public schools in Texas where paddling was frequent especially in grade and junior high. I have boys tell it both ways. Fortunately, I survived Texas Public School System without some much as a whack.

Paddles with holes seem to hurt more....especially when the edges of the holes are sharp and not beveled. If you use it more than one good whack in the same spot, the entire stripe is reddened without much evidence of there being holes. If you give only one or two good whacks it kinda looks like hail damage in reverse. Also, if you wet the paddle and then use it, it makes a whole different noise and the spray makes the impact somewhat more dramatic.

Paddles with holes hurt more, less air resistance. My middle school coach had one!!

I have been paddled my Domme on many occasions and I have found that the holes in the paddle do sting more then a flat one. I also make paddles for her and her friends usually using Poplar or Oak wood. When I do make one with holes, I do bevel the holes not to cause damage to the buttocks. To insure that the holes stay smooth, I shellac them. Either way, when you are either over the knee or over a bed, the spanking achieves the same result. VERY RED BUTTOCKS LOL :-)

This question might be a little too pedantic for some but does being paddled with a paddle with holes hurt more than paddle without holes? I attended public schools in Texas where paddling was frequent especially in grade and junior high. I have boys tell it both ways. Fortunately, I survived Texas Public School System without some much as a whack.

You know it's never too late. I have seen paddles with holes hanging in the principals office and I haven't done my own test ( volunteers needed) but I think that it is another urban myth. I'll bet that once that bottom gets red it doesn't make one bit of difference which paddle gets used. They both sting like crazy.

Paddles just hurt period! Ouch!!?

In junior high and high school in the 70s, many teachers had paddles that were just plain wood with no holes. Coaches in those schools were more likely to have a paddle with holes although not every one of them did.

I remember at least one coach in junior high and one in high school that displayed a paddle with holes. One assistant principal in junior high definitely had a paddle with holes and there were rumors that one of the assistant principals in our high school also did. I got paddled enough to know something about getting paddled but have to say that I never got a paddling that didn't hurt and that whether a paddling was really painful depended a lot on what I was wearing or not wearing at the time and how hard the swats were. Some teachers, coaches and principals were just very hard paddlers. More than most anyway. And some of them had that reputation even though I'm sure that some boys exaggerated how hard they were paddled or that what might be a hard paddling for one was just average for another. We dreaded getting paddled by coaches or principals that were known as hard paddlers but that fear didn't keep us out of all the trouble.

In the moment of being paddled, I usually froze and can't say anything scientific about how the average paddling compared in terms of heat or pain. I wasn't a bad kid. I just grew up during the time when everybody thought that a paddling was a quick and effective way to deal with all kinds of misbehavior and that it was better to paddle than not paddle if a teacher, coach or principal had a choice. So holes or no holes, the effect on my butt was about the same. The bigger difference in heat to my seat was whether I was getting paddled bare butt or over jeans. That was the bigger fear factor. To test the difference between holes and no holes paddles would have required us to get paddled twice at school by the same teacher or coach using the same strength of swats but using two different paddles. Fortunately, I just never had that happened in a single day. With few exceptions, once I got paddled at school, that was the end of my mischief for that day as I knew that if my parents found out, I would be spanked again at home.

even though I'm sure that some boys exaggerated how hard they were paddled.

Imagine that, the male of the species exaggerating. I'm shocked!

I remember one boy telling me in junior high that the shop teacher, who was ironically his uncle, padded him so hard that he had a toothache. Of course, what was even worse for the boy is that his uncle lived next door and his dad was told about it and he caught it again.

Sounds like an experiment in the making! But in my experience both as giver and receiver paddles with holes hurt a lot more. I'm not a physics guy, but the reduced air resistance theory makes a lot of sense.

Holes might mean a bit less air resistance but I think that has little to do with the impact. What I think makes the difference is the same paddle shape, holes versus no holes has more to do with close to the same weight. The difference is the amount of surface area of the paddle, with holes means less surface area which means more force being applied in a smaller area. I think at first one will feel the difference as it will sting a bit more, but as the paddling continues, the rear end does get warm and it will just hurt. For some, it is about the endorphin release, for others, it is for other reasons.

Back in my school days, on the occasions when I was paddled, it always seemed to be with paddle with holes. I really don't have anything to compare that to. The theory that I heard was that the holes reduced air friction and allowed the spanker to move their arm faster, resulting in a more painful hit! But I've never tested that theory.

Well yes, @Wolfgirl66, paddles hurt. That's what makes them so delicious!

The paddles with holes weren't all the same, even if I didn't think that the holes made as much difference as maybe other things did. One of our coaches had a paddle with what looked like lots of little holes that somebody had drilled with a regular electric drill. I remember that it looked like it had 3 or 4 rows of small drilled holes with maybe 30 or 40 holes total. It looked scary even if the holes didn't make that much difference. Got paddled with it once and was scared to death when I saw him bring it out but can't claim that that paddle hurt more because of the holes. My butt was roasted either way whenever he gave swats.

Another coach had a wooden paddle with just one big hole in the middle. It also looked weird and scary but I was never paddled with it so can't say what it felt like. Our coaches almost always paddled as hard as they could swing a paddle with one hand so I don't think that any of us felt like we ever got a paddling from any of them that didn't end up with a good butt roasting and near tears. I was much more afraid of a pants or shorts down paddling than I was by the sight of the paddle itself. There was always that moment when I thought, "uh, oh, I'm about to get it" and "shit, how did I not see that coming" especially if I got caught doing something that I should have known was going to get me paddled on the spot. That teenage brain just never quite thought that it was ever going to get caught and I had plenty of company since I usually wasn't the only one getting my butt paddled.

How can something that's not there hurt?? I don't know but holes do! I think you only feel it on the bare skin, the holes allow the air to escape from between paddle and butt. You can clearly hear the difference, no holes the "crack" sound is muffled and less crisp, as is the pain.

The air escaping through the holes is a minor to nonexistent reason for the paddle with holes to hurt more.

The reason the paddle with holes hurts more, especially if the holes are just drilled through and not beveled is because as the paddle hits the buttocks, the wood or whatever the paddle substrate is, compresses the skin of the buttocks but the holes do not offer any compression, so the skin beads up inside the hole and often creates a red ring where the holes are due to the broken capillaries inside the area of the holes.

Paddles with holes accelerate and allow fatigue-free beating. So you can spank a butt faster and better.

Either way, when you are either over the knee, over a bed or over the desk , the spanking achieves the same results ... very, very red cheeks 😄

Someday gone have opinion!

I know this much...they both hurt and can leave a bare bottom very red and sore

The air escaping through the holes is a minor to nonexistent reason for the paddle with holes to hurt more.

The reason the paddle with holes hurts more, especially if the holes are just drilled through and not beveled is because as the paddle hits the buttocks, the wood or whatever the paddle substrate is, compresses the skin of the buttocks but the holes do not offer any compression, so the skin beads up inside the hole and often creates a red ring where the holes are due to the broken capillaries inside the area of the holes.

This is exactly right. I have been spanked by all types of paddles on the bare butt, and non beveled holes have drawn blood. Not at the time of impact, but later on, after sitting and stretching the skin. And I could feel the sharp cutting that you dont usually feel getting paddled.

Beveled holes can cause blisters, which Im not opposed to.

The idea of holes I think was to add a little extra sting through pants. I believe it was made popular by a teacher, after it became unacceptable to spank students on their bare bottoms, as had been done in the past.

I have been paddled with both types of the dreaded paddle. It seems to hurt a bunch more with the paddle with holes as the skin almost seems like it is bruised or almost cut and the holes edge. It was occasionally used in my growing up years if transgression was major. I was basically a good kid but could be adventuresome at times and repeated offenses would bring out the paddle!! Denise

A very famous or infamous, depending on your point of view, paddle in the middle ages was the Truro Terror and it had holes in it.

@Fencer55 I have a heavy rubber paddle (with holes) that was marketed as a Truro Terror. It is nearly unbearable.

@pomi I'm sure that you give your girlfriend or wife reason to use that TT at least weekly.

Here is one that meets the bill that does a good job of warming the bottom and turns bad girls into ladies...

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Looks like a cribbage board .... 15-2, 15-4.,...OUCH 😄

I've made a number of paddles and have also given/received numerous spankings with paddles of both varieties.

I'm not sure I subscribe to any of the various theories on how paddles with holes are more painful than those without. The one thing (noted in earlier postings) is that holes must be chamfered or rounded to avoid a sharp edge. That's just sensible wood craft and also prevents injury.

All that said, I do prefer the 'look' of paddles with holes. To me, they seem more aggressive (even if I don't buy into the arguments of enhanced various airflow, contact area, etc). I also enjoy seeing the pattern a paddle with holes leaves by the initial swat on a pristine bare bottom.

Looks like a cribbage board .... 15-2, 15-4.,...OUCH 😄

During play - bending over the table and grabbing the other side before squeezing your eyes shut and saying "go" when you can't make the play.

I happen to love both the paddles. And as long as i can take the pain I would love somebody to spank my bum with those nice and hard.