Okay.
Concept is okay, what I needed was a way to direct the ball, perhaps tilting the paddle with the up and down keys? I wanted to smash the keyboard because I couldn't get the ball out of the corner. I need to be able to actually direct the thing or else I feel like I'm stuck. I played for about 30 minutes before I just gave up entirely. 30 minutes! That's not including the other things I found with problems. Just add the ability to direct the ball that would be great. Just have the paddle tilt to the left and to the right. That would be so fantastic if you did that. AND actually add a challenge factor to it. Like enemies or something that can attack you, something that is actually driving me to play harder. I didn't have that urge I just felt I was doing it to see what would happen next is all.
But seriously. Allow players to tilt the paddle!