adidas Metalbone Team 2026 Padel Racket

Padelful's testers found easy power on overheads, a comfortable impact and a generous sweet spot for the shape, and one German review called it more forgiving than a diamond usually is. Another source describes it as an accessible version of Metalbone performance. Those lines fit the build: fibreglass is a softer, less springy face than carbon, so the ball comes off slower and mishits sting less.

That softness is also what you give up. Reviewers say it is less crisp than the carbon builds and less agile in defence, and it asks for cleaner timing than a round racket would. Head-heavy plus fibreglass means a racket that carries through the ball, not one that whips it.

If you are not sure whether a diamond suits you, this is the lowest-priced way in the Metalbone range to find out.

Step up the range and the numbers climb. The Metalbone Carbon puts a 6K carbon face on the same diamond and adds rebound and power. The Metalbone uses a 16K face and scores higher still on power and control. What the Team keeps is a sweet spot that is not far behind, and a feel that is kinder to the arm.

Level labels differ between shops: Tennis Warehouse Europe lists beginner to intermediate, Tennis Nuts lists advanced, and the All For Padel sheet says intermediate. We would call it an improver's racket and not a first one.

Not the same racket in two weights. The Metalbone Team Light is round, not a diamond, with a medium balance and a 345 to 360 g frame. The Team is the one that hits harder; the Light is the one that moves faster and defends more easily. Pick the Light if your first goal is consistency, and the Team if you already finish points and want help doing it.

Defenders, anyone who wants a crisp, fast racket, and anyone coming straight from a round racket without a plan for the extra head weight. A first-time player should start on something rounder; our beginner padel rackets page has the options. The older fibreglass Metalbone 09 is a 2025 diamond with a narrow sweet spot. For children, there was a 2024 Metalbone Youth 3.3.

Fit a racket protector before you play, and tape the frame with adidas' antishock tape if you like. A fresh adidas overgrip pack keeps the head from twisting in your hand, and the padel grips page covers the others.

Try adidas Speed RX balls and read how long a tube lasts on our padel balls page. Add a bag from the padel bags range and padel shoes that grip sand-filled turf.

Browse every attacking frame on the diamond padel rackets page, see where the Team sits on advanced padel rackets when you want to move up, and use the guide to choosing a padel racket if the shapes are new. The full padel racket range is one click away.