Head Coello Pro 2026 Padel Racket

Head's 2026 sheet reads like a shopping list for power. A diamond head, 370 g, the balance 272 mm up from the butt, a full carbon frame and a Carbon Hybrid HS face, which is carbon woven with fibreglass at a higher carbon ratio than Head's cheaper faces. The core is Power Foam, reworked for this season into what Head calls a more reactive red foam.

Then the details. Auxetic 2.0 sits in the yoke and the bar inside the grip, there for feel. Extreme Spin is a rough 3D finish over the face. Power Stabilizer is Head's name for the construction behind the stability at the net, and the Soft Butt Cap + lets you swap the wrist cord without losing the soft cap.

Padelful scores the 2026 Coello Pro at 9.9 for power and 9.9 for control, which is about as high as its scale goes, and files the touch as hard. That combination is the point of the racket. A firm carbon diamond with this much weight in the head sends a well-struck smash through the court and puts a bandeja exactly where you aimed it.

The weaker scores tell you who it punishes. Manoeuvrability is 7.9 and rebound 7.4, so the Pro is slower to bring back into position than the 360 g Head diamonds, and it gives you little free pace on soft shots: you have to supply the swing. The sweet spot, 8.1, is decent for a diamond and small next to a round racket.

Put plainly, it rewards a long, fast, clean swing and asks a lot of a tired arm in the third set.

They are close to the same racket. Padelful lists both at 370 g with a hard touch, Power Foam, a carbon face and a full carbon frame, and the scores move by a tenth here and there: power 9.9 against 10.0, sweet spot 8.1 against 8.0. Padelful's own summary is that the 2026 has a slightly more placement-oriented feel and the 2025 is a touch punchier.

So the Coello Pro 2025 is a sensible buy if the price is right and you don't mind last season's colours. If you want the reworked foam and the swappable cord, take the 2026.

Inside Head's range the obvious comparison is the Coello Motion, the same face, core and frame at 360 g with its balance 4 mm lower. It scores lower for power on Padelful and much higher for manoeuvrability, which for most club attackers is the better trade. The Extreme Pro matches the Pro's 370 g but sits 2 mm lower in balance on a Hybrid Woven face, and the lighter Extreme Motion 2026 is the Extreme family's answer to the Coello Motion.

If you want the same weight in a teardrop, Head's Speed Pro 2025 is 370 g at 270 mm on Power Foam. Across brands, the closest equivalent we stock is Bullpadel's Vertex 05 27, Juan Tello's diamond: a 365 to 375 g band and a measured balance of 263 mm on the 05 mould, so lower than the Coello Pro's published figure, with a 12K face over MultiEVA.

Only if you are genuinely advanced. That means you play several times a week, you hit a flat smash that wins points outright, and you are not still working on your volley. Head labels it advanced and nothing else, which is unusual and honest. If that isn't you yet, the advanced padel rackets page explains what to look for on the way up.

A diamond this heavy hits the glass hard when it does hit it. Head ships an Anti-Shock film on the frame; add a strip of Head Antishock Skin or another tape from the racket protector range to the top of the head and replace it as it wears. A fresh overgrip from a Head Prime Tour 30 roll keeps the handle tacky; the padel grips page explains thickness.

Balls: a Head Pro S+ bipack gives you two fresh tubes, and the padel balls guide covers pressure. The Head Coello Pro X backpack matches the racket and holds the kit, and the 60-litre Coello duffle with its own shoe compartment takes up to six rackets for tournament days; more on the padel bag page. Heavy rackets mean heavy pushes off the back foot, so a stable shoe such as the Gel-Resolution X from ASICS from the padel shoes range is worth the money.

Weighing up the shape? The diamond padel rackets page lines up the alternatives, carbon padel rackets covers faces, and every model is under padel rackets. Our guide to choosing a padel racket explains weight and balance from the start.