Head Evo Extreme Padel Racket 2025

Head's Extreme family is its attacking diamond line: the Team, the Motion that Paula Josemaria plays, and the Pro. The Evo Extreme borrows the name and some of the look, and nothing else. It is a teardrop with an oversized head, built from fibreglass rather than carbon, and its job is to make padel easier for people who are still learning where the ball goes.

That isn't a criticism. A diamond is the wrong racket for most new players, and an entry teardrop wearing Extreme colours is a sensible product. Just don't buy it expecting a cheaper version of the Extreme Pro, because it plays nothing like one.

Put the two Evo sheets next to each other and you will not find a difference. Weight, balance, beam, core, frame, face and Head's own level label all match, line for line. We have looked for measured figures that separate the Head Evo Speed from this one and found none, so the honest advice is to choose the colourway you would rather be seen with.

Padelgids lists the Evo Extreme at 360 g, which can look like a contradiction. It isn't: Head's tolerance is 10 g either way, so a 350 g racket is allowed to arrive anywhere from 340 to 360 g.

Expect comfort before anything else. Soft Foam is, as the name promises, Head's cushioned option, and fibreglass gives a little on contact, so the ball sits on the face long enough for a short, late swing to still clear the net. The oversized head spreads that forgiveness across more of the face.

The balance, 270 mm from the butt, sounds head-heavy, but at this total weight it just gives volleys some free swing without tiring the wrist. Power comes from the trampoline effect rather than from mass. Hit a slow ball and it comes back lively; hit a hard one and the soft face takes some of the sting, and some of the pace, out of it.

Head says this edition is lighter and easier to swing than the Evo rackets before it. We'd add one caution. A smooth fibreglass face won't give you much help with spin, which matters more as you start to slice your bandejas.

For a child coming up behind you, the family has a junior too: the 320 g Extreme Junior, an oversize teardrop for players of 10 and up. When you are ready for a diamond, the jump within the family is bigger than the names suggest. The Extreme Team keeps a fibreglass face but switches to the diamond shape and Power Foam, with a medium-high balance; it is the first Extreme that actually plays like one. To try the shape for less first, the fibreglass Head Cyber is HEAD's entry-price diamond. Above them sit the carbon frames: the light Extreme One, the Extreme Motion on unidirectional carbon and the Extreme Pro at 370 g. Head's other carbon diamond line is Coello, where the 360 g Coello Motion is the one most club attackers end up with and the 370 g Coello Pro 2026 is Arturo Coello's own.

Not every improver should go that way, mind. If you like the teardrop and want more bite, the Speed Team stays in the same shape on livelier Power Foam and 15 g more weight. The diamond padel rackets page explains what changes when the sweet spot moves up the head.

For a sporty starter, yes. If you have played tennis or squash and already swing through the ball, the teardrop rewards that more than a round head would, and the light weight keeps the shoulder fresh through a long Sunday session. Give it a season and the decision about what comes next will make itself.

The factory grip on an entry racket wears quickly. Either wrap a Head Xtreme Soft overgrip on top, which a twelve-pack keeps fresh for months, or replace the base grip with a Head SofTac Traction grip once it is worn through. The padel grip page explains thickness and tack.

Fibreglass rims chip on the glass and the floor, so a strip of tape from the racket protector range is a cheap way to keep the frame tidy. A padel racket cover keeps the foam away from heat in the car boot.

Balls next: a dozen Head Pro+ balls covers several weeks of doubles, and the padel balls guide explains how fast pressure drops once a tube is open. The Head Tour S racket bag takes a racket, shoes and a towel; more on the padel bag page. Shoes with a herringbone-type sole, from the padel shoes range, will stop you sliding on sand-filled turf; the Gel-Resolution X Padel from ASICS is one.

Still comparing? The teardrop padel rackets page covers the shape, the best padel rackets for beginners page covers first rackets, cheap padel rackets covers the budget band and the whole range is under padel rackets. For the reasoning behind all of it, read how to choose a padel racket.