Head Monster Kids Padel Racket 2024

An adult padel racket weighs 345 to 375 g and is 38 mm thick. Give that to a six-year-old and the head drops, the swing turns into a shove, and the fun goes out of it quickly. The Monster Kids takes about 50 to 70 g off, slims the frame to 33 mm, and keeps the weight near the hand with a 255 mm balance, so a small arm can actually swing it.

The face is fibreglass on HEAD's Soft Foam, which gives easy depth from a short swing and doesn't jar young wrists. HEAD adds Innegra in the frame and an Integrated Protector System, a moulded carbon bumper that takes the knocks every junior racket gets from the floor.

Lots of small children hold a padel racket with both hands in their first season, the way they'd hold a cricket bat. It's normal, and the Monster Kids is built for it: HEAD gives it a longer-than-usual grip so two small hands fit without crowding. Once your child is playing one-handed and swinging through the ball, it's time to think about the next racket.

HEAD's junior range climbs in small steps. The 310 g Head Speed Junior is the usual next racket, a teardrop on livelier Power Foam for children who rally properly. After that, the 320 g Head Extreme Junior is aimed at juniors of 10 and over with an oversize head. Our kids padel racket page has a height and age chart and every junior racket we stock, including other first rackets such as the Babolat Alioth Mini.

Children's sessions go better with a ball that doesn't fly: a club ball such as the Head Padel One tube is ideal, and padel balls has more. Court shoes with a herringbone sole stop slips on sandy turf; the Head Kids Revolt Pro 4.0 comes in junior sizes, and padel shoes has the rest.

A soft overgrip from padel grips helps small hands, and a small bag from padel bags keeps it all together. The full range of rackets, adult and junior, is on padel rackets.