Pallap Velocity Star Padel Racket (2026)

Tennis Warehouse Europe calls the Velocity Star the most versatile racket in Pallap's range, and the numbers back the description up. A balance point of 255 to 260mm is neither head-light nor top-heavy. The EVA Fusion 30 foam is a medium-density core, and the teardrop head gives a larger, more forgiving sweet spot than Pallap's diamonds.

In practice that means a racket you don't have to fight. Blocks off a hard smash come back without much drama, a bandeja keeps its shape, and when a loose ball sits up at the net the 15K Alumatrix face (an aluminised carbon weave) has enough snap to put it away. The rough Spindriver 3D texture on the face is there to help slice bite.

Weight depends on who you ask. Tennis Warehouse Europe lists 355 to 360g, iPon Tennis 355 to 365g, and Padelspeed's 2026 roundup 360 to 365g before an overgrip. Expect the upper half of that range once grip tape and a cord are on.

Put the spec sheets side by side and the Velocity Star turns out to share most of its construction with the Evoforce Bright Star: the same 15K Alumatrix face, the same Dual Carbon frame, the same EVA Fusion 30 foam. The Bright Star adds a second PN layer to the core and sits slightly lighter and lower in the balance, so it moves faster in the hand. The Velocity Star is the simpler, slightly weightier take on the same recipe.

Its other twin is a diamond. The Power Star 2026 has an identical 255 to 260mm balance but swaps the teardrop for a diamond head and a Puretouch 28 core, which shifts the sweet spot up and rewards a full overhead swing. If you can't decide between the two, the shape is the whole question.

Inside the Velocity name itself, the 2025 Velocity Elite is the closest older teardrop (EVA 30 core, 12K face), the Velocity Pro is the heavier advanced model, the Velocity Team Light is the lighter way into the family, and the Power Velocity Elite 01 is the head-heavy Power Velocity diamond for players who want the opposite of what this racket does.

iPon Tennis publishes four measured figures for this racket, which is more than most shops bother with: a 26cm balance point, a stiffness reading of 86, a swingweight (they call it inertia) of 142.5 and a twistweight of 17.2. Swingweight is how heavy the racket feels moving through the air rather than sitting on a scale; twistweight is how well it resists turning in your hand when you catch the ball off-centre.

We haven't measured it ourselves, and one shop's numbers without a comparison set only tell you so much. Read them as a sanity check on the brand's "versatile" claim rather than a verdict.

A good fit for an improving player who has started to play competitive league matches and wants something more responsive than a beginner frame without jumping straight to a power diamond. It belongs among our teardrop padel rackets and sits comfortably in the best padel rackets for intermediate players.

Last season's Velocity Star was listed lighter and more even (one retailer gave 350 to 355g and a 250mm balance), so if you're upgrading from the 2025 model, expect the 2026 version to feel a little more head-ward.

Most of a padel racket's knocks land on the top edge, off the glass or the floor, so a frame protector is cheap insurance. Most players put one overgrip from our padel grip range straight on; that's also where those extra few grams come from.

Fresh padel balls matter on a textured face, because a flat ball won't take the spin. Carry it in a padel bag with a thermal compartment, wear proper padel shoes on sand-filled turf, and if you're comparing shapes before buying, our guide on how to choose a padel racket walks through the trade-offs.