What is the difference between the Head Speed Team and the Speed Motion 2025?

The Motion is about 10g lighter, drier and more reactive. The Team is softer, more forgiving and clearly better in defence.

Does the Head Speed Team 2025 have a rough surface?

No. The face is smooth fiberglass, so spin on cut shots and víboras has to come from your wrist, not from the racket.

How much does the Head Speed Team 2025 weigh?

365g give or take 10g, with a medium balance around 265mm. It is the easiest racket in the 2025 Speed line to move.

What changed on the Head Speed Team for 2025?

It replaces the Speed Elite. The drilling is wider for a bigger sweet spot, and Auxetic 2.0 arrives at this price point.

Is the Head Speed Team 2025 a power racket?

No. It gives easy depth at medium pace, but the ball floats long when you swing hard. Pick the Speed Pro for power.

How much does the Head Speed Team 2025 cost?

List price is around €200, but it is widely sold between €140 and €160, which makes it good value in the Speed range.

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Conclusion

Head's most forgiving Speed racket: the wide sweet spot and easy ball output keep balls deep without a full swing, which is why reviewers rated it best of the range in defence. Ideal for intermediates who play at a rhythm, wrong for anyone chasing flat power or spin off a smooth face.

Power7.2/10

Control7.9/10

Defense8.8/10

Offense7.2/10

Maneuverability8.7/10

Padel Racket Review - Head Speed Team 2025

Name: Head Speed Team 2025
Brand: Head

Head · 2025

Reviewed & Researched by Lars Kloezeman

Tactical right-side player who builds points and reads the game

Tactical right side player who is not afraid of using every trick in the book to "disturb the rhytm" of the opponent.

The Speed Team is the entry point to Head's 2025 Speed range, taking over from the Speed Elite. It is the only one of the five Speed rackets built with a full fiberglass face, and that decision shapes everything about it: a soft contact, a lot of free ball output, and very little punishment when you catch it off centre.

The real change this year is the hole pattern. Head spread the drilling wider across the top of the frame, and reviewers noticed it immediately, the usable middle feels bigger than it did on the Elite. Auxetic 2.0 also reaches this price for the first time, having lived on the Extreme line until now, and it puts some backbone into what would otherwise be a very soft racket. Add the lowest balance point of the five and you get the easiest racket to move in the series. List price sits around €200, though it is widely sold nearer €150.

What the Reviewers Say

What the reviewers say

For a racket at this price the consensus is unusually clean. Everyone likes it, and everyone likes it for the same reasons.

Probando Palas framed it as the natural successor to the Speed Elite and put the improvement down to the drilling: "the sweet spot feels wider than on the previous model, mainly because the hole pattern has changed, there are more holes and they are spread out more". He rates it as a comfort racket for players starting out or sitting at a middling level, strongest at low and medium tempo.

Zona de Pádel went further and called it the surprise of Head's 2025 collection. After testing all five back to back, their tester said: "it moves very well, the feel is excellent, it is very reactive and it does not hold the ball in the face at all". Of the whole range it was the only one he did not fight to manoeuvre, and the one he would keep himself.

the4Set measured the five against each other and arrived at the same place from a different direction: "the Team is the most forgiving racket here, with the most ball output and the lowest balance of the five". He rated it the best of the Speed rackets in defence.

Where they part company is at the net and at speed. the4Set found it "too soft" for firm volleying and preferred the stiffer Motion there, and although he hit his fastest víbora of the whole test with the Team, he lost control doing it, precisely because the ball leaves so readily. Probando Palas ran into the same wall from the back of the court: at high pace the ball starts to float and the racket stops giving you much. Both also flag the smooth face. There is no rough coating, so spin has to come from your wrist and not from the racket.

How it plays..

Our take: Lars's summary

This is a rally racket. The big sweet spot and the easy ball output make depth almost free, and the low balance point helps you put a glass ball back late without forcing the frame. The bill arrives the moment you want to change tempo: the smooth face gives you little grip on a cut ball, and a hard víbora stays difficult to keep low. Right-side players who build points will get more out of it than players looking to finish early.

Defense

Its strongest zone, and the one every reviewer agreed on. The low balance point and the 365 grams make it easy to get the head behind a fast ball, and the fiberglass face returns plenty without a full swing, so lobs land deep even when you are late to the corner. Contacts outside the middle stay playable thanks to the wider drilling, and balls off the back glass come out cleanly instead of dying in the face.

Attack

Honest and limited. The topspin smash works well because the racket is easy to accelerate and the sweet spot forgives a slightly early contact. Flat finishing power is not there. Once the ball is travelling fast, the soft face stops helping and the ball floats long. Probando Palas was blunt about it: at high tempo you will not get power-racket performance out of it. Treat the smash as a way to keep pressure on, not to end the point.

Netplay

Mixed. Volleys are comfortable and the racket is quick back into position, which helps on blocks and low volleys. There is not much weight behind the ball when you want to punch one away, though, and the4Set found it simply too soft for firm volleying. The bandeja goes easily and deep, again because of the ball output. The víbora is the odd one out: it generates real speed, but the smooth face gives you no grip on the ball, so keeping it low takes wrist work and a clean contact.

Our Advice for New Players

A good fit. It is forgiving, comfortable and light enough to swing through properly, and it does not force a violent swing on you. Zona de Pádel called it the most versatile racket in the whole Speed line for exactly that reason. The only caution is price: €150 and up is a lot for a first season, and the cheaper Head Attitude or Lynx cover the same ground.

Our Advice for Intermediate Players

This is where the racket belongs. If you play three or four times a week, mostly at a rhythm rather than flat out, the combination of a big middle and free depth pays for itself in consistency. Both Spanish channels put this level first. Note that Head itself markets the Speed Team as a racket for advanced players. The reviewers who actually played it disagree, and so do we.

Competitive level

Not the right tool if you compete. The ceiling is the problem: at high pace the racket adds nothing more, the ball floats, and the smooth face limits what you can do with spin. Advanced players who want the Speed feel are better off with the Motion or the Pro. The exception is as a second racket for long training blocks, or for a player coming back from arm trouble, where the comfort genuinely helps.

How It Compares

How it compares

The Head Speed Motion 2025 is the step up for anyone who finds the Team too soft. It is around 10 grams lighter, drier and more reactive on contact, and it responds better when you accelerate. That is exactly why the4Set preferred the Motion at the net. Pick the Motion if you already generate your own pace and want the racket to stay out of the way.

The Head Speed Pro 2025 is the full power version: heavier, stiffer and clearly more demanding. Reviewers rated it the best of the range on perfect contact and the weakest on late defensive balls. Pick the Pro if you compete and have the technique and the arm to keep moving it for a whole match. Pick the Team if you want the comfort of the Speed line without paying for a ceiling you will not reach.

Research & References

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Drafted by Padelguru from expert video reviews and the manufacturer's published specifications, with Lars Kloezeman's playing profile as an editorial lens, then reviewed and edited by Lars Kloezeman. Nobody at Padelguru has played this racket over an extended period, so nothing here is presented as a first-hand play test.