Racket Guide

Vad behöver du tänka på när du köper ett nytt padelracket?

Så väljer du padelrack

När det kommer till padelracketar, tenderar kontroll och fart att vara motstridiga egenskaper. En allmän regel är att ju mer fart ett racket ger, desto svårare blir det att kontrollera. Med ett tyngre racket kan du generera mer kraft och hastighet, men detta kan komma på bekostnad av kontrollen över bollen och spelet.

Ett lättare racket ger bättre kontroll men kanske mindre kraft. Det är viktigt att hitta en balans som passar just dig, med hänsyn till din erfarenhetsnivå, styrka och spelstil. Att välja det rätta padelracket handlar om att hitta den optimala kombinationen för att förbättra din spelupplevelse på banan.

Det är inte lätt att hitta rätt bland alla modeller av padelracketar. Därför har vi på RS Padel tagit fram några riktlinjer som kan underlätta ditt letande där vi går igenom begrepp och skillnader mellan olika padelracketar. Ditt padelracket ska göra att du känner dig trygg på padelbanan och stärka ditt spel.

Balance point

A padel racket can have a high, medium or low balance and it has to do with where the weight is distributed on the racket. A padel racket with low balance means that the weight sits further down against the grip, which leads to it being easier to maneuver on the padel court, but it also means that you get less help from the racket during offensive and harder strokes. A racket where the balance point is low is most often a round racket.

A padel racket with high balance is the exact opposite of a racket with low balance. A racket with a high balance means that the weight is distributed higher up on the hitting surface, which makes such a racket more front-heavy and harder to handle on the court, but the advantage of a racket where the balance point is high is that it generates more speed and weight in the shots. A racket where the balance point is high is usually a diamond-shaped racket.

A padel racket with medium balance means that the weight is distributed in the middle of the racket. This results in it generating more speed in the shots compared to when the balance point is low, but not as much speed as a racket where the balance point is high. It also makes the racket easier to handle on the padel court compared to when the balance point is high up, but not as easy as when the balance point is low. It is therefore a middle ground between high and low balance. A racket where the balance point is in the middle is usually a tear-shaped racket.

Sweetspot

Sweetspot is a commonly used term in padel that maybe not everyone knows what it is, so we feel we want to describe what it actually is. The sweetspot on a padel racket is the area on the hitting surface where it is optimal to hit the ball, because it is where the most power and control is generated in the strokes. Where the sweetspot sits on a padel racket usually depends on the type of shape the racket has, i.e. whether it is a round, diamond or drop-shaped racket. In general, round padel rackets have the largest sweetspot, which means that it is usually the easiest to play, while a tear-shaped racket has a sweetspot that sits neutrally on the hitting surface but is slightly narrower than the round one, which makes it somewhat more difficult to hit the sweetspot, and Finally, with diamond-shaped rackets, the sweetspot is higher up on the hitting surface and it usually has the smallest sweetspot, which makes it the most difficult racket to play.