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In shortPlayers describe the Head Extreme Motion 2026 as a hard, stiff racket with little trampoline effect, which some welcomed after bouncier rackets.
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A low-intermediate player who loves the touch of their Extreme Pro 2024 but finds it slow on overheads. Tried the new Extreme Motion and found it too hard and still slow.
“Still a bit to heavy/slow for me, mostly on overheads. Everything else feels good. The new extreme motion is to hard and still slow.”
Loves it after the Metalbone CTRL: no trampoline and lighter, though a smaller, less forgiving sweet spot.
“I play with head extreme motion 2026 coming from adidas metalbone ctrl 2024. I love it so far. Both have their cons and pros. No more trampoline. But the extreme has smaller sweet spot and is less forgiving.”
Not soft at all: power foam and a full-carbon face make it one of Head's harder options.
“I have the latter and in my opinion it's not soft at all, it has Head's power foam and full carbon surface so within the Head range there's not a lot of harder options.”
This player bought the Head Extreme Motion 2026 as an alternative to their Technical Viper 2023 and finds it a great racket, but too bouncy for summer and unpredictable on some shots, especially lobs, so they've parked it for now.
“Es una gran pala, no te puedo decir que sea mala xq mentiria, pero con la viper sabes lo que te da en cada punto y situacion, la motion la noto impredecible en algunos puntos”
A month in after a Nox AT10: stiffer with no trampoline, a big improvement for them, and it holds up in defence.
“I wanted something that was stiffer and had no trampoline effect and the extreme motion is a big improvement here.”
Of the 5 reviews with a clear verdict, 60% are positive, 20% mixed and 20% negative. The most common complaint is small sweet spot.
The complaints reviewers mention most: small sweet spot (1 review).
5 are quotes from discussions on Reddit and Other, each linked to the original post. Player reviews are checked for spam before they appear, and only they count toward the star rating; quotes never do.