adidas Arrow Hit Carbon 2026 vs Head Extreme Motion 2025

The verdict

Choose the Arrow Hit Carbon 2026 if you want more control and handling. The Extreme Motion 2025 does nothing clearly better on paper.

Arrow Hit Carbon 2026Highest score
Pick this one for
  • Control+1.0
  • Handling+1.0
Extreme Motion 2025
No clear edge

On paper it does nothing clearly better than the other.

Better buy now: the Arrow Hit Carbon 2026. It plays at least as well on paper and costs € 2.95 less in Netherlands.

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How they play

From the Arrow Hit Carbon 2026 to the Extreme Motion 2025: less control, less handling.

Controlless control5.04.0
Powera bit more power8.08.5
Comforta bit less comfort7.06.5
Handlingless handling4.03.0
Forgivenessa bit more forgiveness3.54.0

Arrow Hit Carbon 2026Extreme Motion 2025Line = the average of all rackets

Where the specs differ

Launched
2026
2025
Weight
360 to 375 g
360 g
Balance
Head-heavy according to the brand, 265 mm
Head-heavy according to the brand
Face
Asc
Fibra De Carbono
Core
Eva Soft Performance
Power Foam
Head size
Not published
495 cm²
Surface
Spin Blade Decal
Rough
Handle
Extra Power Grip
Not published
Frame
Not published
Unidirectional Carbon Fiber
Show all specs (2 the same)
Shape
Diamond
Diamond
Thickness
38 mm
38 mm

Reviews and videos

No review site has tested both yet. Reviews of the Arrow Hit Carbon 2026: 2. Of the Extreme Motion 2025: 0.

Often mentioned in video reviews

Arrow Hit Carbon 20261 video

No point comes back in two or more videos.

Extreme Motion 2025

No summarised videos yet.

Or a third racket in between

adidasMetalbone Carbon 2026

Sits between the two on paper: more forgiveness than the Arrow Hit Carbon 2026, more control than the Extreme Motion 2025.