adidas Metalbone 09 vs Head Extreme Team 2025

The verdict

Choose the Extreme Team 2025 if you want more handling. The Metalbone 09 does nothing clearly better on paper.

Metalbone 09
No clear edge

On paper it does nothing clearly better than the other.

Extreme Team 2025Highest score
Pick this one for
  • Handling+1.0

Better buy now: the Extreme Team 2025. It plays at least as well on paper and costs € 14.76 less in Netherlands.

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How they play

From the Metalbone 09 to the Extreme Team 2025: more handling.

Controlabout the same3.03.0
Powera bit less power8.07.5
Comforta bit more comfort7.58.0
Handlingmore handling2.03.0
Forgivenessabout the same4.04.0

Metalbone 09Extreme Team 2025Line = the average of all rackets

Where the specs differ

Shape
Diamond Oversize
Diamond
Weight
360 to 375 g
360 g
Balance
Head-heavy according to the brand
Slightly head-heavy according to the brand
Core
Eva Soft Performance
Power Foam
Thickness
38 mm
Not published
Surface
Spin Blade Decal
Flat
Handle
455 Mm
Not published
Frame
Octagonal structure
Carbon met Auxetic 2.0
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Launched
2025
2025
Face
Fiberglass
Fiberglass

Reviews and videos

No review site has tested both yet. Reviews of the Metalbone 09: 0. Of the Extreme Team 2025: 0.

Or a third racket in between

HeadSpeed One 2025

Better where both are weak: control 6 against 3 and 3, and otherwise close to the two.