Head Radical Team 2026

Head's Radical rackets for 2026 split into carbon and fiberglass. The Radical Team 2026 is on the fiberglass side. Shops list a teardrop shape, a fiberglass face, a foam core and a flat surface. The profile is 38 mm and the balance point 255 mm. The weight is listed at 365 g, and one retailer gives a nominal 360 g, so the listings differ by a few grams.

Fiberglass where the Motion has carbon

Fiberglass flexes more than carbon at impact. The ball stays on the face a moment longer, slow balls get some easy depth, and less vibration reaches your arm. What you give up is some precision on hard, clean hits. The meters read it that way: comfort high, control still high thanks to the shape and the balance, power low.

The Head Radical Motion 2026 is the counterpart listed with a carbon face. It weighs 355 g, has a 260 mm balance and rates comfort and power medium. So the Team is the softer and heavier one, the Motion the firmer and lighter one.

Heavier than the advanced model, yet aimed wider

Here is the odd part. The Team weighs ten grams more than the Motion. Yet shops list it for beginners and intermediates as well as advanced players, while the Motion is listed for advanced players only. Heavier rackets are usually the harder ones to handle.

The balance explains part of it. At 255 mm the weight sits closer to your hand than on any other 2026 Radical with a published balance point. A low balance makes a racket swing lighter than its weight. The profile still rates maneuverability medium, because 365 g is a lot to move at the net.

For a newer player the soft build is the real attraction. It forgives more and hurts less. The weight asks for some strength. If you are light or tire quickly, weigh that before you choose.

The all-round label, and what Head claims

One retailer describes the player profile as all-round. The product page goes further. It aims the racket at the adaptable, patient player who reads the court and changes the tempo, in attack and in defence. That is marketing. The specs support the defensive half more than the attacking half: power rates low.

A retailer lists Graphene Inside and Auxetic 2.0 in the frame. Head's product copy says the frame has no traditional tubing and a drilling pattern that widens the sweet spot and improves tolerance. Those are the brand's words. The profile here rates the sweet spot medium.

Team, Team Light or Speed Team

Two alternatives sit close. The Radical Team Light 2026 switches to a round shape, starts at 340 g and has a 270 mm balance. It is listed for beginners and intermediates and rates higher on sweet spot.

The Head Speed Team 2025 keeps a fiberglass teardrop at 365 g, but with Power Foam and a 265 mm balance. Its profile rates power medium and control medium, where the Radical Team gets low and high. Pick the Radical if control matters more, the Speed Team if you want a little more pace.

Untested so far

There is no court test of the Radical Team 2026 yet, and no video or player discussion either. The head size and the handle are not published. The readings above come from retailer listings, the product page and the profile built from those specs.