Our Experience With the Head Liquidmetal Radical
Posted on August 14, 2009
Filed Under Tennis
This racquet has been around for several years now, but the Head Liquidmetal Radical remains a competitive racquet for intermediate and advanced players, and one version is actually used by the pros.
Those familiar with previous Radicals will notice this racquet is a little heavier than in the past. This is a welcomed change for us because the ground strokes feel a lot more comfortable. Actually, everything off the ground felt very comfortable with the Head Liquidmetal Radical. The feel on slices, top spins and volleys were all great and felt crisp with tons of control.
Serving with the Head Liquidmetal Radical was fairly comfortable as well. The Midplus doesn’t have the most power out of all the similar racquets out there, but rather gives you solid control and a decent amount of spin. A nice sweet spot on the racquet allowed us to attack on the return of serve without a lot of fear of the ball taking off on us.
Perhaps our favorite element of the racquet was the effect that it had on our ground strokes, as the control and spin the mid-plus allowed us to put on the ball was really one of the best we’ve ever experienced when testing a racquet. No wonder it’s such a popular seller!
As a bonus, anyone looking for some extra comfort will be happy to know that the over-sized model gives an additional nine square inches. The larger sweet spot makes it all the more easy to hit steady shots.
While most experienced players will generally frown upon an over-sized racquet, we had no qualms with it here. The control that’s usually sacrificed with an over-sized racquet didn’t seem to be much of an issue this time around.
Serving was great with the over-sized model too. The power was excellent and the control too, but it was somewhat harder to put spin on the ball when serving.
The only drawback we noticed while trying this Over-sized Liquidmetal Radical was it didn’t quite generate as much spin as we wanted. This is obviously not a problem if you tend to not hit with a ton of spin, but just don’t expect to slice and top spin your way to victory with this racquet.
More advanced players would probably prefer the mid-plus to the over-sized, but both of these models proved to be excellent racquets, and the rest of the tennis world seems to agree.
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