Adidas Metalbone Team 3.4 2025 Edición Limitada Negro

Technologies

Pros

• ✓Ball exit is where this racket shines: the Soft Performance EVA core keeps pace on high balls even when your setup isn't perfect, which is rare for a 38mm diamond The Spin Blade 3D and the 3D-textured face really bite on viboras and cut bandejas, giving the ball lateral kick and a low bounce off the back wall Octagonal Structure paired with Low Poly stiffens both frame and core, and that shows up as a crisp, dry smash por 3 with no energy loss on impact The Extra Power Grip adds inertia at the end of the swing, handy for flat smashes and window smashes when you want a clean winner A surprisingly forgiving sweet spot for a top-shelf diamond: high defining volleys land more often than you'd expect

Cons

• ✗The head-heavy balance and the 375g top-end weight cost you in defence: get caught late off the back wall and the racket won't turn in time, so you send back short lobs

The Adidas Metalbone Team 3.4 2025 Edición Limitada Negro targets advanced players with consolidated technique who want more performance without yet moving to a pure competition racket. Its diamond shape moves the sweet spot to the top of the face, giving more leverage and power at the cost of some tolerance. The high balance adds weight to the swing and pushes the racket toward an offensive profile. Its 360-375g weight range places it in the medium-weight group, the most common among amateur players.

adidas Metalbone Team 3.4 2025 Limited Edition Black: the diamond racket built for ball speed

The adidas Metalbone Team 3.4 2025 Limited Edition Black is a head-heavy diamond racket with a 38mm profile and a 485cm² hitting area, featuring a rough 3D fibreglass face and a Soft Performance EVA core in the 360-375g range. Octagonal Structure and Low Poly are the two pieces that define its character: frame stiffness built for attack.

This is the all-black colourway of the Metalbone Team 3.4, part of the brand's Metalbone 2025 lineup.

What sets the Metalbone Team 3.4 apart from a classic diamond racket?

A head-heavy 38mm diamond racket usually makes you pay for ball exit — you need real arm speed to get the ball moving. This padel racket breaks that pattern.

The Soft Performance EVA core sits at medium hardness, not the rock-hard rubber found in many attacking diamonds. That, combined with a fibreglass face — more elastic than a carbon weave — sends the ball back with its own pop even when your technique isn't spot on.

The result is a racket that fires. Rally shots that would fall short off another diamond reach the back of the court with ease here.

Octagonal Structure and Low Poly: stiffness exactly where you need it

Octagonal Structure works on the frame's geometry, while Low Poly reinforces both core and frame to boost overall stiffness. It's a combo built for attacking play.

What does that mean on court? On a smash por 3, the energy doesn't get lost flexing the frame. Contact is dry and crisp, the ball comes out flat and fast, and you don't get that spongy feel that ruins smashes on softer rackets.

The Extra Power Grip adds inertia at the tail end of the swing. On flat smashes and window smashes, that extra effective mass turns into balls your opponent can't get back.

Spec sheet

The spin factor: Spin Blade 3D and a face that really bites

The 3D-textured face isn't just for looks. Spin Blade 3D is built to maximise spin and widen your shot variety, and on court that translates into two concrete things.

First: the vibora comes off with pronounced lateral kick and skids away from the side wall instead of dying on the glass.

Second: the cut bandeja grips enough that you can play it flatter and faster without worrying it'll sail long. This racket lets you switch between a safe bandeja and an aggressive one without changing your mental grip.

Smart Holes Curve rounds out the package by reworking the hole layout across the face.

What level of player is this adidas racket built for?

Advanced, no question. The head-heavy balance and 38mm profile demand early preparation on every defensive shot.

Off the back wall, if you're a touch late, the racket won't swing itself through — you have to muscle it. Players below that level will notice two clear symptoms: short lobs that gift the point, and blocked volleys that sail long.

Control is the honest trade-off for all that power. When the ball comes fast at your feet, adjusting depth means opening the face more than feels comfortable. This isn't a racket for painting lines at the net.

Ideal player profile and doubles partner

1. **An attacking backhand player.** Someone who lives for the bandeja and the vibora and wants to close out points in two or three shots.
2. **A trained arm.** The 360-375g range, head-heavy balance and stiff frame load up the shoulder and elbow; without a solid physical base, matches get long fast.
3. **A complementary partner.** Works best alongside someone playing a control racket who can hold down the defensive phase while this one goes for the kill.

The sweet spot, while not as wide as a round-shaped racket's, is more generous than the shape suggests. It forgives slightly off-centre high volleys, though low balls off the strings come back noticeably less crisp.

Verdict: power with easy ball exit, at the cost of precision

The Metalbone Team 3.4 2025 in black solves the classic diamond racket problem — struggling to get the ball moving — with a medium-density core and a fibreglass face that add pace of their own. That's its real selling point.

What it gives you in ball exit and spin, it takes back in precision and defensive handling. If your game is built on tight volleys and pinpoint lobs, this racket will frustrate you.

But if you're all about crashing the net and going for the smash por 3 or the flat smash, this is an adidas racket that does exactly what it promises: hits hard without making you generate all the pace yourself.