Tecnifibre Bomba Soft

The Tecnifibre Bomba Soft is a diamond-shaped padel racket for advanced players, improving intermediates and women players who want a wide, forgiving sweet spot without giving up pace. It sits at the gentler end of the Bomba range: less outright power than the Speed or Max, with more comfort on off-centre contact.

• Frame: carbon and fibreglass
• Weight: 355 g
• Thickness: 38 mm
• Balance point: 265 mm from the handle

The fibreglass in the face softens the feel on contact compared with the all-carbon Bomba Max, which is what lets the sweet spot stay large without the racket feeling dead in the hand. That comfort also helps over a long session, when a harsher frame starts to show up as fatigue in the wrist and forearm. Keep it out of a hot car between matches, as heat is unkind to any padel frame.