Review of the Adipower Legend 2024: Analysis of Seba Nerone’s Adidas Racket

We return to the blog to bring you once more a review of one of the best Adidas padel rackets of the current season. The new Adipower Legend 2024 represents the perfect tribute to Seba Nerone, one of the greatest players in history who now continues connected to professional padel as a coach in Premier Padel.

This limited edition model stands out for its advanced technologies and the stiffness that the 3K carbon provides on the faces to deploy an attacking game on the 20×10 court. With it, performing vipers and overhead smashes so characteristic of the former Argentine number one will be a mere formality to score points on the board.

Review of the Adidas Adipower Legend 2024 by Seba Nerone

This genuine gem from Adidas is a declaration of intentions for attacking players. Its spectacular presentation in an exclusive box leaves an unbeatable first impression that shows this is no ordinary racket. It comes with a diamond shape and the balance located at the top of the faces with the goal of enhancing aerial shots.

As previously mentioned, this model is constructed with 3K carbon on the faces, thus it offers a hard and dry touch at the moment of impacting the ball. Additionally, it includes EVA Soft Performance rubber in the core that responds perfectly when the player attempts to define the point with power shots like quick smashes. Moreover, the racket features a considerable roughness on the surface thanks to the Spin Blade system, which allows adding an extra spice to the ball on sliced shots like drop shots, volleys, vipers, or overhead smashes.

The Adipower Legend 2024 incorporates up to three technologies designed to significantly improve the playing experience. Both the Power Embossed Ridge system and the Dual Exoskeleton contribute an extra boost of power and stiffness to the racket, while the Structural Reinforcement provides it with superior resistance, especially when handling hits with the net, glass, or the surface.

Although designed for attack, this racket also performs perfectly in situations like defense and transitioning to the net. It features a considerable sweet spot for a model aimed at advanced level players, so it adapts well to other playing styles that are not explicitly based on attack. Additionally, its weight falls within the standard range of 360 to 375 grams, and the racket also includes a protector on the frame that helps avoid scrapes with various surfaces during competition.

Adidas Adipower Legend 2024

On-Court Feelings of the Adipower Legend 2024

We notice that it is a very reactive racket that slightly leads, meaning the balance is located towards the tip. Regarding its sweet spot, it offers a very considerable power to put opponents in defense in trouble. It features a great ball exit when the game speed is medium-high, so the deep shots come out perfectly to stay close to the net.

This model is very manageable thanks to the lightness of the EVA Soft Performance rubber. This translates into a great ability to move the racket in compromised situations such as defense or volley clashes to be able to pass the ball further to the other side of the court. Additionally, the roughness of the surface is quite present and has its impact on the game when making sliced shots, thus showing another aspect to highlight in the offensive part.

Overall, we recommend the Adipower Legend 2024 to advanced or expert level players who are looking for a reliable racket to attack. It is an ideal model for those who usually play on the backhand and want a racket with a dry touch that allows them to press the ball when making volleys with effect, blocks, and smashes to continuously attack in the offensive zone. In the defensive part, it is a racket that responds well as long as the player adapts to its sweet spot, thus also scoring highly.

Adipower Legend 2024 vs Adipower Legend 2023: Differences

Regarding the differences compared to last season’s model, the new Adipower Legend 2024 is a racket that offers more controlled power in general terms. The three main changes reside in the design, the rubber, and the carbon that have been used in its construction.

Firstly, the design of both models only changes in terms of color. While the Adipower Legend 2024 incorporates black and golden brown colors along with the signature of Seba Nerone on the faces, this season’s racket features black and light green colors along with the signature of the former Argentine player.

On the other hand, the Adipower Legend 2023 comes with EVA Soft rubber of a softer density than the EVA Soft Performance of the Adipower Legend 2024. This makes the ball exit much greater in last season’s model, so the striking had to be much more precise to not crash the ball against the glass, while the new racket features a more forgiving impact surface.

Finally, the 2TO1 carbon of the Adipower Legend 2023 is different from the 3K that is incorporated in the Adipower Legend 2024. Both are reactive rackets, but last year’s model has an extra boost of power that the player must know how to handle in order to provide a good volume of play in matches. That is why we consider that this year’s model offers a bit more control without the power being affected, as we have previously discussed it is a racket designed for attack that makes a difference near the net.

Opinion on the Adipower Legend 2024

We are in front of one of the rackets of the season for players who base their style on power. This high-end model stands out for its solidity in the offensive phase, without neglecting the defensive phases and transitions, where it fulfills its function as long as its sweet spot is respected.

Near the net, it is a real cannon and allows imparting a lot of speed to aerial shots. It is a racket designed for players who usually act in the backhand position and seek to be protagonists when defining the point. Without a doubt, another great success by adidas, which this season again nearly earns top marks with this and other unmatched models like the Metalbone Hard+ or the Adipower Multiweight Control 3.3.