Head Gets it Right With the Instinct
One of the most well-balanced tennis racquets we’ve ever demoed was the Head Liquidmetal Instinct. After playing with it for two whole days, we nearly wanted to buy one and found no gaping flaws whatsoever.
The racquet only weighs about 11.1 ounces strung, making it extremely light and comfortable, yet still strong enough to handle heavy balls from your opponent.
We loved the way the racquet connected with our strings, and we were able to place the ball around the court as well as any racquet lets us. While it’s light and it has a bigger head, in no way will it limit your game.
One thing the Head Liquidmetal Instinct does do better than the Radical Mid-plus is providing pop (as long as you swing hard because of the light weight). On serves and ground strokes, we felt the power was easier to generate, yet still control. We had no problem placing serves or hitting strong second serves. It was one of the most dependable racquets for serving we have ever tried out.
The light weight of this racquet may lead some to thinking they need to swing much harder than with heavier counterparts, but make no mistake: this racquet gives you all the power you’ll need.
Not to worry though, just apply some extra spin, as the structure of the racquet’s strings is very conducive to this.
Perhaps the only downfall of the racquet is it sometimes plays too comfortable. We found the Head Liquidmetal Instinct absorbs so much power, simply blocking a serve from your opponent will leave the ball very short or in the net. We had to take a swing at even harder first serves, or the ball was left too short and the point was over. While the light weight usually benefits the Head Liquidmetal Instinct, there were these few instances where it could use a little more weight.
All in all, there’s nothing bad to really say about this racquet. It has great control, a great chassis, and it worked really well with our advanced games. If you’re in the market for a racquet, you must at least demo this one.
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