When you’re playing intermediate level tennis you don’t need a racket that absorbs power amazingly well, but you do want a little bit of feel. They are quite pingy rackets and that’s not something you want when you’re at the net. This is the area that I always find to be weakest with the Pure Drive rackets.įor a racket with quite a big swingweight, it doesn’t seem to offer the stability at the net that you would expect. If your main concern is control then it might not be the one for you, but for anyone else, it offers a ton of benefits. I gave the Pure Drive Team a 7.5 out of 10 on the groundstrokes. If you’re someone who likes to hit with power and spin, then you’re sure to see some good results from this racket. So, I would recommend it more to adult beginners who are fairly strong, and intermediate players whose strokes are a little bit more developed.Īside from that slight issue, I think the Babolat Pure Drive Team is a very good racket for beginner/intermediate players. For beginners who aren’t as used to the motions of tennis, this could perhaps lead to some wrist and elbow pains. My one slight worry with this stick would be the stiffness. That being said, I played some pretty good tennis with this stick. I like my rackets to be very control oriented with a dampened feel, which is the opposite of the Pure Drive Team.
There was just a little bit too much going on for my liking. The main problem for me was that I had to use a lot of topspin to control the power, which kind of negated the benefits of all that power. The ball seemed to come off the strings very quickly and it launches at quite a high angle, but once you get used to that, it’s pretty manageable. The Pure Drive doesn’t offer amazing levels of control and feel, so if you’re someone who loves a tight, control oriented racket, this is not the one for you.įor those players, I would suggest the Pure Strike Team and for those in between the two, the Pure Aero Team.Īlthough there were definitely a few balls I hit with this racket that inexplicably sailed long, I didn’t have too many problems adapting to it. I always get a bit carried away when I’m using a Pure Drive and start beast-moding forehands.Īs with any racket though, the access to power and spin does come with a caveat. If you want to sit back and just stay in the point then you can do that with ease, but when you want to up the pace, the Pure Drive brings some serious power. This is where the Pure Drive Team is so easy to play with. It’s a bit on the light side for me, but it’s not so light that it can’t perform to a reasonably high level, so I was pretty excited for this one. I took the Pure Drive Team out on a picture perfect day for a hit on our local red, artificial clay courts to see what it would offer. If it does that then it will be one very popular racket indeed! Obviously, the Pure Drive Team is a much lighter racket, so you can’t expect the same levels of power, but I’m hoping it will be a racket that can maximize the potential of beginner and intermediate player’s swings. It’s just so manoeuvrable and it seems to convert all of that racket head speed into power and speed. The Pure Drive Tour is one of my favorite rackets to serve with. If that’s the case, the Pure Drive Team will suit someone who loves to attack from the baseline and hit big serves. I was pretty confident that the Pure Drive Team would do the same. I have to say I have been very impressed with them and I like the fact that they stay true to the characteristics of the heavier rackets in the range. I’ve been on a run of playtesting these Babolat Team rackets, having recently tried the Pure Aero Team and the Pure Strike Team. To negate this, the Pure Drive Team has a Cortex dampening system, which uses a special rubber material to add extra comfort. In order to give this racket its extra stability, Babolat has made it quite stiff, which can sometimes lead to the racket being quite uncomfortable. This should allow the strings to move more freely, giving you more power and spin. The FSI Power Technology gives the racket diamond shaped grommets, which increase the distance between the strings. The Team features some great technology to aid your tennis, including FSI Power Technology and Cortex. So, the Pure Drive Team sounds great in theory, but did it work out in reality?
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