HEAD Intelligence i.165 Racquet

Use all the time. Nice light racquet

Okay, you caught me. I'll admit that I am a "newbie" at the game. If you're an experienced player perhaps you should take my review with a grain of salt. The weight is what surprised me most upon opening this Head I.165 racquetball racquet. Initially, I had no idea what grip to select. However, this was quickly remedied with a few searches around the web. I have a rather small hand and I find the 3 5/8 grip to be an excellent choice. I experience no fatigue to my hand/grip during my normal hour long play nor during my longer games (2-3 hours). I am a younger player (25) and find the weight to be an ideal match for the speed at which I am capable of swinging the racquet. If physics taught me anything, it taught me that F=ma and with my strength and age, I am able to user a lighter racquet. Older players may want to look for something heavier, but don't quote me on this.At the onset of using this, I was scared to death of "smashing" it into a wall during a game. I quickly succumbed to reality after the first solid hit and was impressed with the strength of the frame. I have hit the wall countless times sense then and this racquet has held up without fail. Furthermore, after nearly 6 months of use the strings still feel as taught as they were the day this racquet arrived. I feel that this racquet is a good value for the price, given the amount I have used it and how much I enjoy playing with it.

I had bought this racquet after getting into Racquetball for 6 months and loving it because I was tired of using the Colleges Racquets (They were heavy and not good for wrist snaps, and not the greatest control), and I must say for the price of the racquet, its definately a game improving racquet.It's a great First Racquet for someone who's been playing but is determined to get better. It's affordable and good control and decent power. Although the dampener that comes with it works amazingly at dampening, it takes feel away from the racquet and I believe a bit of power too (as I have played w/ it on and off). The racquet itself has decent power, but the sweet spot is somewhat odd, and its not as easy to achieve the that potential power, and so most of the time the power of your hits may be just decent, not woah.This racquet is EXTREMELY Light which I loved (since I'd been always using the school's) and is great for wrist snaps. The swing speed (due to its lightness) for most will take a little time adjusting too.I've seen other reviews saying that it broke in this so and so amount of time. Well, I've had it for about 4 months now (seems like much longer though), and have accidentally knocked the wall a few times, and all I have is scuff, not a broken racquet. It's very durable.While not the greatest racquet, it is definately by far a game improving racquet. Just purchased me a new one because I feel I need to step up my game a bit, and we'll see how it compares (havn't tested it yet)

Did not stressed it enough this year but for what I've done it worked well. Both me an my rq. partner use the same model, his has a black tape on the handle and most likely that's the reason I'm wining almost all the time ;)

This has been a good purchase. I personally don't love this racket but that is not because the rocket is not of high quality or exactly what it is advertised to be. This racket is very light it has very little vibration when you hit the ball, providing very good control, and because it's so light I find it easier to throw spin on the ball. My girlfriend likes this racket a lot, I personally would like it more if it was just a little bit heavier to provide slightly more power without a full stroke. if you are a power player, this might not be the best choice. However, if you are looking for a racquet that provides good control and his excellence while playing the frontcourt, this is an excellent choice. The rocket is obviously very high quality, and the lack of vibration when you hit the ball is very cool

buena raqueta, muy liviana y de facil manejo

This is a very light racquet.So it requires a little bit more effort to produce some power of some of the heavier racquets but the control is superb.As a beginner to intermediate player, it definitely helped my game and the price of the racquet was worth it due to a sale.Took a little while to get use to the lightness of the racquet, it felt almost like swinging nothing.This racquet is also very stiff and brittle, I had this racquet for almost a year.I collided with a friend while in the middle of a swing and our racquets connected and this one broke on the side.Good thing I had a backup racquet to continue the game but I was surprised that the racquet frame had broke.Didn't realize it until my friend brought it up after the collision because he saw the racquet was crooked.

Went from a lower end head model for beginners to this and there is certainly a difference. The tension band going through the bottom of the racquet is nice because my other one started to bother my elbow