Adidas Adipower Multiweight CTRL Pro EDT Álex Ruiz 2024

Technologies

Pros

• ✓The Weight & Balance System, with removable screws at the top and side, lets you redistribute weight without homemade lead tape: load the head for smashing power or empty it out for lighter, quicker volleys

Cons

• ✗The pairing of 18K carbon and High Memory EVA gives you flat ball exit: without arm speed of your own, the ball falls short on defensive lobs and when driving off the back wall

The Adidas Adipower Multiweight CTRL Pro EDT Álex Ruiz 2024 is designed for competition or pro-level players who prioritise performance and precision over comfort. Its round shape concentrates the sweet spot in the center of the face, increasing tolerance and favouring control. With a low balance, it gains maneuverability and quick response at the net. Its 360-375g weight range places it in the medium-weight group, the most common among amateur players.

Adidas Adipower Multiweight CTRL Pro EDT Álex Ruiz 2024: the padel racket that reconfigures between matches

The Adidas Adipower Multiweight CTRL Pro EDT Álex Ruiz 2024 runs an 18K carbon face, a High Memory EVA core and a 38mm frame, in a round-shaped, low-balance build weighing 360-375g. What sets it apart from the rest of Adidas's lineup is the Weight & Balance System: removable screws at the top and on the side that let you shift mass around without touching a scrap of lead tape.

This is an exclusive model developed with Álex Ruiz, complete with 3M Protector Tape and a built-in security code to verify authenticity — exactly what you'd expect from a limited signature edition.

How does the Weight & Balance System actually work on this Adipower?

The system is built around removable screws housed in the head and along the side. Add or remove weight at those points and you shift the balance within the same chassis: load it up top and you gain inertia for the smash; empty out the head and you're left with a reactive racket built for a player who lives at the net.

That turns this padel racket into two different tools depending on the opponent. Against lob-heavy pairs, load the head. Against fast, flat-hitting pairs, strip the head down and rely on quick hands.

The honest caveat: the starting point is a low balance. Even maxed out at the head, you won't get the swingweight of a factory diamond shape. The system fine-tunes — it doesn't transform.

Technical specs

18K carbon over High Memory EVA: why the ball comes off so crisp

18K is a dense, low-stretch carbon weave. Sitting over a High Memory EVA core, the face barely flexes on impact, so the ball leaves almost instantly, with minimal dwell time.

That delivers two things at once: pinpoint precision at the point of contact, and a short ball exit. This padel racket won't help carry the ball deep — it simply gives back exactly the energy you put in, no more, no less, without adding any direction of its own.

The Dual Exoskeleton reinforces the perimeter of the 38mm frame and keeps the structure solid on off-centre contact. That's what stops such a rigid racket from turning erratic when you miss the sweet spot.

Two elements handle spin: the Power Embossed Ridge, a textured pattern on the face that boosts grip, and the Spin Blade. That rough 3D surface really shows up on cut viboras and lifted bandejas, biting into the ball where a smooth face would slide.

The Smart Holes Curve round things off with a hole layout designed to stretch the usable zone of that 460cm² hitting surface.

Shot-by-shot feel

Smash. Clean feedback with no parasitic vibration, but the power has to come from you. The low balance cuts down swing inertia, so a smash off the back wall demands more racket-head speed than you'd need with a head-heavy frame.

Bandeja and vibora. This is where the racket earns its price tag. The round shape and 45.5cm length arrive on time, the texture grips the ball, and total control over height is its strongest selling point.

Volley. Nimble and quick to react. Low balance combined with a generous sweet spot means you can block fast body shots without ever feeling late.

Wall exit and defence. The weak link. The firm EVA and 18K face give little back, and a deep defensive lobe needs a full, committed swing. Run short on power or reach the ball stretched, and it dies in mid-court.

Who is this Adipower CTRL Pro EDT built for?

For competitive players with settled technique, their own racket-head speed and healthy elbows. This racket is tuned for those who attack through precision rather than mass — players who want to place the ball exactly where they choose rather than let the racket do the work.

This isn't a step-up racket from intermediate level. The firmness of the High Memory core and the stiffness of the 18K face punish sloppy technique, both in results and in your joints.

In doubles it holds up well on both backhand and forehand sides, precisely because you can recalibrate the balance to fit whatever role you're playing that match.

Three reasons to buy it, two reasons to skip it

1. You want one padel racket that adapts to different opponents without resorting to lead tape.
2. Your game leans on the bandeja and vibora with spin, not on brute-force smashing.
3. You value crisp feedback that tells you exactly where you made contact.

Skip it if you need the racket to generate ball exit on defence, or if you're carrying elbow niggles: High Memory EVA paired with an 18K face is one of the most demanding combinations you can put in your hand.

Verdict

The Adidas Adipower Multiweight CTRL Pro EDT Álex Ruiz 2024 is a tour-level control racket built around one clear idea: give the advanced player the ability to adjust weight and balance without ever leaving the same chassis.

It delivers on precision, grip and maneuverability, and it's upfront about what it won't give you: free power or arm comfort. Anyone after a more forgiving racket has better options outside this range.