StarVie Raptor Pro
The Pro build of the StarVie Raptor. A round head with a low balance, which keeps it quick to move and easy to recover with at the net. It is a control frame at intermediate level. Read the build word before the model year when comparing two Raptor listings: the year moves every season while the build word is what actually changes the racket.
Shape
Round
Balance
Low
Hardness
Hard
Core
EVA
Style
Control
Level
Intermediate
About the StarVie Raptor Pro
The head is a round, which centres the sweet spot in the middle of the face, which is where a player who defends and constructs actually makes contact. The balance is low, so the racket stays easy to move through a long match. The face is hard, so it returns more of the pace you generate and asks for cleaner contact in exchange. The core is EVA. Within the StarVie Raptor, Pro is the build word that separates this racket from its siblings; a model year on a listing describes the season it was sold in rather than where it sits in the range. The Raptor is StarVie's round-shaped family, built for precision and a wider sweet spot, and it splits into a Pro and a Soft build like most of the catalogue.
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Matched on shape first, then the rest of the spec sheet — same playing character, different maker.
