Padel.

"Padel is, beside football, the best game I've ever played."

“You can play at any level, whether you’re a child or an adult. It’s growing a lot, even within the clubs I already know many friends and former teammates who are hooked and that’s incredible.”

“I am sure that in the future I will have more time to enjoy other sports. Padel is growing and I think it will be fun because it’s easier to play.”

“I love the game because it’s fast-moving and I feel like there isn’t as much pressure as playing in front of thousands of people. Every single person on my team is awesome – we’re all friends and we hang out together after matches.”

Padel Courts.

Padel tennis is a racquet sport that is a variation of tennis played on a smaller court surrounded by walls. The court is usually around 20 x 10 metres, and the walls are used as part of the playing area, allowing players to hit shots that would be out of bounds in regular tennis.

Padel Equipment.

Padel tennis is played with short-handled padels and a low-bouncing ball, known as padel rackets and balls.

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Padel Rules.

In padel, scoring is the same as tennis – but that’s where a lot of the similarities end.

A padel court has walls, so your shots can be played off them – like in squash – to find wicked angles and creative shots to beat your opponents. As a bonus, you can even bounce the ball off a wall on your own side of the court – if you can get it to land on the other side of the court!

Also, unlike tennis, when a ball is served it must bounce once on the floor then hit underarm. But don’t worry, you still have a first and a second serve.

You can also volley the ball during a rally, however, the ball is determined as “out” if it hits a wall before touching the ground. In padel, a smash or overhead if struck well can result in the ball rebounding out-of-play – but beware that your opponents can run out of the side gates to return the ball! This is allowed on certain courts that have enough out-of-bounds space and is common at the professional level.

Like tennis, a set is won when a team wins six games and there is at least two games difference – failing that the set is decided by a tie-break. Matches are best of three sets.

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