Padel Tennis – Grassroots news from the UK and beyond …

Padel Tennis, or just ‘padel‘, is a racquet sport that is typically played in doubles on an enclosed court about half the size of a tennis court. The balls used and the scoring is the same as normal tennis, and so the biggest difference is that the court has walls and the balls can be played off them in a similar way as in the game of squash.

The sport has been around for many years and although it is currently most popular in Spain and some Latin American countries it is now beginning to spread rapidly across Europe and and other continents. The sports huge popularity along the Costa del Sol in southern Spain has exposed it to a large number of British residents and holiday-makers and this is one of the reasons it is beginning to be talked about back in the UK.

Padel is great for players of all ages and skills, as it is both quick and easy to pick up, and is less physically demanding than similar sports like squash. Most players get the grasp of it within the first 20 minutes of playing and find it easy to achieve a level of proficiency so that they can enjoy it because the game is not as dominated by strength and serve as tennis (in fact the serve in padel is under-arm).

Within the pages and posts here you should find out all you need to know about the sport of padel, but if you have any other questions or wish to make a comment just drop us an email at info.padten.com

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