Padel was originally invented in Acapulco, Mexico, by Enrique Corcuera in 1969. It is currently most popular in Spain and its former colonies, specially Mexico, Argentina and Chile.
In recent years, it has also gained relative popularity in European countries such as Italy and the Nordic countries, although it is now beginning to spread rapidly across Europe and to other continents, such as North America.
Have you grown some interest in playing padel lately? Are you an amateur tired of using the most overrated padel shots on the court? Are you already sick of the same old predictable shots you’ve been throwing?
Maybe it’s already time to crank up your gameplay! To do that, you must master the basic shots of padel while throwing advanced tricks at your rival.
Don’t fret if you have zero knowledge of padel shots. After reading this article, you’ll know how to hit the ball on the court like a World Padel Tour player!
Rules of padel can be confusing, especially if it’s your first time to play padel. Determining valid or invalid shots, and understanding the point system, is difficult.
But, knowing the rules governing padel courts helps avoid errors and penalties.
This article will teach you to determine valid points and playable balls.
Great grips changes the entire padel game. You may not think much of it, but the wrong grip will throw you off guard, decrease power, and make you prone to error.
Whether you are an amateur or professional, using a grip is an added help for a better game. The most known ones are X-Grip and Hesacore grip. The question is, which one should you use?
Funnily enough, many padel players are beasts on the court with excellent skills and backhand serves — but they don’t know how to change padel overgrips.
It’s understandable, really. Because, in many cases, padel players don’t do it themselves. Or worse, they rarely replace them.
The use of grip sprays and gels is also becoming more common. We recommend the 4on totalgrip spray, it’s an incredible product.
Let’s change that today. You’ll start changing padel overgrips by yourself in no time and see the value of what a fresh padel grip can give you on the court!
Before doing any low or high-impact physical activity, it’s vital to do an initial warm-up first. This helps prepare your body, improve blood flow, elevate temperature, and lessen physical risks of injury.
This applies to all physical activities, including padel.
It doesn’t have to be a 30-minute padel-specific warm-up either; a good five minutes will do if you’re doing it correctly, with the proper exercises, technique, time length, and muscle focus.
This is probably the largest hurdle getting over when it comes to a warm up. Try to make it count rather than counting the minutes.
In this article we’ll show you how to warm up “padel-style”, including the why, length, focus, as well as give you the actual exercises you should be doing before your padel game.
Good luck, and let us know how you feel about our suggestions in the comment section!
One thing that newbie padel players neglect but top players highly value is the overgrip. You can have all the skills needed, but an ineffective and old overgrip will throw you off.
The overgrip, which you wrap around the racket handle, ensures you have extra grip, proper handling, and better sweat absorption.
That said, you must change padel overgrip regularly. But how often is “regular”?
Well, it depends on multiple factors. We’ll elaborate more below.
Service in padel is not as noteworthy compared to that of tennis. However, practicing the right way to serve the ball is still CRUCIAL in every padel match.
A good serve would help your team take advantage of the net position or even score a point by producing an ace. It’s also the shot that dictates the ball’s direction, spin, and trajectory.
In turn, you have the upper hand in forcing your opponents to press themselves at the back glass. You also have the power to dictate the shot that they’ll use for easy returns.
How padel players serve the ball is quite different from tennis players.
In tennis, you launch the ball up in the air before you serve. But, in padel, you only need to bounce and strike the ball, and you can only do it via an underarm serve.
Another thing to note with padel service is the lines. It’s important to keep your feet behind the service line and not cross the imaginary central line.
You must also hit the ball diagonally towards your opponent’s service box.
These are the BASIC things you must know about a padel serve. But, there are many things to note for you to improve that serve.
Stick with us as we discuss more about padel service. We’ll help you get on the move in your following games.
Padel may be a descendant of other racket sports like tennis, but it is its own game with its set of rules, play styles, and strategies for winning.
While a passionate beginner may want to play in the World Padel Tour one day, they will need to sharpen their Padel skills, learning to hold the racket correctly and hit the ball in the sweet spot.
Let’s look at how to ensure victory when playing Padel as a beginner. We’ll look at the basic shots, some common mistakes, and what you need to know to go from the amateur to professional level.
A few weeks ago, Playtomic and Deloitte (Monitor Deloitte) released a massive 115 pages report labelled Global Padel Report. The report, focuses on the growth of the sport from both a leisure and professional perspective and shows a lot of interesting points.
In the introduction of the report, Martita Ortega and Fernando “Bela” Balasteguin speaks about how they got started with playing padel. Even though the report is labelled as global, the US is hardly mentioned, probably because of its relative growth to pickleball in the US.
In this article, we’ll give you the most important highlights from the report.
