I can remember a game of padel I played on an outdoor court last winter. We were under floodlights and with snow on the mountains, things were rather crispy. At one stage my opponents started playing...

When I first started playing padel I used a worn-out pair of zero-drop running shoes. The lack of grip lead to a pulled calf muscle during my very first game. I’d like to say that I learned from...

I started playing padel in 2015 and thought that I had a fairly good grasp of what was allowed and what wasn’t. However, when I accidentally stumbled upon a World Padel Tour tournament on...

There is little doubt that padel is massively popular in Spain, second only to football (soccer) in participation numbers. When we look beyond the Spanish borders participation is less, but growing...

One of the things that I have noticed when playing padel regularly is that padel balls start bouncing a little flat long before the fuzzy outer layer of the ball shows any wear at all. On average...

Having played padel at sea level, at 1000ft, and at 2500ft I was surprised that did not affect the ball as much as I was expecting it to. That lead me to wonder what gas filled the padel balls to...