Padel Guides
Padel rackets do not come in grip sizes. You buy the frame, it turns up with one handle, and that same handle goes out to a six foot four player and to someone with hands half the size. People arriving...
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Someone drops out an hour before your booking. You are left with one other player and a court you have already paid for, which raises the obvious question. Can two people play padel properly, or is it just hitting? You...
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Two players standing three metres apart, both watching a ball drop down the centre of the court, both waiting for the other one to move. It bounces. Nobody says a word. You lose the point, and the next thirty seconds...
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You catch one in the middle and the ball goes exactly where you were looking. Three centimetres off and it dribbles into the net while your forearm buzzes. Same swing, same racket. That difference is the sweet spot. It tells...
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Nobody looks down. You walk on, you knock up, you play, and the green stuff under your feet gets about as much thought as the ceiling. Then you play at a different club and the ball sits up. Or it...
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