What sport is this?
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AnHorse said:
I know in Spain the sport 'Padel' is quite popular, it's sort of a mix between tennis and racketball (I beleive). Sounds like the bats could fit this sport anyway! :-)
That's interesting. Cage Tennis! Bit odd that it's a Spanish sport - it's perfect for this country where tennis season lasts 2 weeks around August before it pisses down with rain again.Yes it is Padel, I have been playing it for about six months. I am a tennis coach and have started the process of becoming a Padel coach too. In Spain it's huge and is out grown tennis in less than 20 years. There is also a pro tour but is more like a tour of Spain.
As for playing, if your in London there is a few choices, you can got to canary wharf where there is an independent club, 2 David Lloyd's have them, bus hey ( Watford) and chigwell, but they are looking at more, and the harbour club has a court, there is a court at Rye tennis club near Brighton, Huddersfield tennis club has 2 courts and there is one in Dublin. I am trying to set something up in Dorset at the moment! The beauty of he courts is that they a re modules that can be dropped into warehouses as they are about the third the size of a tennis court.
A lot of the big manufactures are investing heavily in Padel like, Head, Wislon, Babolat, Dunlop, so hat is a good indicator of where things are going.
It is played as doubles, the serve is underarm and the ball has to land in the court before hitting the walls, but then you get a second chance to hit it off the glass part of the wall, it leads to some outrageous and long rallies.
Have a look at
www.britishpadel.co.uk
As for playing, if your in London there is a few choices, you can got to canary wharf where there is an independent club, 2 David Lloyd's have them, bus hey ( Watford) and chigwell, but they are looking at more, and the harbour club has a court, there is a court at Rye tennis club near Brighton, Huddersfield tennis club has 2 courts and there is one in Dublin. I am trying to set something up in Dorset at the moment! The beauty of he courts is that they a re modules that can be dropped into warehouses as they are about the third the size of a tennis court.
A lot of the big manufactures are investing heavily in Padel like, Head, Wislon, Babolat, Dunlop, so hat is a good indicator of where things are going.
It is played as doubles, the serve is underarm and the ball has to land in the court before hitting the walls, but then you get a second chance to hit it off the glass part of the wall, it leads to some outrageous and long rallies.
Have a look at
www.britishpadel.co.uk
just1 said:
Yes it is Padel, I have been playing it for about six months. I am a tennis coach and have started the process of becoming a Padel coach too. In Spain it's huge and is out grown tennis in less than 20 years. There is also a pro tour but is more like a tour of Spain.
As for playing, if your in London there is a few choices, you can got to canary wharf where there is an independent club, 2 David Lloyd's have them, bus hey ( Watford) and chigwell, but they are looking at more, and the harbour club has a court, there is a court at Rye tennis club near Brighton, Huddersfield tennis club has 2 courts and there is one in Dublin. I am trying to set something up in Dorset at the moment! The beauty of he courts is that they a re modules that can be dropped into warehouses as they are about the third the size of a tennis court.
A lot of the big manufactures are investing heavily in Padel like, Head, Wislon, Babolat, Dunlop, so hat is a good indicator of where things are going.
It is played as doubles, the serve is underarm and the ball has to land in the court before hitting the walls, but then you get a second chance to hit it off the glass part of the wall, it leads to some outrageous and long rallies.
Have a look at
www.britishpadel.co.uk
Interesting. Was looking at some videos last night and gathered the ball had to hit the floor once and if it hit it twice then the last player to hit it won? Looks like a good game for winter but nowhere near me sadly. Still don't get why a sunny country loves it so much. As for playing, if your in London there is a few choices, you can got to canary wharf where there is an independent club, 2 David Lloyd's have them, bus hey ( Watford) and chigwell, but they are looking at more, and the harbour club has a court, there is a court at Rye tennis club near Brighton, Huddersfield tennis club has 2 courts and there is one in Dublin. I am trying to set something up in Dorset at the moment! The beauty of he courts is that they a re modules that can be dropped into warehouses as they are about the third the size of a tennis court.
A lot of the big manufactures are investing heavily in Padel like, Head, Wislon, Babolat, Dunlop, so hat is a good indicator of where things are going.
It is played as doubles, the serve is underarm and the ball has to land in the court before hitting the walls, but then you get a second chance to hit it off the glass part of the wall, it leads to some outrageous and long rallies.
Have a look at
www.britishpadel.co.uk
Where are you? We have been traveling to london every 3-4 weeks for the time being, I might try and run a weekend in London with some coaching and playing next year.
The rules are very similar to tennis/ squash as the ball can only bounce once on the court surface, the wall is an added bonus! It freaks you out a bit at first but you can learn to use it to your advantage! All the guys that we have taken so far are all tennis and squash coaches/ players, and the pick up time is next to nothing, you just have remember that it's about touch not power! The general thought are if you have racket sport experience you can be up and running in an hour or two of if your a complete beginner then maybe half a dozen hour of court time.
You can also have a mix of standards have a good game, as power won't win when you know what your doing!
oh and in spain and south america its played outside and indoor, you can even get courts with a retractable umbrella roof! In Spain it is second to football as the most played sport and in Argentina its number 1! If you visit Spain particularly in the west and south the courts are every where. 220,000 at the last count and only been there since 1974.
It's worth a trip to try it
The rules are very similar to tennis/ squash as the ball can only bounce once on the court surface, the wall is an added bonus! It freaks you out a bit at first but you can learn to use it to your advantage! All the guys that we have taken so far are all tennis and squash coaches/ players, and the pick up time is next to nothing, you just have remember that it's about touch not power! The general thought are if you have racket sport experience you can be up and running in an hour or two of if your a complete beginner then maybe half a dozen hour of court time.
You can also have a mix of standards have a good game, as power won't win when you know what your doing!
oh and in spain and south america its played outside and indoor, you can even get courts with a retractable umbrella roof! In Spain it is second to football as the most played sport and in Argentina its number 1! If you visit Spain particularly in the west and south the courts are every where. 220,000 at the last count and only been there since 1974.
It's worth a trip to try it
Edited by just1 on Friday 1st November 13:32
There's nothing near me, really. Am on the Surrey/SW London border.
Does sound good, though. Hopefully there'll be more courts opening. I probably won't find it difficult to get into it - when we're knocking about, I sometimes let a ball bounce off a wall or fence before returning it, anyway.
Does sound good, though. Hopefully there'll be more courts opening. I probably won't find it difficult to get into it - when we're knocking about, I sometimes let a ball bounce off a wall or fence before returning it, anyway.
just1 said:
That sounds like my old stomping ground from many moons ago, I coached at limpsfield tennis club years ago, my mate now runs a Centre not far from there. Your not that far from London, you should come up and play sometime! We train up from Bournemouth!
That's a commute and a half!!
just1 said:
Yes it is Padel, I have been playing it for about six months. I am a tennis coach and have started the process of becoming a Padel coach too. In Spain it's huge and is out grown tennis in less than 20 years. There is also a pro tour but is more like a tour of Spain.
As for playing, if your in London there is a few choices, you can got to canary wharf where there is an independent club, 2 David Lloyd's have them, bus hey ( Watford) and chigwell, but they are looking at more, and the harbour club has a court, there is a court at Rye tennis club near Brighton, Huddersfield tennis club has 2 courts and there is one in Dublin. I am trying to set something up in Dorset at the moment! The beauty of he courts is that they a re modules that can be dropped into warehouses as they are about the third the size of a tennis court.
A lot of the big manufactures are investing heavily in Padel like, Head, Wislon, Babolat, Dunlop, so hat is a good indicator of where things are going.
It is played as doubles, the serve is underarm and the ball has to land in the court before hitting the walls, but then you get a second chance to hit it off the glass part of the wall, it leads to some outrageous and long rallies.
Have a look at
www.britishpadel.co.uk
Nice one thanks. I'm going to start playing this, looks well good. Got courts in Bushey but its outdoors so I hope this weather dries up. As for playing, if your in London there is a few choices, you can got to canary wharf where there is an independent club, 2 David Lloyd's have them, bus hey ( Watford) and chigwell, but they are looking at more, and the harbour club has a court, there is a court at Rye tennis club near Brighton, Huddersfield tennis club has 2 courts and there is one in Dublin. I am trying to set something up in Dorset at the moment! The beauty of he courts is that they a re modules that can be dropped into warehouses as they are about the third the size of a tennis court.
A lot of the big manufactures are investing heavily in Padel like, Head, Wislon, Babolat, Dunlop, so hat is a good indicator of where things are going.
It is played as doubles, the serve is underarm and the ball has to land in the court before hitting the walls, but then you get a second chance to hit it off the glass part of the wall, it leads to some outrageous and long rallies.
Have a look at
www.britishpadel.co.uk
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