YOUNG GOLFER
18-08-2011, 18:38
Not sure if anyone has played this game but it is a sport i have taken up over the last month and i have to say i love it.
And this sport is really taking off here with loads of courts popping up...a bit like playing Tennis and Squash together.
It seems to be very popular for all sizes and ages groups.
For anyone unsure about the game i have put some info below along with a clip of how the game is played.
I find it great fun with 4 players and not to difficult to learn.....
MORE INFO.
Padel 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, just with a little less pressure, 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 was invented in Acapulco, Mexico, by Enrique Corcuera in 1969. It is currently most popular in Argentina, Mexico and some other Latin American countries and in Europe mainly in Spain, although it is now beginning to spread rapidly across Europe and other continents. The sport's 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 take off 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).
Padel has recently been launched in the UK - a group of private investors have managed to get together and properly launch the sport in 2011 after many other unsuccessful attempts from others. It has proven to be very difficult classifying the sport even though it has always been recognized abroad.
I do have a feeling however even back in the UK it will catch on this sport.
Here is a little clip if you have never seen it before.:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWCDcCbZ8vo
And this sport is really taking off here with loads of courts popping up...a bit like playing Tennis and Squash together.
It seems to be very popular for all sizes and ages groups.
For anyone unsure about the game i have put some info below along with a clip of how the game is played.
I find it great fun with 4 players and not to difficult to learn.....
MORE INFO.
Padel 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, just with a little less pressure, 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 was invented in Acapulco, Mexico, by Enrique Corcuera in 1969. It is currently most popular in Argentina, Mexico and some other Latin American countries and in Europe mainly in Spain, although it is now beginning to spread rapidly across Europe and other continents. The sport's 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 take off 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).
Padel has recently been launched in the UK - a group of private investors have managed to get together and properly launch the sport in 2011 after many other unsuccessful attempts from others. It has proven to be very difficult classifying the sport even though it has always been recognized abroad.
I do have a feeling however even back in the UK it will catch on this sport.
Here is a little clip if you have never seen it before.:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWCDcCbZ8vo