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malaysia near curtin

are there anh parel courts in malaysia miri near curtin ?

Padel or tennis in Edinburgh

Looking for players to have games in Edinburgh. Beginner/lower intermediate level at the moment. I would love to join Wpp groups or sth similair to pa...

Playtomic fake accounts

I joined with my friend in a match but the creator has no profile pic and his last match was 2 years ago and he has two active match in the same day....

Test du pressurisateur AirBall Padel après 2 mois

play 3-4x a week, balls are a real ongoing cost. Tried this electric pressurizer out of curiosity. The idea: you put your dead balls in the tube, it...

Pablo Cardona needs to stop again

[https://www.instagram.com/p/DXxEvcigZNS/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_button\_share\_sheet](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXxEvcigZNS/?utm_source=ig_web_button...

Mini-lob-serve?

I haven’t had a chance to really try this out but I was curious what players thought. Obviously when returning a serve you have to let it bounce...

Ditching partners

I (25m) have been playing for a few months and am half decent. I don't make too many errors, can hit most bread and butter shots fairly well (can't ki...

Padel podcasts?

Anyone know of any good padel podcasts? Just looking for something easy but interesting to listen to on my drive to and from work

J’ai testé le pressuriseur électrique de balles AirBall Padel après en avoir marre de jeter mes balles — verdict honnête

Salut , Je joue 3x par semaine et j’en avais marre de claquer des balles toutes les 2-3 semaines. Un pote m’a parlé d’AirBall Padel, un pressuriseur...

Every group photo after sports 😂

Did anyone ever get banned / disallowed playing barefoot?

I do sports barefoot for years and this year I started playing Padel. After my first match I tried barefoot and it works great. Google strongly advi...

Anyone of you having hamstring tendon inflammation

Hey guys , idk why but after one set I started to feel my tendons getting sore, the hamstring tendons behind the knee , right knee outer side, I rest...

Tips for right side? (Woman)

So Ive been recently playing more tournaments at intermediate level to improve. I play right side most of the time and im quite solid playing that sid...

Trip to Argentina

Hello I am traveling to Argentina, staying in Buenos Aires. I will be there the week of the P1 Premier Tournament (May 11-17). I am looking for some g...

padel training camp ( 4/5 days )

hi all , Do you think it's worthwhile for an intermediate-level padel player with a tennis background to do a training camp in Spain or France? Afte...

Just gonna leave this here🥀

We’re going mainstream guys. Get ready for a flood of new US players.

Open Matches in Barcelona

Hey, does anyone has experience with playing open matches in Barcelona or Castelldefels? Do people use the feature there a lot or is it more common d...

Which are the bestPanel clubs in the Cotswolds?

Looking for recommendations of Padel clubs to visit based in or near the Cotswolds.

Americano style tournaments are the best !!

I played an Americano with challenger / champion courts once and honestly it was probably the most fun and competitive session I’ve had. Every set fe...

Experience playing Premier Tour, Cupra Tour, USPA, etc.

Has anyone played one of these events where you earn prize money and/or points? What was your experience like? Is there a market for more competitive...

Looking for feedback on my serve — posture, timing, toss, anything helps

Hey everyone, sharing a clip of my first serve to get some outside eyes on it. I know it's far from clean but I'm not sure exactly what the main issue...

Sharing an anectode fitting all the recent player rating discussions

Last summer we vacationed in Spain, nice hotel in the mountains close to Benidorm, felt pretty middle of nowhere. To my surprise there was a padel par...

Argentina (buenos aires) padel academies?

Hi, Im a 35 year old man that started playing 4 months ago in New York. Probably high beginner to intermediate player Will be in Buenos Aires for 2...

Padel scene in Bratislava

Hello fellow padel enthusiasts! I am going on a trip to Bratislava for 5 days and I was going to take my padel gear along to play a few games. However...

Any experience with store padelpadel.us

Looks a fairly new store. I'm a newbie to padel and found a babolat air vertuo 2.5 I really want to buy. I found the store through Amazon since I don'...

Lessons in Bolton

So recently started padel and keen to get better - I was trying to get private lessons (mainly because the group academy ones aren’t at the right time...

I’m starting to think most padel ratings are just off.

Two players can have the same rating but play completely differently. One is super consistent, just keeps the ball in play. The other is aggressive, g...

Changing grip for low balls

Hi, I’m a fairly decent padel players knowing to use glasses to my advantage and decent overall shots (except x3) i still suck at that. I saw in my l...

Is this normal? 32M playing padel singles.

Is this normal for a 32M playing padel singles? I usually hit around average 180bpm. Should I get myself checked?

The blue courts I play on release a crazy amount of blue fibers. Isn't this like really toxic?

Forehand wrist flick

My brain seems to be unable to allow me to hit a flat forehand a lot of the time without doing a weird wrist flick sending it up and to the right. Has...

Intermediate feeling like not improving despite weekly games and class

Hi all, I’ve picked up padel last August and been playing consistently, increasing pace since January to 2-3 games per week and 1 class. I’m intermedi...

Is anyone else frustrated with how random padel games feel? (Playtomic, rankings, etc.)

I’ve been playing a lot through Playtomic lately and I keep running into the same issue: Games feel *inconsistent as hell*. Sometimes you get a super...

Moving to Melbourne, Australia

I can find courts on Google maps, but not on Playtomic. Anyone here know if there is much of a social/semi-competitive scene?

Double bouncing ball in the serve box - Is it out?

Recently one of the club I was playing all the players and staff started to calling all the serves are mistaken if the ball is bouncing twice in the o...

Padel serve error?

Hi everyone, lately I’ve been seeing opponents and teammates serving with the racket head pointing upwards more often. The ball is tossed onto the gr...

Partner would just play tennis and refuse to go to the net

I just need a place to vent. Is there another subreddit for people like me?

New to padel

Hi I am new to Padel had one lesson at Thistle tennis club but like to contact with other new players

Issue with blocking from the baseline

I have recently noticed an issue. When I receive serves especially low ones, the balls are flying to the back glass. I have not put in any force. Also...

‘The only players who play with whom they want to play are Arturo and Tapia’

Just heard this from some player interview on 4th set, and he was quoting Bela on it. Pretty crazy when you think about it. Of all the pairs in the w...

Has anyone had their racket damaged by heat?

How does it affect your racket and performance?

So update on the new racket that I left in the car for a day or two in weather above 30 degrees 😩

I compared it with the same racket which the local club in my area has, something felt off couldn’t tell what between the two because obvs the club ra...

Added someone to a friendly match on Playtomic by accident, can’t remove them?

Like the title says, saw a match that I wanted to join and invited someone I recently played with but now I can’t remove them since I’m not the match...

Do breaks actually help you improve ?

Sometimes I feel like the more I play, the faster I should improve. But lately I’ve been questioning that. I’m starting to feel like playing too much...

I need fun ideas to annoy a friend who freezes me in casual matches

I’m looking for some fun ways to annoy a friend who keeps freezing me in very casual matches nothing toxic, just messing around between friends ( besi...

What to do when your partner loses his mental?

Played a game today against similarly skilled opponents and I think im marginally better than my partner. He had a tough start to the game hitting th...

Which controllers/PLCs are you using for Playtomic automation?

Squash Old Boys

I'm trying to play more social and Americano events, when I can actually get a place on them, and I'm finding myself encountering men over a certain a...

Bored by tapia coello....

I get it they are very good but come on, they have insane luck. I just hope lebron ausburger win today

Track premier padel matches with watchpadel.app

Every time I try to find out when a match starts, what court it's on, or where to watch, I end up clicking through like three different pages on the o...

Do you unconsciously adapt your level to your opponents ?

I’ve noticed something in my matches, especially in tournaments: I tend to adapt my level depending on who I’m playing against. When the opponents ar...

Lebron - Galan

Lebron/Galan is the only pair that could potentially beat Tapia/Coello. Prove me wrong.

Does hot temperature soften the racket core a bit for a while?

Where I play it’s gotten more than 32 degrees lately, I felt my core had softened, is this actually possible

Looking for clubs to play at for my upcoming trip to Europe

Hey there, I’m traveling to Amsterdam, Bruges, and Paris in a few weeks and looking to play padel in one or multiple of the cities. It seems like Am...

Coach/Academy recommendations Alicante

I'm looking to go to Alicante with a friend for a few days. Any coaches or Academies you could recommend. We're about category 2 in Spanish level.

Paquito Navarro and Martin Di Nenno to reunite starting from the Italy Major

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Built a clean Premier Padel match tracker because their official site drives me crazy — watchpadel.app

Hey, quick question - how do you guys actually follow Premier Padel matches? Every time I try to find out when a match starts, what court it's on,...

Amateur - which wrist for sports watch?

Hiya Just started being more active again and picked up padel. I'd like to use my Apple Watch and Strava. I don't really know much and was wondering:...

[Analysis] The most underrated shot in padel might be the chancletazo

A lot of padel players are basically throwing away free points because they’ve been taught to “play safe” on every forehand volley. Not every ball sh...

Breakdown of fixes in my beginner kicksmash. Any other fixes?

Probably still too early to focus on this but for fun. I think it’s still more of a flat smash than a top spin / kick smash at this stage, but it’s w...

Won both sets with my partner but feel shit

So played a random game, won first set 6-2, second set tie breaker, but idk today I felt so weird, I felt sloppy, late reaction time, racket slipping,...

I need to confess something: all my successful drop shots are by accident. All.

If I try to hit a drop shot, it’s an easy put away for my opponent.

Automating Padel Courts

Hi I am a court owner and looking for an automation solution. I would like to connect to Playtomic API and control the entrance (there is fence arou...

UPDATE: Nightmare with MejorSet (Part 2) – Bad Faith With 0 Responsibility

I am writing this follow-up to my [original post](https://www.reddit.com/r/padel/comments/1rlh4mh/comment/o8sw6a2/) regarding the 7 premium courts I p...

Screaming during a match

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but i maybe there are more people who think the same. Last week we had a match and i was playing baf, very bad. I got int...

How to stay mentally strong when you feel like the weaker player?

Yesterday I played a match and I want to ask about mindset. My partner was very good (4.5 level), me and our opponents were around 3.3–3.8 on Playtom...

How do you get match-ready quickly in your first game of a tournament ?

I play tournaments regularly, and I’ve noticed something: I sometimes struggle to be “on” right from the first match. It’s not always a physical issu...

Padel Training / Barcelona

Moin, ich fliege Ende Juni nach Barcelona mit einem Kumpel und wir wollen da paar Tage paddeln. Suchen dafür eine gute Padelschool oder Trainer, wo w...

Cork Padel Racket Pro II 2021

So i was given this racket by my uncle, and it's been a few weeks that I've been thinking of getting rid of it as i don't play padel, and i don't plan...

Garmin tracking indoor vs outdoor

Hi all. If I play indoor, with GPS off (clearly), my stats for moving time are around 2-5 minutes and the total distance less than 1 km. If I play o...

Lessons learned from recent match

My partner last night for a league match was someone I had never played with before but had watched a few times. I had played both of our opponents an...

Padel has already broken 1 million players in the US

According to the 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation report, 1.1 million people (age 6+) played padel at least once in the US in 2025. That's already almos...

Why do some padel players improve insanely fast while others stay stuck for years?

I’ve been noticing this a lot at my club. Some people start padel and within a few months they’re already playing at a solid level, reading the game w...

Opponents staying at the back

Recently we played against opponents that constantly stayed at the back, even after they lobbed us, and that broke our flow and made things challengin...

Anyone familiar training with Dragonet Padel Pro?

Hi I was doing some research into different types of ball feeders and this one in particular really caught my eye. I like the fact that you can use it...

It's beyond amazing what a man this short can accomplish in Padel

Any training routines to improve leg endurance and explosiveness for padel ?

I’ve noticed that during tournaments, I sometimes struggle to really “activate” my legs in the first match. And after a few matches, it gets even har...

Practice with a ball machine

A local club to me (Pure Padel - Stockport) has a ball machine that they allow you to use FOC with a court booking. I managed to book an off-peak cour...

Who has the bigger legacy in padel, Lebron or Galan?

As of today of course. And where would you rank them in your opinions among the sport’s greats? Personally I think the answer is obvious but still I...

Where on your body is most impacted by padel games? Anyone else feel it mostly in the hips?

I’ve usually play anywhere from 2-5 x 90 minute games a week with 3 being the sweet spot for perfect recovery. My calves and cardio could do 7 games a...

Is flat backhand return overrated in padel?

I keep seeing a lot of Instagram coaches recommending **flat backhand returns**, mainly because slice is “too slow” and doesn’t pressure the opponent....

Is it supposed to be uncomfortable watching yourself play? 😅

For the first time I got around to filming my matches and man is it hard to watch yourself play. The vision I had of myself when I play compared to w...

why dont pro players bluff with the serve like amateurs

Genuinely asking, I never saw a player in FIP tournament playing a serve with a drop shot stroke

Can you take legal action against your padel partner for dropping your playtomic rating?

My ai thinks this is not recognized in any court system but honestly I think I have a case.. wdyt?

What would you do different if you could start again? New to padel and looking to focus on the right things.

Hey! I'm in the early days of this sport. I'm already hooked, but I realize there's so much I don't know, and I want to use the next 6 months to build...

New courts in Santa Monica

Has anyone else been to the new padel courts in Santa Monica yet? I played there this week, they’ve got 3 brand new courts and it’s pretty easy to bo...

Am I overusing lobs? Struggling with baseline play

I feel like I rely way too much on lobs during matches. The problem is, a lot of the time it just turns into a “lob vs lob” exchange and we don’t rea...

Rant: Got stuck with an unpleasant partner for a league

Disclaimer: I know I could’ve problem carried more if I were better. unfortunately I am not. I have been playing padel for a few months and overall i...

Sanyo playing a Dropshot Racket in P2 brussels (no SET anymore?)

EDIT: Sorry, not dropshot - Starvie. I can't change the title so please imagine it would say "Stavie" in the title and move on please! As far as i...

Indoor vs Outdoor - what does the future look like?🇬🇧

Do you guys really think some of these Indoor courts that are being put up are actually viable and have been set up in a structured way to last? What...

Played some tournaments recently and got humbled pretty bad

Went back and thought about why I kept losing and it was the same mistake over and over. I’d be in a good rally, feeling confident, and then just go f...

London P1 Tickets

Ticket prices are coming out between £50 and £60. Is this roughly normal for a P1 event? Seems pretty expensive. Anyone here going?

How common is it to wear protective eyewear when playing padel?

Yesterday I had an accident where the ball bounced off my paddle and hit me right in the eye. I lost half the vision in that eye for a moment, and it...

Backhand Grip Question

Hey, so today i went to a new Coach for Group Training. He told us that when hitting Backhand Groundstrokes one should Change the Grip slightly to a...

Padel Academy Options in Spain ( option feedback)

Hi Padel community, I’m looking for feedback from anyone who has personal experience with Vest Padel in Valencia, or has heard solid recommendations...

New Babolat Viper

What do you guys think? https://preview.redd.it/gvzcsmp9wkwg1.png?width=493&format=png&auto=webp&s=a846418503c02689ce92159a3043216321f86...

Cardona/Leal - 3 matches, 3 losses

I know Pablo Cardona is coming back from injury, but I don't think anyone expected them to struggle this bad. I'm usually a fan of long term projects,...

Dunlop Aero-Star Pro → Siux Fenix Pro 2026: real upgrade or just different?

Looking for input from players who’ve actually used these (or very similar profiles). I’m currently using the **Dunlop Aero-Star Pro** and playing so...

Rule regarding touching the net

So this happened yesterday. Was trying to recover an opponent's smash rebound for a tap out or winner at the net. Was able to hit the shot cleanly for...