My first padel tournament tomorrow… how do I survive 5–6 hours? 😅

Bananas, sports drink like acquarius, stretching, etc etc

One rule : one beer every 2 defeats

Water + protein snack, electrolytes and stay warm

That's a crazy amount of time to be playing. Normally my tournaments are 2-3h long at most (which is still a lot). I guess this will be fully a battle of attrition - a marathon type of thing. Stay hydrated, eat bananas, do not over exert early.

I take atleast 2 L of aquarius. 2 bananas. Eet a really big bowl of Pasta 1.5 hours before a tournament. And at the end of match 2 i totally cramp up 😂😂😂

Simply bananas and water will see you through, maybe a flapjack or two! Failing that, Jaffa Cakes.

The problem isn’t staying fresh for me It’s the downtime between games and getting warm again.

Eat a good amount of carbs 3-4 hours before your first game. The during the games have a yogurt between games. I would avoid fruit, it will spike your blood sugar too much. Also drink lots of electrolytes.

for a 5-6 hour tournament you need to think about both fuel and hydration separately. eat something substantial but not heavy like 2-3 hours before, think rice with chicken or a pb&j. between matches have easy carbs like bananas or dates since they digest fast. for electrolytes, salt of the earth actually tasts good which helps because you'll drink more water overall, and the magnesium they use is gentle on your stomach so no cramping mid-match. you could also just add a pinch of sea salt to your water bottle if you want something free, but most people hate the taste and end up not drinking enough. bring snacks you can eat quickly between games. the leg heaviness is probably a combo of glycogen depletion and dehydration so hitting both angles should help you feel way better in those later rounds.

bring some bananas and plenty of water haha, that already helps a lot. don’t overthink it or go crazy on sugars either, just eat normal, drink enough, and keep moving a bit between matches so you don’t stiffen up. you prob loosen up anyways by warming up for a couple minutes before the game. keep that brain at peace lol many sugars are hard to digest and just OD your energy I feel like.

I had 3 matches previous weekend. Each match took at least 1 hour and 15 minutes. Match 2 was really difficult and took all my energy. I can def say we couldve easily won match 3 but we lost. It was outside, temperatures dropped and my legs felt super stiff. I ate 3 bananas that day and had lunch inbetween. I know i can beat these opponents going into it fresh.

if your tournament is going to be 5 hours or more and does not have some rest time programmed in so that all the teams play and all of them rest, then that's a poorly organized event. There should be some rest in there.

mhh I played 5 hours the other day and I'm feeling just fine, I guess because I eat very healthy (no garbage snacks or processed food) You can manage it by fixing your what you eat and not eat. Padel is not tough at all on the legs. Try Badminton single games and you can see what real toughness is.

For tomorrow keep it simple, hydrate early, eat small carb snacks between matches, and avoid going 100 percent in the first game. Padel AI App helped me spot pacing mistakes between points that were draining my energy in long tournament days.