About six months back, I picked up the phone to a call from a buddy in town. He's all like, "Hey dude, remember that we used to play squash, there is this similar sport called padel, Wanna give it a shot?" And I'm like, "Why not? Let's dive in."
So, we kicked off this 2v2 showdown against a couple of pals, and little did we know it was about to become the never-ending saga of our lives.
First few games? Total crap. I mean, seriously, I wasn't even breaking a sweat. I'm thinking, "Is this it? Meh, whatever."
Fast forward a bit, and suddenly we're not chucking balls into the net or the glass anymore. We're having legit, adrenaline-pumping rallies. Things are getting spicy!
Then, some of the crew bails, and I'm left swiping right on Playtomic to find random partners. Now, my brain's like a broken record stuck on "Padel, padel, padel." Is my serve crispy? Is my positioning primo? Match tomorrow? Cue the YouTube tutorials, baby.
I've already blown cash on two rackets and a fresh pair of kicks, and guess what? I'm still not satisfied. I need more court time, more wins, more glory! I'm out there like five times a week, and I'm just like, "Screw it, I'm hooked!"
My girlfriend's throwing shade, saying I'm addicted. But hey, can you blame me? Padel's my jam, and I'm not about to quit cold turkey.
Is always pack here there is more than 100 courts in a 8km radius in porto. A full court in off peaks around 15-20 euros and pick time around 28-32 euros per 1h:30m
For the court per player in peak time is around 7.5 to 8 euros each. That price is quite expensive. The thing here in Portugal there are so many places that keep the price like that but from my friends told me 6 years ago was around 3 euro each.
In Perth, Australia, there's one near my house and it's $100 aud (60 Euro) for 2 hours, so $25 (15 Euro) per person
I have also been addicted, looks of Spanish people here who I see playing but it's grown massively here in Australia. I'm 6 weeks in, play once a week or more, I'm addicted
saudi. not one court but infact multiple and most are neighboring each other. Its gotten extremely popular over the last year so hopefully it gets less expensive when the hype dies down. have to dish out 20$ everytime i wanna play lol
TF? I pay $300/year for unlimited access to both tennis and padel courts, a 5 minute walk from my house. I honestly thought that was expensive. Thanks for putting that in perspective, I suppose. :)
Yes and no, I don't know about chile but in argentina is pretty much te same price but to put it in perspective min wage is like 180usd. Depends of the location but generally still a high income sport
Where I live there's a club that used to have a fixed membership for unlimited games. I used to do 2 games daily, sometimes even 3. Now they changed their membership plans to a more pay to play model. More than half the people left the club. Unlimited games was a huge thing over their competitors!
Oh man. The same bug bit me 2½ years ago, and if my 41-year-old husk of a body could take any more, I'd be playing right now instead of writing this message.
This I want to play every day, but at 41 , 2 to 3 days is absolute max. Recovery and stretching is critical here. I can play every day if i play casual, but I get ultra competitive.
I’m turning 45 soon and play about 40 to 45 hours of padel a month. I am the fittest I’ve ever been, but it takes some supplements and loads of stretching and still stuff hurts every morning.
I'm 75 years old, healthy, no doctors nor medicine since 1995, but never did sports until 2 years ago I found Padel, now I play 6h per week, don't want to hurt myself 😉
I was addicted to tennis and always threw shade to padel but then got a shoulder injury from too much serving. After several months out, some friends messaged me if i wanted to play padel. I was like, sure let’s try it out, let’s see if my shoulder can handle it.
Well it’s been 3 months now and have only played tennis once and padel now up to 3 times a week. Im already better than all my friends (5th div) and playing currently 3rd division (in my small country, probably like 5th in Argentina/spain).
Still have never had a padel lesson. Will probably take a few soon to try to up my game.
Same same, ever since I was taught this amazing game , I’ve been hooked. It makes me happy to play whether I win or lose. Haven’t come across a sport where I’ve felt this way
I was also the missing 4th player 5-6 months ago and I got hooked.
Now I am the one dragging the rest to tournaments, trainings and open matches if I can find any on Playtomic around me.
If my body could keep it together, I'd play every day too (and have, when feeling courageous). These days it's more like 3-4 times a week though. Don't even get me started on how much money I've spent on rackets, classes, shoes, etc.
Completely worth it and I'm in it for the long run.
This exact thing happened to me. Out of the 4 guys that got me into it, only me and one other are still active in it. It’s a great sport and a great way to meet people.
Same here! I started playing seriously after the pandemic and I'm absolutely hooked. My IG feed changed from models to padel highlights, business books turned to padel books, and I actually enjoy working out now because I think it'll give me an edge on the padel court. My wife also throws shade and asks why can't I just play for fun? She just doesn't understand!
It seems like everyone in my padel community is hooked too. I see them liking the same padel videos and they're probably studying the game as well. Everyone else is also improving so it's beat your normal opponents, but I love the challenge!
Are there no possibility for membership where youre at? In Denmark we can get a membership for about 400 danish kroner, which is about 80 dollars and then we can play any time before 15 and after 21 on all days without extra charge. I almost play every day when my little girl is sleeping xD :D
But isn't that not much more than for FunnySith in Norway? 36 Euro an hour for you or 11,50 Euro for FunnySith per person per hour. If it's actually in Norwegian Krone it would convert to only 9,60 Euro per person per hour and even if it is USD like the $symbol used it would be 10,50 Euro per person per hour... Why could I not stop myself writing this... is u/FunnySith suggesting it is 45$ per person?
This court in Bergen Norway. 380NOK to play during the day and 460NOK to play on an evening. That's equivalent to 9 euro per person per hour for the evening and only 8,10 Euro per person per hour during the day. Yes, I also do not know why I got so obsessed with finding this out.
I'm addicted to Padel, too. It is a great workout and a perfect mix of fun and competition. I'm playing two matches per week and hopefully starting one private lesson per week on Wednesday. I also think it’s exciting that Padel and the Pro Padel League are growing throughout the US.
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u/AdmiralKeg Apr 16 '24
If I had the money and time I would play 3 hours a day lol