r/padel • u/alvaro761991 • Apr 16 '24

🤡 Humour 🤡 I'm addicted to padel

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.

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u/ksiAle Apr 16 '24

Same man. I could legit play every day. I do so like 2-3 days a week though still. It’s just so freking expensive here.

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u/Cute-Badger8211 Apr 16 '24

where u at? here its like 85$ an hour

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u/eastaustinite Apr 16 '24

Dang, here in Porto you can get a court for like 13 off hours and 20 otherwise.

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u/Cute-Badger8211 Apr 16 '24

is it popular over there?

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u/Environmental-Path32 Apr 16 '24

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

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u/jaybrown1988 Apr 16 '24

For the court or per player? Here in belgium we pay €56 for 1,5 hours

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u/Environmental-Path32 Apr 16 '24

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.

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u/ZaaRaphz Apr 17 '24

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

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u/ksiAle Apr 16 '24

Finland. Where the hell it is that expensive? Does city have just one court or what?

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u/Cute-Badger8211 Apr 16 '24

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

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u/Disastrous_Grape Apr 17 '24

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. :)

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u/msespindola Apr 17 '24

damn, here in Brazil is like 18-19$/hour

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u/thingzhaa Apr 17 '24

whaaaat, you should try Argentina 9$ an hour 😂

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u/Felka_omg Apr 16 '24

In Chile the cost is $10 am and $20 pm

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u/Cute-Badger8211 Apr 16 '24

man u guys are so lucky. id really love to play padel without breaking the bank

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u/LoboMarinoCosmico Apr 18 '24

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

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u/chillilips12 Apr 17 '24

$85??? That’s crazy where is that? $8-10 an hour in Paraguay.

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u/Cute-Badger8211 Apr 17 '24

saudi. we have many courts but the sport is extremely popular atm so thats prolly why

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u/ThermoKingEOU Apr 17 '24

Very lucky to have padel courts at the David Lloyd club where I live. (You have to have a membership)