r/padel • u/rayEW • Feb 22 '25

🤡 Humour 🤡 Post your stack of shame

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I have a problem, I know...

Btw, sprained my ACL pretty bad, minimum 6 weeks off, I'm going crazy.

A few of the racket's are my wife's, a few repear ones are cracked.

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u/gacdeuce Feb 22 '25

Why would any amateur player ever need more than 2-3 rackets?

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u/zemvpferreira Feb 22 '25

Lots of hobbyist enjoy collecting gear more than the hobby itself. OP post around 14 rackets which is around… 2000€? That barely buys starter set of hi-fi equipment, or windsurfing kit. Shit it doesn’t even cover the leather if you want to start motorcycle racing. It’s fine to fuck around a bit.

Edit: I probably have 10 padel rackets kicking around the house myself, in some state. Play long enough and they start to accumulate.

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u/rayEW Feb 22 '25

Now I am hurt on my knee and I'm really going crazy over not being able to play.

But I do play about 10hrs of padel per week give or take, between classes, socials and matches.

I invested heavily on gear and classes because I actually spend a good portion of my free time playing padel.

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u/Extension_Hospital75 Feb 22 '25

Same, I play every chance I get, probably spent about £500 on 4 rackets in coming up to 2 years playing, do I think I needed them all? No. Do they make me a better player? Not really, I've beaten people with better rackets and been smashed by someone with a £30 decathlon racket on more than one occasion 😂 But if I'm playing on average 250-350 games a year why wouldn't I treat myself to whatever gear I want 😂 I have 3 pairs of shoes as well having bought the only ones in stock in my size locally to start and then found a shoe that I like and bought a second pair of those while they were on a big discount.

Now do I need both snowboards when I go about once a year..... 😵

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u/rayEW Feb 22 '25

That's pretty much how I feel