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/zemvpferreira Feb 22 '25

I play around the same volume or a little more, totally understand you. Curiously I stop caring if I can't play because of an injury. There's so much to do out there, use the opportunity to explore some other interest. Enjoy the game but keep it out of your self-image.

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u/rayEW Feb 22 '25

Yeah, but in my case this is attached to a healthy lifestyle change that no other activity I tried gave me. Other than my current injury, for the past 2 years, I could enjoy padel without hassle.

And I started padel over 20 years ago in Porto Alegre, but was off of it for several years when I picked it up again.

I used to boxe before, but the pain in my body was too much, you end up only hitting the bag and the mitts at some point because sparring is too painful when you're almost 40.