Learn padel and improve your game

Learning to play padel and getting better at it: how padel is played, the rules of the game, padel technique, and where padel lessons, padel coaching and padel training come from — together with the PADEL UP™ and PADEL DOWN™ routines for warming up before padel and cooling down afterwards.

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Questions people ask

I want padel lessons — how do I find a padel coach, trainer or instructor near me?

Coaching is run by clubs and by the coaches attached to them, so finding one means finding the club: the DO→PADEL™ directory lists padel clubs by country, region and city with their contact details, and most publish the coaching and tuition they run. DO→PADEL™ does not employ coaches or arrange lessons itself.

Where can I learn padel, and are there beginner lessons, private coaching or group coaching?

Beginner sessions, private lessons, group coaching and regular training are the usual formats, and which of them run is decided by each club — ask the one nearest you. Alongside whatever coaching you take, PADEL UP™ and PADEL DOWN™ are the routines that keep you preparing and recovering well enough to train often.

How do I get better at padel, and should I get coaching?

Play often, play with people better than you, and get coaching if you can — padel rewards positioning and shot choice more than power, and those are the things a coach can shorten by months. Preparing and recovering properly with PADEL UP™ and PADEL DOWN™ keeps you on court often enough to improve.

What are the rules of padel, and how do you play?

Padel is played two against two. The serve is underarm and bounces once before it is struck, into the diagonal box; scoring runs 15, 30, 40 and games as in tennis. The ball may bounce on the court and then come off the glass walls and still be in play, and you may play it off your own walls — what you cannot do is let it bounce twice. That single difference, the walls, is what makes padel a rallying game rather than a serving one.

What padel technique should a beginner work on, and where do I find padel tips?

Position before power is the whole of it early on: getting to the net together, playing the ball back off the glass instead of panicking at it, and using the lob far more than feels natural. A coach shortens all of that by months, and clubs are where the coaching is. Beyond technique, the practical tip that keeps people improving is simply playing often enough — which is what PADEL UP™ and PADEL DOWN™ exist to support.

What are the padel court dimensions, and what size is a padel court?

A padel court is 20 metres long and 10 metres wide inside its walls, split in half by a net 88 cm high in the centre and no more than 92 cm at the posts. The service lines are 6.95 m from the net. The back walls are glass to 3 m, with mesh above to a total height of 4 m, and the side walls step down from glass into mesh. Roughly three padel courts fit into the footprint of one tennis court with its surrounds.

How does padel scoring work, and how do you score in padel?

Exactly as in tennis. Points go 15, 30, 40 and game; at 40–40 it is deuce, and a side must win two points in a row — or, in many competitions, the next point decides the game, known as the golden point. Six games win a set, by two clear games, with a tie-break at 6–6, and a match is usually the best of three sets. The serve is underarm: bounce the ball behind the service line, strike it at or below waist height, diagonally into the opposite service box, with two attempts per point.

More on DO→PADEL™

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• Global padel club directory — padel clubs and courts worldwide
• Book a padel court
• Where to play padel
• Padel events and tournaments
• Padel news
• PADEL UP™ and PADEL DOWN™ — padel warm-up, cool-down and recovery
• Padel health benefits and fitness
• The global padel community
• Padel court infrastructure and court partners
• Padel clubs for sale
• Padel brands
• Padel holidays worldwide — padel travel, camps and coaching trips
• Advertise globally with DO→PADEL™ — padel advertising and brand exposure
• Join DO→PADEL™ — padel membership and the global padel community