Padel, a fast growing sport on the Costa del Sol

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:36pm

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IT was in1969, that a wealthy businessman, Enrique Corcuera decided to adapt his home Squash court in Acapulco Mexico, so that he could play a form of indoor tennis and this is generally considered to herald the invention of the game now known as Padel (or Padel Tennis). He had a friend, Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, […]

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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 11:37am

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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 11:37am

We have a Padel court here in Scotland . And have tried it a few times. Im a squash player and as we are in Scotland, like that squash is indoors away from the rain. As we are moving to Spain, I think I will try and get up more to pick up the basics as I am aware that there are many more Padel courts than squash courts in the eastern costa del sol....Oh and more sun than Scotland!

I always thought of it as "for people that couldn't really play squash or tennis", but it is actually quite good fun and pretty difficult. More suited to tennis players I think. Also its quite social as commonly played in doubles.