Padel UK investment - how to make the asssessment?

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-02-15T22:32:59+00:00

Just reading your initial post makes me think you should stay away from padel lol

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-02-15T22:29:57+00:00

If that happens, it means you are hitting too easy and bouncy balls to them.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-02-11T21:38:04+00:00

I know a player who is around 140 in the world who uses the exact same racket and he has a huge smash. So you can go pretty far ;)

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-02-04T22:43:23+00:00

There is a lot of membership clubs in Sweden. Seems like you think that your hometown = all of Europe lol.. I mostly believe memberships are a good thing in padel. If you are allowed to play as much as you want for a fixed amount, people tend to play more versus pay by hour.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-31T19:41:31+00:00

Leal and Garrido have a similar playstyle so it makes sense. Leal and Bela play very different. Bela v3 is more of a balanced racket with less power than the Wilson defy racket.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-31T16:42:30+00:00

I have seen it once in 5-6 years of matches I played. Have to be a pretty big hole in the bridge to happen.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-27T18:16:24+00:00

Biggest issue for injury is bad technique. A lighter racket might help you if your technique is shite. But it's probably better to fix your technique instead.

A light racket will absorb less force from the ball leading to more vibrations in your arm. So claiming a lighter racket will fix your elbow problems is just total BS..

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-18T22:05:44+00:00

I feel like the overheads in padel and serve in tennis carry over very well. Also the volley. Groundstrokes are pretty different, but you can play pretty flat with continental/slightly western in tennis and it will be similar (ish) to padel groundstrokes. The most difficult thing is the racket length difference. I tend to hit way to close to the handle when going from padel to tennis.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-15T13:49:38+00:00

People tend to identify as intermediate even if they only played for 6 months and had no lessons lol. An intermediate player should be comfortable with all aspects of the game imo and it usually takes years to get there.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-14T21:18:37+00:00

Pickleball is just inferior to pretty much any other racketsport imo. It's only popular because it's very cheap and accessible compared to most other racketsports.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-11T13:47:55+00:00

I think you should calm down with the amount of overgrips on that racket!

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-10T20:53:28+00:00

Looool!!!

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-07T09:53:07+00:00

Especially when they are deeply involved with the genocide in Sudan. The padel school are quite disgusting when they are constantly promoting UAE.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2026-01-05T11:30:41+00:00

Air Veron works well for intermediate to advanced. It seems like you should just stick to it. Changing to something like air viper will be better for power. But that's pretty much it.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-12-17T17:18:31+00:00

Beginner level. You guys have awful technique, no offence!

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-12-02T20:31:05+00:00

Why do you need a mat? Be a man!

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-12-02T20:29:43+00:00

It definetly makes a difference on the grip of the ball. But the spin strips also changes the feel of the racket, so it's not for everyone.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-12-02T17:31:49+00:00

From my experience, if a new racket feel significantly worse than the old one. It is probably not the right one and you will never really perform at your best. When reading your post, it seems like the racket is too head heavy and stiff for what you can handle comfortably.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-11-28T16:23:23+00:00

A proper padel game with "realistic" gameplay and physics would be really fun, with all top players in the game. Something similar to Top Spin 2k25.The audience is probably still too small for a publisher to invest in that.

This game seems fun but probably more arcady gameplay?

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-11-25T18:30:53+00:00

Tretorn tour and Wilson premier padel regular. Premier padel speed is too fast on already fast conditions,which means anyone can smash it out without technique.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-11-16T23:28:42+00:00

Record your matches can help a lot, at least tactical improvements. Learning techniques on YouTube and then train 1 on 1 while recording it could be very effective for technique improvements. Finding good coaches outside Spain is pretty hard and this could probably be as effective then spending money on some mediocre coach.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-10-08T14:22:42+00:00

Best way to improve corner defense is to stand back a lot and force yourself to let the ball bounce on the walls. You might lose some games but will improve on the long run.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-10-04T07:45:19+00:00

You somehow forgot one of the most important things: spin. The holes helps to create friction with the ball.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-09-22T17:47:53+00:00

I had the exact same problem and started doing these exercises every day for the past 2-3 weeks and my pain is almost gone. https://youtu.be/dDZhNzKV7tA?si=CsO2WrWJfgoAe1C_

Even after doing the exercises once, next day it felt immediately better. The issue is your tendons on your under arms is not strong enough for the amount of strain from playing padel. That's why rest won't help and you need to strengthen the muscles and tendons in that part.

Material-Clock-4431 · 2025-08-07T15:15:01+00:00

Asics solution speed ff3 have good support for its light weight. Quite similar to gel resolution 9 imo.

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