The Padel Topic!

[Sly]

Okay, I’m starting to see this pop up quite a bit.

 

I feel I need to try it and I’ve watch quite a few videos now. 
 

Is anyone playing this? 
 

What are the thoughts? 

[Parafox]

I must admit, I misread the title as "paedo".

[Trav Le Bleu]

Just now, Parafox said:

I must admit, I misread the title as "paedo".

And that why you're here.

[Parafox]

15 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

And that why you're here.

I have no idea what padel is.

 

However I've attended assaults on a few occasions where the victim is a suspected  peado. 

Edited 29 March by Parafox

[Trav Le Bleu]

25 minutes ago, Parafox said:

I have no idea what padel is.

 

However I've attended assaults on a few occasions where the victim is a suspected  peado. 

Have they ever been hit with kiddy tennis racquets?

 

Padel is a game for people who are rubbish at tennis and squash.

[HowardsBulletHeader]

Great sport, been playing it since January and it's so addictive to play.

[It'sblueupnorth]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Have they ever been hit with kiddy tennis racquets?

 

Padel is a game for people who are rubbish at tennis and squash.

Whilst I agree, tennis is hard to get good at and even worse when 2 bad players are playing. At least with padel you can rock up with quite literally anybody and after hardly any time have a competitive game

[Trav Le Bleu]

5 hours ago, It'sblueupnorth said:

Whilst I agree, tennis is hard to get good at and even worse when 2 bad players are playing. At least with padel you can rock up with quite literally anybody and after hardly any time have a competitive game

Yes, very true. I remember playing tennis in my youth. Rallies were rare and double faults frequent. It wasn't unusual to lose your own service game 0-40 as we refused to serve underarm.

[goose2010]

13 hours ago, Sly said:

Okay, I’m starting to see this pop up quite a bit.

 

I feel I need to try it and I’ve watch quite a few videos now. 
 

Is anyone playing this? 
 

What are the thoughts? 

great fun to play, the Padel Barn in Market Bosworth is great venue to play too. 

 

It is a good laugh and helps with the fitness. 

[Raj]

My mates proper into it, plays in Mkt Harboro.

 

Seems abit of a posh thing for me!! (waiting for a sarky comment from Trev!!)

 

 

[Samilktray]

Been looking to give it a go for a while and theres a new Padel venue opening in Thurmaston soon so will give that a go

[SickoDicko]

Been playing for 2 months now, highly addictive, good social too.

[Izzy]

Is Padel the same as Pickleball?

 

If not, what's the difference?

[Stadt]

I don't know why the concept incenses me so much but it does. Think it's the LinkedIn, Hyrox, wellness club aspect.

Edited 30 March by Stadt

[BrummieFOX]

2 minutes ago, Stadt said:

I don't know why the concept incenses me so much but it does. Think it's the LinkedIn, Hyrox, wellness club aspect.

Haha, yeh definitely been taken up by those types.

 

It is a genuinely fun sport though. It's always played in doubles so you obviously need 4 of you to get a game going. But its very forgiving, I think you can have a decent game without anyone needing to be particularly good at it. Far more so than tennis anyway.

 

 

[Stadt]

Just now, BrummieFOX said:

Haha, yeh definitely been taken up by those types.

 

It is a genuinely fun sport though. It's always played in doubles so you obviously need 4 of you to get a game going. But its very forgiving, I think you can have a decent game without anyone needing to be particularly good at it. Far more so than tennis anyway.

 

 

I can see that but I don't like Tennis either because the barrier to entry is fairly high ability-wise. I enjoy badminton more than any other racket sport

[goose2010]

16 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Is Padel the same as Pickleball?

 

If not, what's the difference?

proper Padel courts are played in more like a squash court with a depressurised tennis ball where as pickle is a plastic ball with holes in on smaller tennis court (size of a badminton court) 

[Tommy G]

Thought about it a cpl of years ago - not necessarily to play but to open a venue, there is one now not far from me in Market Bosworth. I think in the next cpl of years the market will be a bit more saturated with clubs so the money tree will of sailed. I think you'd need a between £250K to £400K to set one up unless you have an unused barn on some farmland. Anyone up for chucking some money in let me know, could probably get half of it from a lender. 

[TheGoldenGod]

On 30/03/2026 at 09:26, Samilktray said:

Been looking to give it a go for a while and theres a new Padel venue opening in Thurmaston soon so will give that a go

There's a couple apparently popping up in Leicester, Spring/Summer this year. Fastest growing sport in the world. Me and my mates have been playing it for a couple years, great fun!

[TheGoldenGod]

On 30/03/2026 at 10:10, BrummieFOX said:

Haha, yeh definitely been taken up by those types.

 

It is a genuinely fun sport though. It's always played in doubles so you obviously need 4 of you to get a game going. But its very forgiving, I think you can have a decent game without anyone needing to be particularly good at it. Far more so than tennis anyway.

 

 

Correct, because its more forgiving, it becomes more accessible and less daunting for those who would struggle at tennis. You certainly can't play it like you would tennis because you'd be hitting it way too hard

[HowardsBulletHeader]

On 30/03/2026 at 09:21, goose2010 said:

great fun to play, the Padel Barn in Market Bosworth is great venue to play too. 

 

It is a good laugh and helps with the fitness. 

The Padel Barn is a terrible venue, if anyone needs a court don't go there under any circumstances it really isn't worth your time travelling over there. The atmosphere is rubbish too, they don't do a decent coffee, its no good in the winter despite being indoors. I'd never book in advance either it's never busy so you'll always get in after work, no trouble. 

 

🙃

 

 

P.s please don't steal my court  

[goose2010]

3 minutes ago, HowardsBulletHeader said:

The Padel Barn is a terrible venue, if anyone needs a court don't go there under any circumstances it really isn't worth your time travelling over there. The atmosphere is rubbish too, they don't do a decent coffee, its no good in the winter despite being indoors. I'd never book in advance either it's never busy so you'll always get in after work, no trouble. 

 

🙃

 

 

P.s please don't steal my court  

Yeah getting a court at a social time is pretty much impossible

[JonnyBoy]

hoping the Thurmaston one opens soon, going to Bosworth hall barns every time is a trek!

 

[JonnyBoy]

it is a cross between squash/tennis, but easier than tennis and is highly addictive. People n our office playing 3 x a week £16 a pop each time!

 

 

[JonnyBoy]

On 30/03/2026 at 10:07, Stadt said:

I don't know why the concept incenses me so much but it does. Think it's the LinkedIn, Hyrox, wellness club aspect.

There is definitely an element of this 🤣 car parks full of A-class and Scirroco's