Padel is a racquet sport🎾
It is different from the sport known in the US and Canada as paddle tennis.
Padel is typically played in doubles on an enclosed court roughly 25%
smaller than the size of a tennis court. Scoring is the same as normal
tennis and the balls used are similar but with a little less pressure. The
main differences are that the court has walls and the balls can be played
off them in a similar way as in the game of squash and that solid,
stringless bats are used. The height of the ball being served must be at or
below the waist level.
The sport was invented in Acapulco, Mexico, by Enrique Corcuera in 1969.It
is currently most popular in Spain, Mexico, Italy and Andorra as well as
Hispanic American countries such as Argentina, although it is now
beginning to spread rapidly across Europe and other continents.
Padel is a racquet sport🎾