The Rules of Padel (Paddle Tennis) - EXPLAINED!

Ninh explains - The Rules of Padel. A relatively new (and popular) racket sport that’s similar to Tennis that is very popular in Latin American countries, Spain and Mexico. It’s a lot more fun with Perspex walls and it can be seen as a mixture of Squash and Tennis.

Specific to the World Padel Tour rules, watch this short beginner’s tutorial video guide on how Padel is played, Padel rules, and how to play and watch Padel. Learn about points, volley, advantage, deuce, fault, double fault, court and more!

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Video: Copyright World Padel Tour (I do not own video footage and claim fair use).
Images: Google (Various)
Music: ‘Driving Upbeat Energetic Action’ by AudioJungle
Narrated, Directed and Produced by Ninh Ly

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[NinhLyUK]

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EDIT: A lot of people are asking what happens if you hit the ball on the back wall and it comes back to your own side of the court. In the (very) rare instance that happens, you win the point, as the opponent did not return the ball. The example at 2:07 roughly demonstrates this (though there's some debate whether the ball actually hits the ground first).

[cranjismcbasketball]

Not gonna lie that looks like a lot of fun

[falstaff]

Quick rules note! After playing the ball, it can't hit the fence or the glass walls before touching the opponent's court. Otherwise it's out. The only exception is that you can play the ball directly off the glass on your side.

[hugopettersson]

Padel has really taken over Sweden. They are building loads of courts right now. They are almost always booked even though they are somewhat expensive

[theevilcricket]

This seems more technical oreinted than Tennis. The added elements of the walls to use and being able to leave the court adds whole new levels of weird and awesome plays

[guillermoaguilar]

The only rule missing is that in a serve, the ball has to bounce and then touch a glass wall (or be hit back before it touches). If the serve bounces and hits the fence, it is a fault.

[JorgeRomero]

super fun sport to play! I'm from Spain and it is indeed quite popular :)

[miguelangelmoraleshernande]

I've seen those rackets in the stores, but never knew for what sport. Now I know. Thanks

[wendyleeconnelly]

Seems like tennis with features of squash and badminton thrown in. Looks like fun.

[johngennaria]

Feels like a hybrid style of tennis with rules and equipment from racquet ball and pickle ball respectively. Still, this is pretty amazing. Especially if the players make spectacular diving hits back over the wall. Great vid!

[riyadmansour]

Ive been looking for English vids for days! Thank you

[rorycarroll]

hi ninh lovin the vids your videos are making me watch unhealthy amounts of random sports and i have started backing a lot of Toronto based teams like yourself

[matthewdooley]

This seems like a more exciting tennis. Some plays where you go outside the court look unbelievable! Thanks for sharing this sport mate!

[spicypan]

Nice video, very easy to understand. Thank you!
Gonna play this weekend with friends for the first time. Wish me luck!

[naeledro]

In the video it is not made clear that the boundaries are actually separated in two: the fence, which you can see on either side of the net, and the wall which is transparent plexi.
With that in mind there are a couple of important rules that were missed:
- during a serve, after the ball bounces on the cross-quadrant of the opposing team, it must not hit the side fence for the serve to be considered valid.
- if you hit a ball over the net and it hits one of the fences or the wall on the opposing team's side of the field before it bounces on the ground, the point is awarded to the opposing team.

[bertholddirke]

Ninh, if you are out of ideas with this kind of videos (just if), make explaination about a competition, such as EPL, NBA, NFL, etc. Explain about its system, transfer and contract styles, is there any playoff, how ultimately the winner be determined, and when its usually start and end (comp. Calendar). You can also made explaination about a board and card game, or how to resolve a rubick cube, or traditional game. Been following your account since the very first time, good luck and I hope my ideas worth to try. Have a nice day :)

[ems]

Recently heard of "beach tennis" and "beach paddleball” ... I've wondered how viable they would be as competitive or professional sports, if they were to grow in popularity. It would certainly seen to be difficult without the ability of the ball to bounce off the ground

[yeh]

Thanks Ninh. Love using your videos with students to learn new sports and improve their vocab and listening skills. Much appreciated.

[tysonplett]

I was expecting some little-known boring knock-off of tennis, and it turned out to be a FRICKIN' AWESOME game that I just discovered for the first time.

[SebastianPerezMartinez]

You are the king of sports rules!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻