indoor padel tennis Court dubai

Padel tennis is a racquet sport.As it’s often described, padel is a cross between tennis and squash (although avid players will tell you it’s unlike either). Typically played in doubles, it takes place on an enclosed court roughly three-quarters the size of a tennis court.
According the official Padel rules the playing field should be a rectangle 10 meters wide and 20 meters long (with a 0.5% tolerance), enclosed by walls. In line with its popularity, there seems to be a new venue dedicated to the game opening up every day. Eisa Al Marzooqi, a board member on the UAE Padel Association, says there are roughly 350 private and public padel courts  Available in Dubai, UAE.

Rules

– To a large extent, the rules of padel are the same as in tennis, except that in padel, you serve by bouncing the ball on the ground and below hip height. In addition, special rules apply with regards to the walls.

– Padel matches should be played on a regulation padel court that is 20m x 10m and is blue, green or terracotta.

– Padel games shall be played between two pairs of players using padel racquets.

– Before a match, a coin is tossed. The winner gets to choose whether to serve first or which end of the court to start on.

– Each match begins with a serve, which must be done underarm but like tennis must go diagonally into the opponent’s court.

– Both teams must attempt to score more points than their opponents.

The opposition wins a point when any of the following occurs:

• The ball bounces twice.
• The ball strikes you or a teammate.
• The ball hits the wire fencing or another fixture before going over the net or going into the opponent’s court (classed as out of bounds).
• If the ball hits the ground before hitting the walls (or fence) is considered a valid point. The player can hit the ball with or without a previous bounce, but always respect the maximum of one bounce. After the first bounce, the ball may hit the walls.
• Any player can hit the ball in any area of the court.

Matches are made up of 3 sets, with each set made up of six games. The winners of two out of the three sets will be declared winners of the padel match.

There are a lot of reasons for its exponential rise – starting with the fact it can be played by almost everyone.

“The thing about padel is that you don’t need to get to a certain level to have fun,” says Audrey Descols of Matcha Club, a boutique padel venue that opened in Dubai’s Al Quoz last year.

She says they have clients who are very young, as well as those over the age 60, trying out the game. A lot of their customers are beginners who want to learn more about the sport, or yoga enthusiasts who catch a yoga session in the studio, see the game taking place in the courts outside and want to try it out.