Padel clubs Mallorca and Andalusia

The shape determines where the sweet spot sits and how forgiving the racket is: round places it centrally and is the most tolerant, teardrop offers balance, and diamond concentrates power high up and demands good technique.

Glass returns the ball faster and more predictably than a rendered concrete wall, which absorbs part of the energy and produces slower and more irregular rebounds, so players have to adjust position and timing.

An individual padel lesson costs thirty to sixty euros an hour and a group of four costs twelve to twenty per person, with the frequency that produces sustained improvement being one lesson a week plus two matches.

The most frequent padel injuries affect the elbow, the shoulder, the lower back and the calf or Achilles tendon, and most relate to inadequate warm up, unsuitable equipment and an absence of strength work off the court.

Padel level is measured on a scale usually running from one to seven and is defined by what a player controls consistently under pressure, not by the best shot they have ever produced.

Tournaments group players into categories by level, usually from first to fifth or on a numeric scale, and by age, with formats combining group stages and a knockout draw depending on the number of pairs entered.