A new guide has been put together telling people where they can play the sport of padel in Manchester.
Padel is a racquet-based ball sport that could be described as being a mixture of squash and tennis. It is becoming more popular which is seeing an increase in courts across the city and the wider United Kingdom.
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The game is played within an enclosed space like squash but shares similarities with tennis.
It has a net in the middle like tennis, the court also looks very similar, and like tennis, the players must pass a ball over the net into an opponent’s side by hitting a ball with their racquet.
However in padel, the walls/fence of the enclosed court are firmly part of the sport’s gameplay and can be used. Players are allowed to hit a ball after it bounces off a wall/fence in order to keep the ball in play.
Padel is most commonly played by four people in a game of doubles, though it can also be played individually. Playing as pairs is a nod back to the games social origins.
The Manchester padel directory can be found here.
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