A smaller court, walled in glass.
Padel is the most-played racket sport in Spain and a national obsession in Argentina. It's doubles on an enclosed court about a third of tennis's footprint, and the walls are part of the game.
20 by 10 meters.
Service lines, a center line, and no sidelines to argue about. The walls are the boundary.
Glass at both ends.
Three-meter glass back walls, stepped glass along the sides, steel mesh in between.
Always two against two.
Four players, one small court. You never have to cover it alone, which is why beginners keep coming back.
The walls are in play.
Let the ball bounce once, let it come off the glass, then hit it back before it bounces again. Where tennis would call the point over, padel keeps going.
Underhand serve. Tennis scoring.
Bounce it, serve below the waist, diagonally into the box. Then it's fifteen, thirty, forty, game.
Bigger than pickleball. Smaller than tennis.
Shown to scale, including the run-off space each sport needs around its lines. Padel's walls sit on the court's edge, so 200 square meters is the whole thing.
- Pickleball
- 167 m²
- Padel
- 200 m²
- Tennis
- 669 m²
Ready to try it?
Foundry Padel has indoor courts right next to Cathedral Park. Rackets and balls are on site, and most people are rallying within the hour.