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alwaysoverneverunder t1_j1a9tyh wrote

Reply to comment by FortyishYearOld in With 25 million players worldwide, padel is only tipped to get 'bigger and bigger' by tennis star Andy Murray by PhantomWizard2099

I’ve played often in the rain in the first couple of years that padel started in Belgium. The last year, with indoor padel becoming available, we only play in very light rain or after rain (wet surface and glass) if we don’t have other options (which sometimes happens during competitions).

In or after rain padel becomes a completely different game and ‘tennis’ on a padel court will actually work as letting balls go via the glass will have them deviate down instead of bouncing correctly… the balls also get heavy which isn’t great with an already heavier racket.

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Choem11021 t1_j1azcq7 wrote

Playing in the rain requires a different tactic. Balls dont bounce as much. Playing deep lobs are killer during the rain. Hard to look up with rain falling in your eyes and you cant allow it to bounce as it will fall dead after hitting the glass.

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alwaysoverneverunder t1_j1b0hia wrote

Yeah, really deep lobs suck in rain, but most are OK. I hare hard balls against glass more as they slide down, especially with 2 glasses you’re toast. Also deep, hard serves are problematic.

It was also funny to see the WPT players at the tournament in Knokke in Belgium… at the sight of the slightest drop of rain they stop and head inside.

Our padel trainer in Spain was just today complaining about the humidity in the evening and the effect on the glass… so we had to tell him that that in Belgium still counts as quasi perfect conditions.

We’ve also played with -7 degrees which was interesting to say the least. Even a freshly opened can of balls didn’t help… new balls had the bounce of old ones in that temperature.

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Choem11021 t1_j1b1q4c wrote

Playing in very cold but dry conditions is better than wet conditions imo. The ball bounces unexpectedly due to the glass being a frozen sheet of ice however it atleast bounces.

A freshly opened can of balls helps however you can just toss them in the training basket after 1 session due to them getting soft and soggy.

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