Everton football club have a Padel court at their Finch Farm Training ground.
There’s considerable coverage growing around Football and Padel, such as this featuring Virgil Van Dijk https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/31/padel-racket-sport-uk-boom-jurgen-klopp-van-dijk-andy-murray so we thought we would turn to the blue side of Liverpool for a moment. Is playing Padel a physical and tactical weapon for improving the control and balance of the players at the start of the 2022/2023 season?
People increasingly know It’s fun, so much fun, and a great way to socialise but will Padel training become more than a fun outlet for the club. Lots of training time in football is presumably invested in preventing opposition from winning points and this is both technique and tactics, creating strategies to neutralise the opposition, to soak up their advances up the field and stop them from scoring and going on to win. You can be playing against a more aggressive side in football, you can have less of the ball, and you can still win if you have the discipline and conditioning to stay in the game.
The basis of managing a game of padel is very similar indeed to preventing a football side from beating you, the further up the field you are the better position you are in, and the more likely you are to see your opponent’s commit unforced errors as they are in positions where they are having to play the hardest shots under pressure – defending from the backcourts, back glass or side glass.
But there’s another thing about Padel which may be one reason why Everton have joined Liverpool and Man City amongst others ( it’s on the way at the world’s oldest professional football club Notts County as well), the footwork and turning circles on a padel court particularly around the walls don’t look too different to what a footballer might need to do to shield the ball from an opponent or create an opportunity to spin away from a defender, or find a teammate to pass to. In Padel there are lots of short movements and regular requirements to be able to turn almost 360 degrees within a few steps and be able to instantly adopt an explosive position.
Great to hear of Padel courts popping up at football clubs. Let’s hope Everton don’t get relegated after this post.
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Everton football club have a Padel court at their Finch Farm Training ground.
There’s considerable coverage growing around Football and Padel, such as this featuring Virgil Van Dijk https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/31/padel-racket-sport-uk-boom-jurgen-klopp-van-dijk-andy-murray so we thought we would turn to the blue side of Liverpool for a moment. Is playing Padel a physical and tactical weapon for improving the control and balance of the players at the start of the 2022/2023 season?
People increasingly know It’s fun, so much fun, and a great way to socialise but will Padel training become more than a fun outlet for the club. Lots of training time in football is presumably invested in preventing opposition from winning points and this is both technique and tactics, creating strategies to neutralise the opposition, to soak up their advances up the field and stop them from scoring and going on to win. You can be playing against a more aggressive side in football, you can have less of the ball, and you can still win if you have the discipline and conditioning to stay in the game.
The basis of managing a game of padel is very similar indeed to preventing a football side from beating you, the further up the field you are the better position you are in, and the more likely you are to see your opponent’s commit unforced errors as they are in positions where they are having to play the hardest shots under pressure – defending from the backcourts, back glass or side glass.
But there’s another thing about Padel which may be one reason why Everton have joined Liverpool and Man City amongst others ( it’s on the way at the world’s oldest professional football club Notts County as well), the footwork and turning circles on a padel court particularly around the walls don’t look too different to what a footballer might need to do to shield the ball from an opponent or create an opportunity to spin away from a defender, or find a teammate to pass to. In Padel there are lots of short movements and regular requirements to be able to turn almost 360 degrees within a few steps and be able to instantly adopt an explosive position.
Great to hear of Padel courts popping up at football clubs. Let’s hope Everton don’t get relegated after this post.
Explore the map feature to easily find Padel clubs accross the UK
LATEST NEWS
UK PADEL: Your 15:30 Newsletter is Here!
New O50 Championships Format Delivers It’s been a busy period for our competitions and the decision to revamp the Over‑50s County Championships has proved a success. Tournament organiser Mark Ayers said: “The move to a three-day format has made a real difference. It’s...
Cheshire deny Surrey clean sweep as revamped Over-50s County Championships launch in style
The weekends UK PADEL Over-50s County Championships marked a successful debut for the competition’s new structure, with a three-day format and two-tier system delivering quality competition across all categories. While Surrey underlined their strength with two County...
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NUPL Finals Day Coming to Bristol on Wednesday UK PADEL is proud to serve as title sponsor of the National Universities Padel League (NUPL) Finals Day coming up next Wednesday at Rocket Padel, Bristol. It’s a high-intensity knockout competition starting promptly at...
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The Unstoppable Rise of Padel in Numbers British padel has just hit a major milestone - and it’s great news for the whole UK PADEL community. New LTA figures show a remarkable DOUBLING in participation in one year, with 860,000 players in 2025, some 1,553 courts...
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What Is a Padel Court?
What Is a Padel Court? A Padel court sits somewhere between a tennis court and a squash court. The ground-markings are similar to those of tennis with two service boxes on each side of a tennis-like net, and another zone at the back of the court. This zone is,...
Who and what is a Bandeja?
Who or what is a Bandeja? I hear you ask… Bandeja is the Spanish translation for the word ‘tray’. I know confusing, right? Well, actually it’s not, you see in Padel terms Bandeja means a sliced volley. In Padel, a player's aim is to keep their opponent at the back of...
The Racket
The Racket Almost uniquely among racket sports, the Padel racket has no strings. Instead, the impact surface is generally made of fiberglass or carbon fiber, resting above a rubber core in a carbon or fiberglass frame. But, as with most sport equipment, there is quite...
The Ball – What’s the difference between Tennis balls and Padel balls
The Ball. What’s the difference between Tennis balls and Padel balls? Padel balls and tennis balls have a lot in common. For a start, they are a pretty similar size, and they are both essentially an air-filled rubber bladder with fuzz on the outside, each that same...