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1 / A racket padel first meets standards

How to choose your racquet? How to buy? This is a question we are regularly asked and where Padel Magazine decided to do the investigation.

Before going into detail, it is interesting to dive into the framework of the racket and its regulations. Since it is from these elements that a padel is manufactured.

First interesting element: the similarity of the racquet padel with the human body. the racket Padel is in fact composed of the following elements:

  • OS (racket frame): strong and robust
  • MUSCLE (core of the racket - EVA foam): the most elastic possible.
  • TENDONS (striking zone) resistant and flexible for the speed necessary for the ball.
  • SKIN (paint and resins) waterproof, strong and present on all the racket.
The maximum measures imposed by the Spanish and International Federation of Padel are the following:
  • 455 mm long
  • 260 mm wide
  • thickness 38 mm
  • Striking zone: 300 mm in length and 260 millimeters wide
  • The Strike Zone is perforated in the central zone by a certain number of holes not limited between 9 and 13 millimeters
  • The racket must have a rope (called a safety strap) at the end of the handle. Its use is obligatory. This bead must have a maximum length of 350 mm.

When we said all that, we did not necessarily advance on how to choose your racquet, but players will obviously have to deal with all these elements of a racquet. padel.

2 / The different parts of the rackets

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The issues raised in this chapter are theoretical and do not imply absolute criteria as it is especially the player's feeling with his racket that will predominate. Here, these are orientations ....

3 / The different forms of rackets

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4 / Where do we hit the ball most often?

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By modifying the shape of the racket head we can distribute the 3 types of strike according to the type of game (PRECISION game, VERSATILE game or POWERFUL game)

5 / How to choose your racket shape?

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Fred BERTUCAT - Padel Magazine
Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.