Le padel is a simple word. However, we read in the press or elsewhere different words to talk about padel. Some write paddle, others paddle tennis, padel tennis or padle. We will try to separate the true from the false so as never to make the mistake again.

Padel Tennis: Term sometimes used in the press padel or tennis. On paper, the term is relatively accurate. It can happen in everyday language to speak of padel tennis to dissociate it in particular from paddle or stand up paddle. However, in common parlance, one never adds tennis to padel. But, it is an accepted term.

Padel : That's the way you should write this sport. You will never be wrong by using the term “padel”To talk about our sport. By using the word “padel”, You show that you are not necessarily a novice in this sport.

Paddle: Here's the word that makes debate and rightly so!

Today, it should no longer be used. Attention, in the media, and even some clubs, we still sometimes read that. Paddle or stand up paddle, is a sport on water with a big board and from time to time an oar... In short, it has nothing to do with our paddle padel and our land… If you make the mistake, try to deprogram yourself, because it is a big mistake today.

However, Originally, it was indeed the English word paddle which was used and widespread in Argentina and Spain more than 10 years ago and which is Spanishized. Until recently, only Argentina and Italy still used it. But, little by little, paddle definitely turns into padel.

Finally, on the website of the International Federation of padel, we can still read also (occasionally) paddle…

But, you want to be sure not to make a mistake, write PADEL.

Paddle tennis: Another mistake noted by certain major media… it doesn't mean anything… At least for the moment… One day maybe we will be able to play tennis on a surfboard. For the moment, this is not the case.

Padle: A priori, this word absolutely does not exist. So simply banish that word from your vocabulary.

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.

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