While third edition of the Greenweez Paris Major will be held from September 28 to October 6 at the Roland-Garros stadium and that the second edition of the French International Paris Squash will take place from September 15 to 21 at the Cirque d'hiver, let's organize an imaginary match between these two disciplines whose bridges are obvious...

Who will win the game?

The game

One comes from Mexico, the other from England.

One is played on a playing area of ​​6,40m x 9,75m surrounded by 4 walls, glazed or not, one on a 10m x 20m court, separated by a net, surrounded by glass and mesh walls: padel and squash are two racket sports with some similarities.

The ball trajectories are also quite similar, which makes playing padel accessible to a squash player and vice versa. A tennis player, on the other hand, will have to shake up his benchmarks by including the walls in his game.

Volley fans will be well catered for in padel, but also in squash where the volley is one of the tactical foundations.

As for offensive shots, both sports have them in abundance, with Hispanic names for padel and British for squash. The vibora, the bandeja, or even the chiquita on one side and the nick, the boast or the kill on the squash side.

Hitting over the net and down will disorient squash players, and not having a teammate to cover the court will embarrass padel players.

Health benefits

In terms of physical benefits, let's immediately declare a draw!

Indeed, a study from the British Journal of Sports Medicine published in 2016 showed that regular practice of any racket sport reduces the risk of dying almost by half.

It is unanimously accepted that squash is the most cardio sport and therefore the most physical, although the exchanges in padel can also be as long and intense, but the players share the effort… A padel player will however have to deal with the endurance and liveliness of a squash player. The match promises to be exciting!

Both high-intensity sports with fast and intense exchanges requiring high concentration to understand the trajectory of the balls, squash and padel are complete sports and perfect ways to let off steam: they work the heart muscle, allow you to burn up to 900 kcal/hour and offer this wonderful opportunity to secrete dopamine, endorphins and serotonin, the hormones of happiness.

And why not practice both?

Popularity

France is in the top 3 of the world's best squash nations. There are 200 squash players in France (and 000 with licenses), 20 regional leagues and 000 clubs, or 15 court for 400 inhabitants... But the little yellow ball seems to be winning: the madness of padel is such that the numbers of players and infrastructure are evolving at high speed... In four years, the number of players has tripled, going from 1 in 45 to more than 000 in 80.

From this point of view, it is an ace for padel… but let's not forget that there is a great deal of porosity between the two sports and that padel players are often squash players (70% of squash players are multi-activity, often with other racket sports).

The big family of racket sports therefore continues to grow for our greatest happiness.

The competitions

The Rendez Vous :

May the best win !

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