Padel is a relatively new sport compared to the other racquet sports that most resemble it, namely tennis and squash.

Sports performance in padel is conditioned by different determinants: physical and physiological qualities, specific sports skills and competitive strategies. Padel, like tennis and squash, is characterized by fast starts, braking, numerous changes of support, repeated hits, where many muscle groups intervene, ranging from submaximal intensities to periods of moderate or low activity.

However, studies concerning this sport are very few, even more in our country. That's why we will soon determine the physical requirements, that is, the distances traveled and the speeds of movement, as well as the physiological demands necessary for padel: the average heart rate, the blood lactate level and the evaluation of the perception of effort. This will allow us to suggest the training and evaluation guidelines that seem best suited to the preparation of the padel player of future years.

Matthieu LEBOURGEOIS, sports physiotherapist, will be back on the physical and physiological demands necessary for padel that will allow suggesting training and evaluation guidelines for padel players in future years.

 

Matthieu Lebourgeois is a sports physiotherapist and physical trainer. He takes care of amateur padel players from rehabilitation to re-athleticization and regularly plays padel as a hobby. Matthieu intends to test himself in competition and show his talent!