Padel Rules: The Complete Plain-English Guide
Every padel rule in plain English: the court and its walls, scoring with golden point, the underhand serve, what is in or out, and how to start with four.
The guide and its 1 article →Padel, explained
The rules and the scoring, how levels and ratings actually work, formats that fit a small group, and how to keep a weekly crew showing up. Plain English, real numbers, no padding.
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Who writes this
Rivals is made by a small team that plays padel every week, and these guides are written from that: the things a group of four actually argues about, checked against the International Padel Federation's rules wherever a rule is involved. Where we are unsure, we say so instead of guessing.
We also make an app, so this is not a neutral publication and does not pretend to be. When Rivals is the right answer we say why; when a pen and a printed sheet would do the job, we say that too.
Reading about padel is fine. Settling it is better.
Rivals is the padel app for a crew of four: log the matches, get a rating that explains every move, and keep the records, belts and seasons on one shared board.
Free for a crew of four. Nothing inside is metered.