ABOUT
PADEL
“Paddle” was invented in 1962 at Las Brisas, a house owned by Mr. Enrique Corcuera in Puerto de Acapulco, Mexico.
Enrique Corcuera added a 3-metre wall facing the original wall at the other side of the fronton court, a net at the centre and two low walls on the sides of the playing field or “court.”
The size of the court was approximately 10 metres wide and 20 metres long, reflecting an idea that Mr. Corcuera had devised at his house in Estipac, Jalisco, where he used to organise big duck hunts with his friends. In the afternoon, before lunch, they would play in this traditional fronton court that he modified with walls and a tennis net, and already had the current official size.
However, the “official story” (shared by Enrique himself) ignored the fact that the wall facing the original one was built to avoid the small black ball used in the game to bounce into the neighbours’house after crossing the defensive line, turning it into an annoying game.
It was funny and witty to see that, after the ball crossed the defensive line and bounced off the second wall, the players would keep playing, which became the origin of the game. It was Enrique’s idea to add the net, thus creating this new sport.
padelis.lt
Padel is a big part of my life
Hello, my name is Živilė Veronika Šutavičienė and I am the founder and administrator of this page. I created padelis.lt webpage because I really like this game. I discovered it in 2008 when my family and I were living in Marbella, Spain at the time. At first, I shyly passed through the padel courts and went straight to the tennis courts. To me, padel seemed like some weird game with weird rackets and played in even weirder cages. With that kind of thinking, I only dared to try it after a whole year of living in Spain. And when I did finally try it, I was hooked, I understood that I didn’t want to be separated from this game and it became a big part of my life.
The purpose of this webpage is to acquaint those interested in padel sports and to expand the awareness of padel in Lithuania.