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Padel is fast becoming one of the most popular recreational sports around, especially among elite footballers. But what is it about the sport they find so appealing?
Let's find out 🤝
#soccer #padel #championsleague
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That's the reason why Klopp is tired
@alex0O0O
26 күн бұрын
Bro wanted to pursue his dreams as a professional Padel player
Any sport is more instinctive than tactical if you don't know the sport well. Doesn't make it true though.
@joeboyes7567
26 күн бұрын
Yep, I'm sure you know much better than the best player in the UK.
@simonpatterson793
25 күн бұрын
@@joeboyes7567 Completely fair point, he would know more than me, and his opinion holds more weight than mine.
@oadityao
25 күн бұрын
i was expecting an argument but remembered this isnt instagram
@albinantony8355
25 күн бұрын
@@oadityao true lol
@simonpatterson793
25 күн бұрын
@@oadityao I'm not sure padel incites the same sort of toxic chat as other subjects ;)
Van Basten owns a court close to my home, every hour is fully booked!
I play it for 3 years now. It's a lot of fun. I see Arjen Robben sometimes playing on the court next to me😂
@DacianAstilean-Styles-en8hp
23 күн бұрын
Damn
Why not badminton then?
@rowanhulst7474
26 күн бұрын
boring
@aimanazrie8944
25 күн бұрын
Badminton is too intense. Padel is a much more relaxing sport
@milktea2422
25 күн бұрын
Badminton if you take seriously is pretty intense. Much more intense than this. And I’ve played numerous sports. Football, badminton, basketball. A version of the padel game called pickle ball, unless it’s the same thing. Badminton if played seriously against someone of similar level can make you try to over extend to reach things which can lead to ankle or knee injuries. Whether it’s your knees giving out, you rolling your ankle, or the grip on your shoe being trash. It’s much easier to get injured in badminton than this game since you have to many intricate lateral and back and forth movements which could end up with ankle injuries, which is definitely worse for a footballer than anything else.
@alex0O0O
25 күн бұрын
@@milktea2422 Oh thank you for this information I don't know about Padel as it's not popular or doesn't exist in my country Every colony here plays Badminton for casual fun time so I thought why not Badminton
@Tr786hala
25 күн бұрын
@@milktea2422 Padel can be pretty intense actually, unlike pickleball lol
Hatem Ben Arfa has become completely addicted to padel, he's now ranked 400th in France out of 50.000
@lankymario7189
24 күн бұрын
400th out of 400?
@cafeklopp9393
24 күн бұрын
@@lankymario7189 50.000
@cafeklopp9393
23 күн бұрын
@@lankymario7189 out of 50,000
Newly invented Padel? I was playing this in Gym class in the early 90s
@DaityaGod
24 күн бұрын
In grand scheme of world anything less than 50 yrs old is new
@zacweston-edwards8849
19 күн бұрын
Literally says 1969
I miss bobby.
Paddle is the better pickleball
I swear the UK would rather grant Scotland its independence than call a sport the same thing as America
You mean pickleball
I only knew of this because Andrew Schulz
Sports was instinctive before some genius tactically change the game forever
What’s the difference between this and pickle ball?
This is Poundland tennis and I don't condone the playing of this game.
Table tennis?
It's called pickleball in America
@mrchicken790
25 күн бұрын
Not true pickleball is a different sport
@thetinytailor6632
25 күн бұрын
@@mrchicken790 ok bro
@marcocastelli171
24 күн бұрын
@@thetinytailor6632nah he’s right lmao, padel has a different court and ball. The rackets are also different
@MadOldPete
23 күн бұрын
Difficult to see how you could confuse them, they're not even that similar apart from being racket sports
Since the what?
Pickleball is better
C grade version of badminton
@albinantony8355
25 күн бұрын
Less tiring or injurious, hence easier to relax?
It’s an old man sport
It's that just pickleball
Pickle ball?
@not_biased
24 күн бұрын
Here in Canada we call it pickle ball too
@xlucentwings
24 күн бұрын
Not pickleball. Padel has a bigger court and walls on all sides you can play the ball off like in squash
They play sports for a living so when they aren't at work they like to do anything other than sports and this padel nonsense is perfect for them.
Isn't this pickleball?
Pickleball
This is just pickleball
@NosyFella
24 күн бұрын
No it isn't the court is different and it has different rules