Tennis meets squash, with walls

Discover Padel

The world's fastest-growing racquet sport. Easy to learn, hard to master, impossible to play without smiling.

What Is Padel?

Padel is a dynamic racquet sport typically played in doubles on an enclosed court. It combines elements of tennis and squash, featuring a smaller court surrounded by walls of glass and mesh that are integral to gameplay, enabling longer rallies and strategic engagement.

It's a uniquely social game: four players, close quarters, long rallies, and a scene that's as much about the people as the point.

Glass-walled padel court rendering for Columbus Padel Club
Phase Two Vision

Glass, mesh, and turf. The whole court is in play.

How To Play Padel

Scoring

Padel uses the same scoring system as tennis (15, 30, 40, game, deuce, advantage, set). Matches follow a best-of-three-sets format.

Serve

The serve is always underhand. The player must bounce the ball once behind the service line and hit it diagonally into the opponent's service box, at or below waist level. Players get two attempts.

Walls are Your Friends

After one ground bounce on your side, you can play the ball off the walls before returning it. The ball cannot bounce twice on the ground on your side, and if it strikes a wall before landing on the opponent's side, it's a fault.

No Strings Attached

The racquets don't have any. Padel racquets are solid, often perforated, and typically made from carbon, fiberglass, and EVA foam.

Watch: how padel is played, a three-minute introduction
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Why Padel Is So Addictive, Fun, and Easy to Pick Up

Easy to learn, hard to master. The underhand serve and enclosed court mean beginners are having real rallies in their first session, while the walls add a layer of strategy that keeps experienced players hooked for years.

It's social by design. Padel is a doubles game played in close quarters: you talk, you laugh, you play again. And in Columbus, you'll be able to play any hour of the day, 24/7, on self-serve courts.

Learning padel in Columbus

New to the game? First serve is Fall 2027, on self-serve courts that are beginner-friendly by design, and our Build Journal will announce intro sessions and demo days as we get closer. Reserve a founding spot and you'll be first on the court.

Rendering of the padel courts at 1939 3rd Ave in downtown Columbus, GA
Phase Two Vision

Court level, through the glass. The standard everything is built to.

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