Padel rules explained
Every rule of padel in plain words, by situation: the court and kit, the serve, scoring and the star point, the walls, playing outside, faults, time and…
Padel rules
- The court: size, walls and net
- Doors, side gaps and the safety area
- Rackets and balls
- Surface, mesh, lighting and orientation
- The toss: serve, receive or choose an end
- Serving and receiving order
- Changing ends
- The serve
- Serve faults and foot faults
- The serve and the mesh
- Lets on the serve
- Serving out of turn or from the wrong side
- Receiving the serve
- Points, games and sets
- Golden point
- Star point
- The tie-break
- The bounce before the wall
- Playing the ball off your own walls
- Mesh, posts, gaps, lights and the ceiling
- The net and the posts in a rally
- Stuck balls and the corner
- Playing outside the court
- Touching the net, the posts or the other side
- Hitting the ball before it crosses the net
- Double hits and both partners playing the ball
- The ball hitting a player
- Thrown, dropped or lost rackets
- Lets: broken balls, stray balls and interruptions
- Hindrance and interference
- Time between points, changeovers and sets
- Warm-up, suspensions and medical breaks
- Coaching during a match
- Conduct and the penalty scale
- Line calls and refereeing yourselves
- The no-let serve
- Men's and women's doubles
- Mixed doubles
- Senior and veterans padel
- Wheelchair padel
- Inclusive padel: mixed pairs
- Deaf padel
- Junior padel
- Full-court singles
- Singles on a single court
- Cross-court singles
- Mini-sets to four games
- Match tie-break to seven
- Super tie-break to ten
- Advantage final set
- Single-set matches
- Timed padel
- Rally-point scoring
- Americano
- Mexicano
- Rotating players and Flex formats
- Team Americano
- Team Mexicano
- Mixed Americano
- Mixicano