u/seekinghelp14461

I’ve tried playing tennis a few times in my life, and never found it that interesting. But from the moment I tried padel, I was hooked and I’ve been playing a few times a week for the past few years.

I also find watching professional padel so much more interesting , with the variety of shots, the x3 smashes, the out of court smash recoveries, the tactics, etc. Whereas it seems like 80% of the shots in tennis is just baseline to baseline ground strokes back and forth, which looks boring to me.

And yet tennis is a much bigger sport than padel in most of the world. What am I missing?