Padel Schläger für Anfänger

As with tennis, the most important piece of equipment for your padel experience is the padel racket. If you look around in stores or in large online shops, the huge selection will probably initially overwhelm you. In addition to pure padel brands such as Bullpadel, there are also padel rackets from all renowned tennis brands, even adidas produces high-quality padel rackets, even if they currently do not have any tennis rackets in their range.

When you go to the padel court for the first time, you will of course rent a racket. But if you're as passionate about the sport as many beginners are, buying your own racket is highly recommended. To get started, only a few parameters are important. We want to explain this clearly here and give you important tips. how to find the right padel racket.

Tennis players know the “triad” of racket selection:Size of the face, Racket weight and the Balance. Here are the facts for your choice.

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To the padel rackets

1. The basics

Padel rackets are up to 46 centimeters long, up to 38 millimeters thick and you Weight ranges between 340 and 390 grams.

The face is perforated, because no strings are included in the equipment, unlike tennis rackets. The air holes minimize air resistance when swinging. The face is generally smooth, but there are also textured surfaces. The hard shell of the padel racket holds one High-tech foam, which essentially accelerates the ball out of the surface, but then immediately returns to its original volume.

The handle is compared to a tennis racket shorter, because two-handed strokes rarely occur in padel.

2. Face and sweet spots

As with tennis rackets, the size of the hitting surface is an important criterion for padel rackets. The bigger it is, the more forgiving it is. This is because of the so-called Sweet spot, so that one Area where the ball is most likely to hit will. The bigger the face of your padel racket, the larger the sweet spot - and therefore the probability that you will hit the ball cleanly.

Manufacturers usually offer three impact head variants. These are more like round club heads, striking surfaces in Teardrop shape and finally the Diamond shape for extreme power. As a beginner, you are right with a padel racket that has a round shape. The sweet spot is large, and even if you don't hit balls optimally in the middle of the racket, the ball won't fly anywhere uncontrollably.

3. The balance

Here again the introduction to tennis is with tennis rackets Balance point an important criterion that also comes into play in the padel racket. A heavier racket head in tennis means that the swing is accelerated from bottom to top, which creates more topspin (forward rotation of the ball). However, this is irrelevant in padel due to the lack of strings that cling to the ball upon impact.

With a padel racket, balance describes whether the racket is comfortable and easy to play or requires a lot of effort. Basically: Grip-heavy rackets, where the racket weight is oriented more towards the handle easier and faster to maneuver. Head-heavy clubs are more like for experienced players Suitable for those with strong hitting arms who want to convert their swing into speed.

Rackets with a balance point of less than 265mm are considered grip-heavy. A neutral balance pointt is around 270mm and clubs with a balance point of over 275mm tend to be top heavy.

How much should I spend on a padel racket as a beginner?

There are many padel rackets in the upper price ranges of over 200 euros. Padel rackets use high-quality and difficult-to-process materials such as carbon and fiberglass. The more sophisticated your game, the more you will feel the differences in material composition.

For starters However, it is completely sufficient Racket shape, the Balance point and that Weight your racket should be taken into account. We have many rackets from experienced manufacturers in our range that have this Criteria for beginners correspond perfectly and start under €100.

Here you will find selected padel rackets for beginners
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