by Minter Dial | Mar 24, 2026 | Padel, Sports
Picture the scene. It is a bright Saturday morning. Four players stride onto the padel court with the confidence of knights entering a jousting arena — helmets metaphorically on (although one year, it was a real helmet, after I had suffered a concussion), racquets...
by Minter Dial | Mar 17, 2026 | Padel, Sports
Shut Up And Talk: The Many Levels Of Communication In Padel “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw, who clearly never played padel, but would have been a nightmare partner if he had....
by Minter Dial | Mar 9, 2026 | Padel, Sports
The Overhead in Padel: Nobody Expects the Spanish Smash-quisition If you’ve come to padel from tennis, let me save you some heartache: your impression of your overhead is wrong. Not your technique — well, maybe that too — but your entire concept of the overhead....
by Minter Dial | Mar 4, 2026 | Padel
What Side Should I Play On? (And Other Padel Questions of National Importance) If you’ve played padel long enough to stop calling it “paddle,” you’ve almost certainly had (or witnessed) this conversation as two players who’ve never played with one another before...
by Minter Dial | Feb 11, 2026 | Joy of Padel, Podcast
The Joy of Padel podcast with Clément Geens (JOPS04E02) On the latest episode of the JOY OF PADEL podcast, I had the pleasure of welcoming a truly remarkable guest: Clément Geens. As the kickoff to our fourth season, this conversation held extra significance for...
