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...
by Minter Dial | Dec 30, 2025 | Padel, Sports
Padeltime and the livin’ is easy… There’s a unique energy to stepping onto the padel court with a new doubles partner. The unknown chemistry, the sizing up of one another, the potential for miscommunication, the split-second decisions that require...
by Minter Dial | Sep 18, 2025 | Padel, Sports
How the Mental Game Defines Champions on the Padel Court The thin line separating professional padel’s elite from the merely excellent isn’t always visible to spectators, but it becomes crystal clear when examined through the lens of psychology and...
