by Minter Dial | Mar 11, 2026 | Joy of Padel, Leadership, Mental Health, Padel, Podcast
Joy of Service, Joy of Padel – My Conversation with Ben Hanley (JOPS04E04) On the latest episode of the JOY OF PADEL podcast, I had the real honour of sitting down with Flight Lieutenant Ben Hanley—a passionate advocate of padel, true community builder, and an officer...
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...
