by Minter Dial | Sep 29, 2026 | Padel, Sports
Padel is a funny game—funny not merely because it can make you laugh, but because it can make you question your coordination, your judgement and, occasionally, your choice of sport. Most sports have momentum swings. Padel adds a special layer of chaos: a ball that...
by Minter Dial | Sep 25, 2026 | Big Data Analytics, Padel
There is a new energy that hangs in the air around Roland-Garros in Paris in September. It is an energy born of tension, of intersecting trajectories, and of the human drama that occurs when four people, armed with padel bats, step inside a cage with a glass wall and...
by Minter Dial | Sep 19, 2026 | Padel, Sports
Have Bat, Will Travel Padel may be expanding rapidly around the world, but the elite game remains overwhelmingly Spanish and Argentine. The question is no longer whether padel will become international; it is how quickly other nations can build the depth, talent...
by Minter Dial | Sep 15, 2026 | Big Data Analytics, Padel, Sports
Hurray for the 2026 XX Mediterranean Games in Taranto. Did you catch any of them? It’s a sporting event that probably isn’t on everyone’s radar in that it happens every four years, except not consistently. In any event, for the XXthe edition, I was...
by Minter Dial | Aug 26, 2026 | Joy of Padel, Padel, Podcast
FYI: English Subtitles. To display the English subtitles for this video, click the CC (Closed Captions) button at the bottom right of the video player on a computer, or tap the screen and select the CC icon or three-dot menu on a mobile device. The Joy of Padel...
