by Minter Dial | Sep 30, 2026 | Padel, Sports
Padel is a game of many dimensions, even if it is often misunderstood by those looking in from the outside. Squash players may say it is not as exhausting. Tennis players may insist it is not as physical. On balance, they are right. But to judge padel solely by the...
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...
