Padel section

Padel rules, built around walls and doubles.

Padel is easy to start because the scoring looks like tennis, but the walls, underhand serve, cage openings, and doubles positioning create rulings that feel unusual fast. This hub starts with the high-search basics and leaves room for deeper pages on glass rebounds, net play, and tournament formats.

Key page

Start with the main rules explainer

Rules, scoring, serving, and walls: how padel points start, when the ball may use the glass, what counts as out, and how doubles rallies are decided.
Serve rules and faults: underhand serving, foot faults, let serves, second serves, and the side-fence fault.
Wall rules: glass, fence, and rebounds: the bounce sequence behind legal wall play, own-glass defence, and out-of-court questions.
Scoring, golden point, and tiebreaks: deuce, advantage, deciding points, sets, tiebreak serve order, and format variations.
Net rules and interference: net touches, reaching over, player contact, obstruction, hindrance, and replayed points.
Doubles positioning and rotation: service order, receiving order, switching sides, net control, and left-right roles.

Focus areas

Where padel gets technical

Serve sequence: underhand delivery, bounce before contact, diagonal service box, and faults.
Wall rebounds: when a ball can hit your glass, the opponent's glass, the fence, or leave the court.
Doubles play: court coverage, partner communication, and when a player may cross or reach near the net.

Fast answers

How padel pages should work

Start with whether the ball bounced on the court first.
Separate glass contact from fence contact.
Explain serve faults before rally faults.
Use doubles examples because singles-style positioning rarely explains padel well.

Official references

Where these rulings come from

International Padel Federation documentation - official rules, technical standards, and governance documents.
LTA padel rules and guidance - national governing-body overview for players in Britain.