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Sport of Padel growing in popularity in Ireland

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Sport of Padel growing in popularity in Ireland

The sport of Padel has seen a major growth in popularity in recent months with the strong possibility of courts being constructed in Oranmore in the near future.

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Padel is a racket sport typically played in doubles on an enclosed court slightly smaller than a doubles tennis court.

Scoring is the same as normal tennis, and the balls used are similar but with a little less pressure. The main differences are that the court has walls and the balls can be played off them in a similar way as in the game of squash and that solid, stringless bats are used. The height of the ball being served must be at or below the waist level.

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Barry Coffey is the President of the Irish Padel Association and he spoke to John Mulligan about the sport and its growth in popularity.

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Sport of Padel growing in popularity in Ireland

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