Paddle is an outdoor racquet sport that is usually played in cold weather that is played with a racquet ball. The court is smaller than a tennis court and is surrounded by tightly screens that lets players keep the ball after the ball hits off the court and then the screens. Paddle tennis was generally played over a century compared to tennis the court is smaller and has no doubles lanes, and the net is lower. Paddle tennis is played with a solid paddle as opposed to a strung racquet and a depressurized tennis ball is used along with an underhand serve. The same court is used for both singles and doubles with dobles being the dominant form of play. The smaller court size adds a strong emphasis and advantage to net play and …show more content…
The paddle is made of solid material such as wood or a composite of a rubberized or titanium core covered with graphite and contains no strings it is usually textured or perforated and may have a metal rim around the head its dimensions are limited 18 in length and 9.5 width. Paddle tennis is a sport with very little history one could call it a young sport, as regulated forms of the game have existed only since the 1980s. The name comes from the English word padding referring to the paddles players use during competition.In the 19th century, a similar enclosed-court variety of tennis was already being played by passengers on British ships. The first versions of paddle tennis began appearing in New York during the first quarter of the 20th century, when paddles substituted the traditional tennis racquet. In 1975 an Argentine millionaire and Marbella regular imported the sport to his country, where it became a sporting sensation. Today, there are more than 2 million officially licensed paddle players in Argentina, a country that offers over 10,000 paddle tennis courts.From Argentina, the sport has caught on in neighboring countries such as Brazil, Uruguay and Chile, and it is increasingly