Or Lucasarts… this could be in a Monkey Island sequel

Yeah, really deep lobs suck in rain, but most are OK. I hare hard balls against glass more as they slide down, especially with 2 glasses you’re toast. Also deep, hard serves are problematic.

It was also funny to see the WPT players at the tournament in Knokke in Belgium… at the sight of the slightest drop of rain they stop and head inside.

Our padel trainer in Spain was just today complaining about the humidity in the evening and the effect on the glass… so we had to tell him that that in Belgium still counts as quasi perfect conditions.

We’ve also played with -7 degrees which was interesting to say the least. Even a freshly opened can of balls didn’t help… new balls had the bounce of old ones in that temperature.

I’ve played often in the rain in the first couple of years that padel started in Belgium. The last year, with indoor padel becoming available, we only play in very light rain or after rain (wet surface and glass) if we don’t have other options (which sometimes happens during competitions).

In or after rain padel becomes a completely different game and ‘tennis’ on a padel court will actually work as letting balls go via the glass will have them deviate down instead of bouncing correctly… the balls also get heavy which isn’t great with an already heavier racket.

We have one place relatively nearby in Belgium to play indoors and with a yearly membership of 30 euro you get reduced renting fees and you pay 24 euro/1,5h for a court (and if you but credits for enough money you get an additional discount)

And Belgium… and we’re wishing we had halls because we’re playing outside in rain and freezing conditions