{"id":30241,"date":"2019-09-16T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.blog.fuertehoteles.com\/en\/?p=30241"},"modified":"2020-10-06T09:40:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:40:12","slug":"paddle-costa-del-sol-costa-de-la-luz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fuertehoteles.com\/en\/activities\/paddle-costa-del-sol-costa-de-la-luz\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy paddle tennis on the best courts of Costa del Sol and Costa de la Luz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paddle <\/strong>has had an exponential growth during the last years for being an entertaining and with a strong social dimension sport. At this time both Costa del Sol and Costa de la Luz have become one of the nerve centers of this sport in Spain thanks to its good temperature throughout the year and the biggest and most modern outdoor infrastructures where to practice it<\/strong>. In this article we give you some places and some tips to enjoy this entertaining sport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Brief history of Paddle tennis<\/h2>\n

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This sport was invented in Acapulco, Mexico, by Enrique Corcuera around 1969. After its popularity in various South American countries and in Spain, began to spread its practice in America and Europe. The great success of this sport in Spanish areas such as Costa del Sol made it popular among tourists from Northern Europe, mainly from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

The English word paddle<\/em>, in its sense of racquet or racket, was translated as \u00abp\u00e1del\u00bb and was included in the 23rd edition of the dictionary of the Spanish language of the Royal Spanish Academy. This allows to differentiate it from a namesake sport that is practiced in United States with different rules and under the name of paddle tennis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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What is the best time to play paddle tennis?<\/h2>\n

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Paddle is usually played in shared courts. That is to say that we ‘book’ one hour or one shift to play (the matches, if played in full, usually last more than one hour).<\/p>\n

On many occasions is the time we can gather the four players, which already by itself can be tricky, so when we become enthusiasts we try to book in our busy week a few hours for paddle in accordance with our game partner. But sometimes we have more ‘freedom’ to book the court when we want and certainly that we have asked if some hours will be better than others and all that depends on:<\/p>\n