


1.5 m
Clay: bounce height
Clay gives you time.
The ball grips, sits up and waits. Long rallies, sore legs, good evenings.

0.7 m
Grass: bounce height
Grass doesn’t.
Low and skidding. Get down early or watch it go past.

1.1 m
Hard: bounce height
Hard tells the truth.
A true bounce every time, so every miss is yours.

0.9 m
Padel: then off the glass
Padel plays it twice.
Let it hit the glass and hit it on the way back.
Same ball.
Four bounces.
Twelve courts,
one gate.
We sweep the clay at seven,

water the grass at eight,

and switch the padel lights on at dusk.

Nobody here will ask about your backhand.
Somebody will ask if you need a fourth.

Deuce.
Padel or tennis? Level so far.
Padel
Tennis
20 × 10 m
Court
24 × 11 m
Four, always
Players
Two or four
Underarm
Serve
Overhead
Glass, in play
Walls
None
Ten minutes
First rally
Ten weeks
Something on
every day.

Mon
Americano Night
19:00. Twelve players, new partner every round. $18.

Tue
Beginners’ Six
18:30. Six weeks from first grip to first match. $120.

Wed
Winter League
19:30. Eight divisions, a table on the wall. $40.

Thu
Morning Doubles
09:30. Coffee first, then two sets. $14.

Fri
Friday Lights
20:30. Padel under the floodlights, music on. $16.

Sat
Junior Academy
10:00. Ages six to sixteen, grouped by level. $22.

Sun
Sunday Social
16:00. Mixed padel, then the terrace. $12.
What your coach
sees.
The toss arm stays up.
Drop it early and the shoulder follows. Hold it one beat longer.
The eyes don’t move.
Your head stays on the ball until well after you’ve hit it.
The hips start it.
Everything comes up from the ground. The arm goes last, and fastest.


Six coaches. Your first session is filmed and yours to keep. Meet them →

The Ladder.
17
Beat the player above you, take their place. That’s the whole rule.
9
Nadia Bellamy
6 wins
10
Sam Okafor
5 wins
11
Ines Calloway
5 wins
12
Tomás Vidal
4 wins
13
Helen Ashworth
4 wins
14
Priya Nair
3 wins
15
Marcus Lee
3 wins
16
Owen Hart
2 wins
Pay by the hour.
Or don’t.
Nobody has to join to play. If you’re here twice a week, the card pays for itself in a month.

After the
last game.
“I came for a lesson in March. I now have a Tuesday four and a table on the terrace.”
Priya N., member since last spring
Courts
07:00 to 23:00
Kitchen
11:00 to 22:00
Terrace
Till the last ball
Tonight’s
sheet.
Court
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
Clay 2
Taken
Free
Free
Taken
Free
Clay 4
Taken
Taken
Free
Free
Free
Grass 11
Free
Taken
Taken
Free
Taken
Hard 5
Free
Free
Taken
Taken
Free
Padel 7
Taken
Taken
Taken
Free
Free
Padel 9
Free
Taken
Taken
Taken
Free
Thirty All
Courts

