Padel guides and tips
Practical guides to padel tournaments, from the social Americano to points, rules and a club ladder.
How to run an Americano in padel: step by step
Americano is the simplest and most social padel format. Here's a complete guide: number of players, courts, points, rotation and the most common mistakes.
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Americano vs Mexicano vs Mixicano: which to pick
Three of the most popular padel formats explained, with a simple table for when to choose which. Skill differences, fixed pairs and social vs. balanced play.
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Padel scoring: 15-30-40 and the golden point
How padel scoring works: 15-30-40, games, sets and the tiebreak, plus what changes at 40-40 with golden point, star point and the traditional advantage rule.
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Complete guide: how to run a padel tournament for your club
From format and seeding to the court schedule and prize-giving: a practical checklist for running a padel tournament, whatever the player count.
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Padel ladder: what it is and how to start one
A ladder keeps your padel club active all season. Challenge ladder vs box league, the benefits and pitfalls, and how to keep it going.
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Monrad in padel: the Swiss system, explained
Monrad pairs teams on equal scores, knocks nobody out and ranks the field in about log2 rounds. The pairing rule, the round count and byes.
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Team Americano: how to run one, step by step
Team Americano keeps the pairs fixed and draws every round up front. The circle method, the match count, and what to do with fewer courts.
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Padel Americano for 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 players
How many rounds, how many courts, who sits out and when you finish — worked through for every common player count. Plus the one thing that does not shorten the night.
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Planning a mixed padel night when the roster does not balance
Mixicano needs the same number of men and women. Here is what to do at 18:40 when it does not add up — four options, ranked by what they cost you.
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Padel round robin: the circle method, the match count and the format picker
Everyone plays everyone. Here is the arithmetic before you commit, how the circle method builds the schedule, and the match format choice that decides how long the day is.
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Running a King of the Court session: courts, queue and round length
Winners climb, losers drop, and the queue means people can arrive late without breaking anything. How many courts you need, how long a round should be, and why it stalls if you get that wrong.
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