Padel Chinese translated as cage tennis or paddle tennis, a collection of tennis, squash, cricket and badminton and other sports characteristics, originated in Mexico in the 1970s, is now popular in Argentina, Mexico, Spain and other countries, in recent years, with the popularity of pickleball, with low barriers and strong socialization, the sport has also developed rapidly around the world.
Even on Thursday afternoon, near the lunch break, Williamsburg Stadium was still filled with the sound of racket swings. However, this is not a tennis game, nor is it pickleball, the most talked about new sport in the United States, but cage tennis. Williamsburg is home to the only four professional paddle tennis courts in New York State. The cage tennis court is 20 meters long and 10 meters wide, only one-third the size of an ordinary tennis court (cage tennis is a double event, if there is a singles match, the court will be changed to 6 meters x 20 meters), and the bottom line on both sides of the court and the part of the sideline close to the bottom line are equipped with tempered glass walls, similar to the walls of squash courts, which can bounce the ball, and the whole court is surrounded by metal mesh. The racket is a short-body racket with a flat surface without strings, which looks like an enlarged version of a table tennis racket, and the ball is similar to a tennis ball, but the air pressure is generally lower. The stringless racket combined with the low bouncing makes it easier for players to control the direction of the ball, making it easier for beginners to get стартира .