Sandy FarquharsonFounder at The Padel School | Elevating Padel Players' Performance

One of the biggest reasons new players get injured in padel? 👇🎾

24 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this excerpt, Sandy Farquharson explains that many beginners jump from never having played padel to playing five or six sessions per week within a few weeks, often spending 2‑4 hours per session. This sudden, high‑volume repetition overloads bodies that are not yet conditioned for padel’s specific movement patterns. Even though Sandy and the speaker have professional tennis backgrounds, padel involves slightly different biomechanics, so prior tennis conditioning does not fully protect them. The key takeaway is that new players must recognize the injury risk associated with rapid escalation and take appropriate precautions to avoid harm.

Well, I think if we look at the journey a little bit, like, people go from not having ever played it to 3 weeks later playing 5 or 6 times a week and playing a lot. Like, people are playing for 2, 3, 4 hours sometimes on court, and they are basically— their body is not used to that amount of repetition. Like, you and I, we came from a professional tennis background, so our body is kind of used to the action, but even still, padel is a slightly different movement. So people, when they play more padel, they have to be aware that they need to take precautions if they don't want to get injured.