Talk:Paddle tennis
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Ed: Removed previous redirect. Paddle tennis IS NOT table tennis/ping pong. Paddle tennis is played in a smaller version of a tennis court, with a solid paddle like table tennis and a ball that does not bounce very well. It's primarily played in Hawaii and on (small) cruise ships (since that's often the largest court they can support).
Someone should write more on this; I just felt like correcting the incorrect link.
Here's an external source supporting what I said: http://www.paddletennis.biz/
I removed the sentence that mentioned that the serve must be served underhanded. This isn't in the rules. Moreover, the sport is player throughout the northeast and midwestern United States with a particular emphasis in sports and country clubs.
Paddle tennis is not platform tennis, the ball is a regular tennis ball (so it bounces well) and it is not primarly played in Hawaii. Javiery
I think a good link to clarify what paddle tennis, platform tennis, padel and all the different paddle games are is:
http://www.paddle-tennis.com/what_is_paddle_tennis.htm
My opinion is that different games have appeared in different parts of the planet as an evolution from tennis. There is some confusion with the names because none of them seems to be popular enough to impose a standard name. Maybe Padel is the most international one, since an International federation exists, with 16 national federations affiliated (http://www.padelfip.com/federaciones.html), but it is true that padel is primarily played in Argentina and Spain TrraKo
Why would paddle and platform be merged? It's like merging polo and water polo together. They are very different with very different rules. Ok, so my polo/water polo analogy is garbage, but still, these should not be merged. Celtic1
It would be like merging Squash and Racquetball. Bad idea because they are different sports. Likely, the argument for merging the two stems from players mistakenly referring to Platform Tennis as "Paddle Tennis". Why merge to support a grammatical error? 134.215.202.244 23:20, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Paddle vs. Platform, oh my!
I'm afraid I am adding to the confusion that exists here.....i thought i was clearing up a misconception on heater but now it looks like paddle tennis is truly not platform tennis. i admit we all call the game "paddle tennis" in our league but perhaps the more correct term is platform tennis after all? from a quick googling paddle tennis is truly unique and in fact the heated reference i "corrected" was probably something paddle tennis doesn't even have since the pictures i see of the sport are not on aluminum platforms!!
i'm thinking this whole page needs scrapping!
sorry folks. i think i'll go play PLATFORM tennis now (but will continue referring to it as just "paddle") —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Imdennycrane (talk • contribs) 15:32, 26 March 2007 (UTC).
