Njengoba kunabadlali be-padel abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-30 emhlabeni wonke, lo mdlalo uyadlondlobala futhi awukaze udume kakhulu. UDavid Beckham, uSerena Williams kanye noMongameli waseFrance u-Emmanuel Macron bazibheka njengabalandeli bomdlalo we-racquet.
Ukukhula kuphawuleka nakakhulu uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi kwasungulwa ngo-1969 kuphela indoda nomfazi ababili ngesikhathi seholide njengendlela yokugwema isithukuthezi.U-Hunter Charlton, ovela ku-Sporting Witness podcast, ukhulume nomunye walaba ababili, u-Viviana Corcuera, ngokuzalwa nokukhula kwe-padel.
Kwenze kuphipadelqala?
Ngo-1969, ngenkathi bejabulela ikhaya labo leholide elisha endaweni engaphansi kwemfashini yase-Las Brisas yedolobha lasechwebeni laseMexico i-Acapulco, imodeli u-Viviana nomyeni wakhe u-Enrique bakha umdlalo owawuzojabulisa umhlaba wonke.
Ukudlulisa isikhathi, umbhangqwana ocebile waqala ukujikijela ibhola odongeni futhi uViviana washesha ukuthanda inguqulo yakudala yomdlalo. Wakhipha isiphetho kumyeni wakhe: "Uma ungenzi inkundla e-Acapulco, ngizobuyela ekhaya e-Argentina. Ayikho inkundla ye-padel, no-Viviana."
U-Enrique wavuma futhi ngemva kokuphahlazeka kwamagagasi oLwandlekazi iPacific, iqembu labakhi laqala ukwakha. Inkantolo engamamitha angu-20 ubude namamitha angu-10 ububanzi yakhiwe ngosimende, okwenza kube lula ukuyinakekela.
U-Enrique waphikelela ekuklanyeni okubalulekile okuhlobene nenkumbulo engemnandi ayenayo yokufunda esikoleni okuhlalwa kuso eNgilandi. U-Enrique uthe: “Isikole sasinenkundla yebhola, amabhola awela ngaphandle kwenkundla.” Ngahlushwa kakhulu amakhaza nokuyofuna amabhola ngaso sonke isikhathi kangangokuthi ngangifuna inkundla evaliwe.” Wacela umakhi nonjiniyela ukuba bavale izinhlangothi ngokuphelele ngocingo.
Iyini imithetho yepadel?
I-Padel iwumdlalo we-racquet osebenzisa izilinganiso ezifanayo zokushaya amagoli njengethenisi likatshani kodwa udlalwa ezinkantolo cishe kweyesithathu encane.Umdlalo udlalwa kakhulu ngefomethi ephindwe kabili, abadlali abasebenzisa ama-racquet aqinile angenazintambo. Izinkundla zivaliwe futhi, njengaku-squash, abadlali bangakwazi ukugxumela ibhola ezindongeni. Amabhola e-Padel mancane kunalawo asetshenziswa kuthenisi kanti abadlali basebenza ngaphansi kwamakhwapha."Kungumdlalo wokwazi ukubeka ibhola ngobumnene. Ubuhle bomdlalo ukuthi abadlali bebedinga isikhathi esincane ukuze baqale ukuhlangana, kodwa ukuyilawula kudinga inhlanganisela efanele yesu, isu, ukusubatha kanye nokuzinikela," kuchaza uViviana.
Kungani kunjalopadel ethandwa kangaka futhi ngubani osaziwayo ukudlala?
Ngawo-1960 kanye nawo-'70s, i-Acapulco yayiyindawo enkulu yokuvakasha ye-Hollywood's glitterti futhi yilapho ukuduma kwe-padel nosaziwayo kwaqala khona.Inxusa laseMelika uHenry Kissinger wayevame ukuthatha i-racquet, njengoba kwenza ezinye izivakashi eziningi ezisezingeni eliphezulu.Umdlalo wawela i-Atlantic ngo-1974 ngenkathi iNkosana u-Alfonso waseSpain yakha izinkantolo ezimbili zama-padel eMarbella. Ubenothando lwalo mdlalo ngemuva kokuya eholidini neCorcueras.Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-padel yafika e-Argentina, lapho yaqhuma khona ukuthandwa.
Kodwa kwakunenkinga eyodwa: yayingekho incwadi yemithetho.U-Enrique wasebenzisa lokhu ukuze azuze.U-Enrique wayengakabi mncane, ngakho washintsha imithetho ukuze awine imidlalo.Kuwo wonke ama-1980s kanye nama-90s, ezemidlalo zaqhubeka nokukhula ngesivinini. Ukwethulwa kwezindonga ezisobala kusho ukuthi izethameli, abahlaziyi namakhamera bakwazi ukubuka izinkantolo zonke.Umqhudelwano wamazwe omhlaba wokuqala emhlabeni - iCorcuera Cup - wawuseMexico ngo-1991, walandelwa owokuqala womqhudelwano womhlaba eSpain ngonyaka olandelayo.
Abadlali manje bahlanganisa idlanzana labadlali bebhola bePremier League, abanezinkantolo ezintsha eManchester ezivakashelwe izihlabani zeManchester United ezaziwa ngokuqopha ukuvakasha kwazo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.I-Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) ichaza i-padel “njengomdlalo okhula ngokushesha emhlabeni”, kanye “nohlobo olusha lwethenisi”.Ekupheleni kuka-2023, i-LTA yathi kunezinkantolo ezingama-350 ezitholakala e-Great Britain, nenani lenyuka ngokushesha, kanti i-Sport England yathi abantu abangaphezu kuka-50,000 badlale i-padel okungenani kanye e-England onyakeni kuya kuNovemba 2023.Owake waba ngumgadli weParis St-Germain kanye neNewcastle uHatem Ben Arfa usethathe igxathu elingaphezu kwabathandi beManchester United.Kubikwa ukuthi ukleliswe endaweni ka-997 eFrance ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kanti kuthiwa usengenele imiqhudelwano engama-70 ngo-2023.
U-Viviana ukholelwa ukuthi i-padel yasuka ngokushesha ngoba ingajatshulelwa umndeni wonke - kusukela kogogo nomkhulu kuya ezinganeni ezincane.“Kuhlanganisa umndeni, singadlala sonke, umkhulu angadlala nomzukulu, ubaba nendodana,” kusho yena.“Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuba yingxenye yokusungulwa kwalo mdlalo nomyeni wami eshaya imithetho yokuqala esuka ocingweni iye kwelinye.Umyeni wami washona eminyakeni eminingi edlule ngo-1999, ebengingamnika kona ukuze abone ukuthi lo mdlalo usuhambe ibanga elingakanani.”
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nemishini ye-padel kanye nemininingwane yekhathalogi, sicela uthinte:
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