How do you find your Padel level?
Within padel sport, it is very common for people to join different Facebook groups where you can find fellow and opposite players in different padel centres, either in the area you live in or where you are on holiday. It is therefore a good idea to know your padel level. That way, you can quickly find equal teammates and opponents who give you suitably challenging and more fun matches. Below we will try to guide you to find your level.
There is an official common Padel level system that is used in all centers across the country. The levels have decimals to be able to give the possibility of fair nuances between the levels. It is ok to indicate the interval you think you are within. It can be difficult to give an exact number.
Beginning 1.0-2.0
Level 1.0 : Beginner
You are just starting to see if this is for you and have no experience with padel.
Level 1.5 : Beginner
You have played a few times and have learned the basic padel rules. It's still hard to use the glass walls and get duels up and running. It's fun and you'll want to get your basic technique and control more in place.
Easy practice 2.0-3.0
Level 2.0 : Practice begins
You have succeeded in some control and have succeeded in using the back wall better. If you play against ngle at your own level, you will experience being able to get longer duels going. If you have experience with other racquet sports, you will start to feel the benefit of it.
Level 2.5 : Practiced
Now you have gained so much control over the game that you have the energy to play more tactically. You know different padel strokes and have learned how to use the court and the pace of the game. Perhaps you have participated in an Americano tournament.
Practiced 3.0-4.0
Level 3.0 : Experienced/experienced
You play regularly and have gained good control and security over your game. There may still be unintentional errors. You have learned to be aggressive and often succeeded in doing so, but perhaps you can become too aggressive. You are able to participate in DPF 25/50 tournaments and/or 3.-2. division in the LUNAR league.
Level 3.5 : Advanced/experienced
You play every week and can feel that you make fewer and fewer mistakes in your padel game. You help to keep the duels going for a longer time and you actively use strategy and positioning on the padel court. You use the glass walls unhindered and control the speed of your shots. You can participate in DPF100 tournaments and/or in the 2nd division of the LUNAR league.
Level 4.0 – 5.0 Very practiced
Level 4.0 : High level/very experienced
You are able to play with great confidence and experience good tactical and technical skills. You may have gone crazy participating in several DPF tournaments. You are able to play in DPF200 tournaments and/or in the 1st division LUNAR league.
Level 4.5 : Elite level
You exercise your padel game with great confidence with good technical and tactical skills. You are busy with various DPF tournaments and have the level to play in DPF 200 tournaments and/or in the 1st division of the LUNAR league.
Level 4.5 : Elite
You are now seeded for DPF 200 tournaments or playing DPF 100 tournaments. You are able to play in the Elite division of the LUNAR league.
(Seeding is a pre-positioning of participants in tournaments based on previous performance and rankings to avoid the best meeting each other in the first preliminary rounds of a tournament).
Level 5.0-7.0 : Elite
Level 5.0 : Top level
You are seeded in DPF 400 tournaments and are able to play in the Elite Division of the LUNAR league.
Level 5.5 : National team player
You play on the national team and represent your country internationally.
Level 6.0: Professional player
You are among the top 250 players in the world according to the WPT rankings and play professionally.
Level 7.0 : Top professional
You are one of the best padel players in the world
REMEMBER!
Padel is first and foremost a sport that is about having fun, forming new communities and getting some exercise. It is most fun and gives the most exercise when you get the opportunity to develop your game together with equal players. That's what you can use the levels for. See you on the courts!
