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The Little Book
of Padel.
From first match to first win — a funny, science-backed guide to the world's most addictive sport. Read it in about an hour. Play smarter this weekend.
The paperback is live on Amazon now. Prefer digital? Join the waitlist and we'll send you the full PDF free right away.
An hour that makes every
hour on court worth more.
One sitting. One coffee.
Fifteen chapters, ~700 words each, a pin-out summary at the end of every one. Everything that matters, none of the padding. The anti-350-page padel book.
Actual science, worn lightly
The only padel book grounded in the published match-analysis research — including the number that changes everything: two points in three at club level are given away, not won.
Written by one of you
Not a pro coach. A month-in obsessive who plays the same socials you do — and happens to have spent a decade building the science of how people get better at hard things.
Four parts. Your whole
padel journey.
- Why padel gets you (and the club cast you'll recognise)
- The court is the coach — walls as teammates
- Rules & scoring, minus the headache
- The unwritten rules of socials & WhatsApp groups
- Five shots, one job (territory)
- The territory game — why the net zone wins points (82% serving, 74% returning)
- Your partner is half your game
- Your first ten matches: a panic-free roadmap
- Where points actually go (the 65% truth)
- The one-fix method
- Know your level, honestly
- Plateaus, wobbles and protecting the fun
- The boom you're part of (you're absurdly early)
- Your padel toolkit — the honest apps & gear page
- Great games, on purpose
- The 30-day better-padel challenge
Look inside.
The wall works for you: their pace in, your preparation time comes back.
The serve, legally (and smartly) — and 90% of padel confusion, retired.
Win the net. Keep the net. Retake the net. Everything else is decoration.
The land war: from the net zone you win 82% of points serving, 74% returning.
Two metres apart, always. The lob and the advance are one shot.
Find the one leak, fix only that, verify. Then go again.
Ross Thornley is the founder of PADEXA, the padel intelligence platform, and has spent a decade building the science of measuring human adaptability. He joined his local padel club in July 2026, got hopelessly hooked within a month — three matches in one day, at his peak — and wrote the book he couldn't find. Mission: help padel players enjoy more, lose less, win more — and keep it fun.
Read the book. Then film the match.
The Limpet mount puts your phone on the court glass at head height so PADEXA can show you, in your own clips, where the points really go.
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Play smarter Saturday.
The paperback is live on Amazon now. Or join the PADEXA waitlist and we'll send you the full PDF free right away.