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Your padel level, honestlyAsk a club social what level they are. You'll hear one word forty times.
“Intermediate.” The word is doing no work. Here's the honest tour of every way padel measures you — what each rating actually knows, where each one lies, and how to place yourself truthfully.
The ratings you already have
Playtomic's 0–7 and the new cross-club standards are genuinely good at their job — matchmaking. They share a design limit: the scoreboard is their only witness, and in doubles half of every scoreboard belongs to your partner.
Test yourself, honestly
Ten observable questions — what you actually do under a deep lob, behind your serve, on your return — place you more truthfully than any self-assessment. No opinion required: you either take the net behind your serve or you don't. What padel level am I? →
The PADEXA Index: scoring how you play
A 0–100 score built from five evidence-weighted pillars — net control, error economy, transitions, finishing, serve & return — blended with results and confidence-rated. It moves when your behaviour moves, not a season later. The full methodology, with citations →
Your level, measured.
Film a match. Get your Index, your pillar profile, and the one fix that raises it.
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