Le touch tennis is the fashionable sport in England. Little by little, this sport is becoming established in France. And you will see that between tennis and touchtennis, there are many similarities, but not only!

The dimensions of the court

First let's talk about the field. The touchtennis field requires very little space. In simple, these are 12 meters out of 5. While in tennis, it's 23,77 m long by 8,23 ​​m.

Knowing that in tennis, we generally start on dimensions recommended at 18 mx 36 m. To sum up, a touchtennis court is usually 3 smaller than a tennis court. Doesn't that make you think?

Physical

And be careful to believe that it will be more “fun” to play touchtennis than tennis. In the touchtennis, there are many exchanges and it is often more intense than in tennis with reduced break times.

Racket dimensions

We play with junior or children's tennis rackets. The rackets are therefore much lighter than tennis.

The ball

The touchdown ball is actually a foam ball. Compared to tennis, the ball goes 75% slower than a conventional tennis ball. The balls are lighter, softer than in tennis. Consequence: The impact is much milder than in tennis.

Accessibility

Touchtennis seems more fun and accessible than tennis. Even if it will be necessary in any case of the bases of tennis to really have fun in this sport, one should be able to more easily have fun in touchtennis than in tennis.

The service

Oula! If in leisure, it happens that the players leave themselves 2 balls to commit to touchtennis ... In tournament, it is only one ball to serve! No second ball like in tennis. And you will see that you have to get used to it when you start.

Must we ensure, must we hit hard, must scratch the ball ... The question arises at every moment when you must commit.

Finally, it is always surprising at the start, we do not postpone the commitment in the event of LET. And you will see there too that LETs are more frequent in touchtennis than in tennis, which sometimes leads to very atypical and funny trajectories.

The advantages of 40A?

In the touchtennis, decisive point at 40A. In tennis, there is an advantage even if in France in particular there is a tendency to propose more and more formula without advantages (in particular in duplicate!)

The tie-break

The tie break is shortened: First in 5 points with decisive point at 4 points everywhere.

 

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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