Racketsport

Padel, sporten på allas läppar!

Hur kan en ny sport komma från ingenstans och på bara tio år inta hela Sverige? Padel är en fantastisk framgångssaga som här skildras av en av sportens främsta insiders. Det blir en resa från Acapulco, där allt började, via grevar och Grevie, spelets anatomi och själ, hela vägen till framtiden.

Det geniala med padel är att det är så enkelt att de flesta snabbt kan komma in i matchen, men samtidigt så svårt att det tar en livstid att bemästra. Boken gör en djupdykning i själva spelet, med många tips för spelare på alla nivåer: om slagen, taktiken, samspelet med partnern och vilket racket man ska välja. Men även om vad som är viktigt att tänka på för att få ett skadefritt padelliv. 

Vi får också möta några av svensk padels största profiler som berättar om sporten från just deras perspektiv. Från toppspelarna Baharak Soleymani och Calle Knutsson till elittränaren Andréas Johansson och tennisprofilen tillika padelentreprenören Jonas Björkman.

JOHAN HÅKANSSON är journalisten från Luleå som upptäckte padel 2014 och idag driver Padelfeber.se, den första nyhetssajten för padel, och Padel Mundo, Sveriges största podd om padel. Han har på nära håll bevakat svensk padel de senaste fem åren och har en unik inblick i det historiska som nu sker, där padelhallar poppar upp som svampar ur jorden och där snart var och varannan svensk äger sitt eget racket.

Röster om boken:

Här berättas allt, till och med eventuella skador och padelfysiologi får ett eget kapitel benämnt friskvård . / Skånskan

With an all-star team of contributing writers—including Nick Hornby, Will Shortz, Davy Rothbart, Harold Evans, and Jonathan Safran Foer—and quirky, fascinating images of table tennis from around the world, editors Eli Horowitz (McSweeny’s) and Roger Bennet (creator of Bar Mitzvah Disco and Camp Camp) deliver a humorous but heartfelt paean to ping pong, the world''s most popular, yet least appreciated sport. Everything You Know Is Pong is a beautifully designed literary tribute to every aspect of table tennis, the true global pastime.

This volume serves to expand theory-driven understandings of active sport tourism by showcasing five empirical studies examining a variety of active sport tourism contexts. These include table tennis at the World Veteran’s Championships, ultramarathon, running/cycling/triathlon, skiing/snowboarding, and a range of issues such as active ageing and travel-related carbon footprints. The volume also seeks to explore possibilities for future directions in active sport tourism and act as a catalyst for ongoing scholarly inquiry.

Travelling to take part in active sporting pursuits is growing in popularity around the world. Active sport tourism encompasses travel to participate in a myriad sports, as well as in competitive participatory sport events. Much of the recent growth in active sport tourism is associated with travel to compete in participatory sport events, notably the "big city" international marathon events; amateur running, triathlon, and cycling events; Masters Games; and team sport tournaments. While the broader sport tourism research literature has tended to focus on spectator-oriented sports events, particularly the mega events such as the Olympic Games, it is only recently that a concerted research agenda in active sport tourism has emerged, making this volume innovative and relevant.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Sport & Tourism.

This volume serves to expand theory-driven understandings of active sport tourism by showcasing five empirical studies examining a variety of active sport tourism contexts. These include table tennis at the World Veteran’s Championships, ultramarathon, running/cycling/triathlon, skiing/snowboarding, and a range of issues such as active ageing and travel-related carbon footprints. The volume also seeks to explore possibilities for future directions in active sport tourism and act as a catalyst for ongoing scholarly inquiry.

Travelling to take part in active sporting pursuits is growing in popularity around the world. Active sport tourism encompasses travel to participate in a myriad sports, as well as in competitive participatory sport events. Much of the recent growth in active sport tourism is associated with travel to compete in participatory sport events, notably the "big city" international marathon events; amateur running, triathlon, and cycling events; Masters Games; and team sport tournaments. While the broader sport tourism research literature has tended to focus on spectator-oriented sports events, particularly the mega events such as the Olympic Games, it is only recently that a concerted research agenda in active sport tourism has emerged, making this volume innovative and relevant.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Sport & Tourism.