The racket sport padel is not new, but it does have new momentum, seeming to surpass pickleball as the hot new thing. A recent announcement reveals that San Antonio is one of five Texas cities starting amateur teams within the National Padel League (NPL). Registration is open now and closes October 6.

Specifically, these fall under the USA National Team League, and they'll be "the country's first structured amateur padel team league with nationwide reach," according to a press release. The league is endorsed by the U.S. Padel Association (USPA).

The league will start this fall and is divided into six regions containing 40 cities. Texas and Florida are each big enough to constitute their own regions separately from the Southwest and Southeast cities, respectively. Texas teams are popp

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