A padel player reaches over his head to hit a shot.A padel player reaches over his head to hit a shot.
Conquer Padel Club is coming to Jacksonville. The racket sport that is described as a combination of tennis and squash. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Have you heard of a sport called ‘padel’? A club is coming to Jax

Published on October 13, 2026 at 3:59 pm
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Three businessmen are banking on Jacksonville residents embracing padel, a racket sport with millions of players worldwide, with the opening of an approximately 23,000-square-foot facility on the Southside. 

Justin Flynn and partners Matthew Sands and Bill Picek plan to open Conquer Padel Club in a building at 8313 Baycenter Road, off Philips Highway less than 1 mile north of Baymeadows Road.

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Head, a sports equipment and apparel company that sells padel rackets, describes the sport on its website this way: “Padel is a mix between Tennis and Squash. It’s usually played in doubles on an enclosed court surrounded by walls of glass and metallic mesh.”  


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