Padel – free play

Padel is fast and accessible. Rent a court, get a membership or join a course at USC Tennis & Padel in Amsterdam!

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Week 24

Padel at USC

USC Tennis & Padel has 2 official padel courts.
Rent a court or get a membership.
No experience or want to improve your skills? Join a padel course at your level!
The 2 padel courts are limited available for free play on weekdays from 17:00, due to the courses.
On weekends, the availability depends on whether there’s competition or an event.
Besides playing padel a lot of extra fun? Join the tennis and padel association Chip & Charge.
With your membership you can also use the tennis courts. Check tennis!

Which membership do you choose?

TENNIS+PADEL FLEX
a little more expensive but a lot more flexible, this membership can be canceled monthly from scratch.

TENNIS+PADEL YEAR
you’re stuck with us for a year, after which you can cancel your membership monthly.

SINGLE COURT RENT
rent a single court and enjoy playing.

PADEL COURSES (check them here)
9 classes of padel at your level.

Making a reservation

You need a reservation for every visit to USC.
Book your court using the booking button above.
With a membership, you can make a reservation 6 days in advance. Renting a court without a membership is possible from 3 days in advance.
You can have 2 active reservations for the upcoming 6 days. But the day after your first reservation, you can already make a new one. So, you can work out more than twice a week (if there are free spots)!
There is a max. of 1 reservation per day. If the court is available after your timeslot, you can continue playing.
You can choose how you enter USC: by using the finger scan or by using the My USC – mobile access app. Download the app: Android and iOS.

Check out all reservation and house rules

Play with membership

You can make a reservation for a timeslot from Monday until Sunday between 07:00 – 00:00.
Do you want to play with a guest? Then you can make a reservation for a timeslot from Monday until Friday between 09:00 – 23:00, and Saturday and Sunday between 10:00 – 20:00.
- You pay for the guest online and let the guest in with your finger scan or the My USC access app.
- Please note! It is important that you let the guest(s) go first before entering yourself.
Book your court via my.uscsport.nl.
Please note! You can purchase or rent equipment from Monday until Friday between 16:00 – 22:00.
Cancel up to one hour before the start of your reservation (but earlier is encouraged!).
Are you not cancelling (on time)? Then you risk a no show fee of €3,-.
Are you not paying the no show fee? In that case you can’t make a reservation/work out for 2 weeks.
Your no show fee doesn’t end up on the big USC company pile. Check in which sports goal we’re investing the no show fee income.

Single court rent

You can rent a court without a membership from Monday until Friday between 09:00 – 21:00, and Saturday and Sunday between 10:00 – 20:00.
- You pay for the single court rent online and you get access to the tennis park by using the My USC access app.
Rent a court via my.uscsport.nl.
Please note! You can purchase or rent equipment from Monday until Friday between 16:00 – 22:00.
When you cancel within 24 hours, there will be no refund for the court rent, introduce tickets and/or rented material.
In case of unplayable courts due to rain/slipperiness, you can change your reservation to another moment free of costs. Send an email to tennisenpadel@uscsport.nl.

Cancel your court

Rules of the game

Padel is a combination of tennis and squash. The game has been increasingly popular in Spain and Latin America. It is played as a double on a 20x10m court surrounded by a fence and a glass wall. So. Why padel? It is easier than tennis. At least, the basics are. Impressive rallies will begin right from the start of your first game…

The biggest difference with tennis and squash might just be the racket. The padel racket is made of plastic and has no strings. There are holes in the round racket blade, to avoid air resistance. And the little string at the bottom of the racket should be around your wrist to avoid you tossing it all over the court.

Adapted rules singles game

You play diagonally and you draw a line through half the field, as it were. This is quite easy to do: draw an imaginary line through the center line of the service compartment, all the way up to the rear glass wall. The normal rules of padel apply except for 1 important aspect!

If the ball bounces out of the field lines the first time (for example, just outside the center service line), but the ball would bounce back and bounce inside the field lines, it counts as a point.

You switch between diagonal as you would in tennis. After the first game, after the third, after the fifth, etc.

A.S.T.P.V. Chip & Charge

Chip & Charge is the student association for tennis and padel in Amsterdam. Check their website.

Check this video!

Check out our padel courses!

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You can rent a single court, without a membership. Just click the booking button to book a court. Want a membership? Choose one of the memberships below.

Fees change as of 1 November 2024
As of 1 November 2024, a big part of the fees of our ongoing Year and Flex memberships will change. Check which monthly fee you will pay from November.

Memberships
First payment: pro rata
When purchasing a tennis+padel year or flex membership, you’ll pay a pro rata amount.

Direct debit
Subsequently, in the first week of every month, a term will be collected by direct debit.

Canceling is simple
Send an e-mail to usc@uscsport.nl, or cancel your membership in My USC. Your membership will expire on the last day of that month.*

*If you cancel a flex membership in the same month as you purchased it, the membership will end on the last day of the following month. This means that there is always at least one monthly debit via direct debit before a flex subscription expires.

Additional terms and conditions
Check the additional terms and conditions for all info!

Member categories
USC works with 3 different member categories. Check out to which category you belong.

Fees
Single court rent (per hour)
€ 29,-

Guests
€ 8,50- for all categories

Opening hours USC Tennis & Padel
Playing with a membership
– Monday until Sunday 07:00 – 00:00

Single court rent and with a guest
– Monday until Friday 09:00 – 21:00
– Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 20:00

Renting equipment
– Monday until Friday 16:00 – 22:00

Locations

USC Tennis & Padel
Radioweg 80
1098 NJ Amsterdam
(020) 240 64 26

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Categorization

Categories shortened for full categories

Cat. I	Students UvA and HvA, other Dutch day universities
Cat. II	Employees UvA/HvA, alumni HvA, AUV-members UvA, other full time students of universities of applied sciences
Cat. III	Anyone else