What is the PPC?
Your PPC (PadelPlayerCard) is your padel player card: your photo, your side, your hand, your club, six stats and your PScore (PadelScore), a 0–99 rating of your real level. It starts from what you declare, then adjusts to the ratings of the players you play with.
Hugo
Padel Club Lyon · Lyon
- 76
- ATT
- 84
- DEF
- 81
- VOL
- 74
- TEC
- 69
- SRV
- 86
- BHV
Meet Hugo, a fictional player. When he signs up, he rates himself level 5: his PScore starts at 75. After ten matches, his partners praise his defence and volleys, his serve a little less. His PScore settles at 78, his card goes Gold, and his stats show his strengths: DEF 84, VOL 81, SRV 69.
The card's six stats
- ATT · Attack
- Your ability to finish the point: smash and víbora, rated by your partners.
- DEF · Defence
- What you send back when you're attacked: defence, off-the-glass and lob.
- VOL · Volley
- Your net game: forehand and backhand volleys, bandeja.
- TEC · Technique
- Touch shots: chiquita and bajada.
- SRV · Serve
- The quality of your serve, which starts every point.
- BHV · Behaviour
- The partner you are: your partners' overall rating and their fair-play mentions (punctual, good mood, good spirit…).
The web of rated shots
On your profile, a web shows the rating of each of your shots, from 0 to 10. Dotted: your self-assessed level; in colour: your partners' ratings. Where the colour goes beyond the dotted line, you play better than you said. Here's Hugo's.
- Self-assessed level
- Partner ratings
| Víbora | Víbora: 7.6/10 |
|---|---|
| Bandeja | Bandeja: 8.4/10 |
| Bajada | Bajada: 7.3/10 |
| Smash | Smash: 7.5/10 |
| Forehand volley | Forehand volley: 8.2/10 |
| Backhand volley | Backhand volley: 7.9/10 |
| Serve | Serve: 6.6/10 |
| Lob | Lob: 8.1/10 |
| Chiquita | Chiquita: 7.2/10 |
| Off the glass | Off the glass: 8.5/10 |
| Defence | Defence: 8.8/10 |
Badges: every achievement counts
Every achievement on court unlocks a badge, from common to legendary, and XP. For example: “First title” for your first tournament won, “Streak of 4” for four weeks in a row on court, “Bandeja king” when your partners rate your bandeja 8/10 or more. Choose your three favourite badges: they appear in large on your PPC.
It's fun
Your PPC grows with you: new tier, new stats, a card to show off and share. Every match counts.
Your real level
The level we give ourselves is often approximate. The PScore relies on your partners' ratings, shot by shot: bandeja, víbora, volleys, defence, serve…
Partners who match you
Before suggesting a match, you see each player's PScore and strengths: no more lopsided matches, no more surprises.
Objective and verifiable
A single rating doesn't decide everything: the calculation smooths out extremes, gives more weight to recent ratings and experienced players, and spots favour ratings. Anyone can check a player's real level on their PPC.
How it's calculated
Fewer than 3 ratings: your self-assessed level. From 3 to 10: a blend, leaning more and more on your partners. Beyond that: mostly their ratings. Tiers go from Bronze to Legend.