Padel / Protocols & guidance
Conduct and penalties
FIP · 2026In short
Disciplinary sanctions and the separate time-violation sequence.
Discipline and serious misconduct
Players must make their best effort and avoid abuse, aggression and unsporting conduct. The disciplinary sequence is warning, point loss, then disqualification. Coaches receive a warning and then expulsion. Relevant coaching violations accumulate with those of the pair. Serious aggression can bring immediate disqualification.
Time violations
Time violations have a separate sequence: first a warning; on repetition, the serving pair loses its first serve, while the receiving pair loses a point. Further violations cost successive points as determined by the referee. Serious repeated delays may lead to additional sanctions, including disqualification.
Independent explanations and translations, not official federation publications. Independent summaries of the FIP Rules of Padel 2026, applicable from 01.01.2026: all 17 rules plus equipment and conduct. References use physical PDF pages. Scoring format depends on the competition.
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