
As padel continues to grow in popularity, platforms like Playtomic have become essential tools for scheduling games and monitoring player progress. Yet, not everyone plays by the rules. Several manipulative tactics have surfaced, enabling players to boost their rankings unfairly or dodge the impact of poor performance.
🔁 Duplicate Accounts
A prevalent method involves creating multiple or fake profiles. Players may register under new identities to reset their ratings or pose as beginners—making it easy to dominate less experienced opponents and move up the leaderboard without true challenge.
Some even maintain a “dump” account specifically for losses, using it when anticipating defeat to protect their main profile. Others go as far as requesting that administrators switch their account post-loss to avoid losing points.
🕹️ Falsified Matches
Certain individuals exploit alternate accounts to fake matches—either competing against themselves or coordinating fake results with others. These fraudulent records help them climb the rankings without actual gameplay.
📈 Exploiting Regrading
Although regrading is a legitimate system meant to reassess skill levels, it’s often misused. Some players pressure coaches to upgrade their ratings despite lackluster performance. Since coaches earn fees from evaluations, they’re sometimes willing participants in this ratings-for-profit model. The result? A skewed system that rewards connections over competence.
🧾 “Please Don’t Submit”
Another shady move: asking opponents not to log match results after a loss. Skipping entries like this keeps a player’s rating artificially high while painting a false picture of consistent success. It undermines the accuracy of the platform and erodes trust among players.
🚫 These behaviors, while seemingly minor in isolation, erode the fairness and credibility of the game. They frustrate those who rise through genuine effort and cast a shadow on padel’s growing community. Solving this problem means combining tighter platform controls with a renewed focus on integrity and sportsmanship.
True skill in padel is forged in real matches—not shortcuts. Every point earned honestly is a step toward authentic growth.