Padel lessons in Phuket: how to find a coach and book
Where can I take padel lessons in Phuket, and how do I book one?
Phuket has padel courts around Chalong, Rawai, Bangtao, Cherngtalay and Kathu, and most coaches work out of one club or two and keep their own book: a message on WhatsApp, a Google Calendar and a spreadsheet of packages. Lessons are usually 60 or 90 minutes, sold as a single lesson or as packages of ten, twenty or fifty with an expiry date; a common rule is one free late cancellation per package, then the lesson counts.
The simplest way to book is the coach's own page on Kicksmash: kicksma.sh/coaches/phuket lists the coaches who chose to be listed, each with their clubs, languages and lesson length. On a coach's page you ask once to become a student, the coach accepts with one tap, and from then on you pick a free time yourself, cancel within the coach's cutoff, and see your package ("6 of 10 left, 23 days") under every lesson. Payment stays between you and the coach: a PromptPay QR with the amount, or a link.
If your coach is not listed yet, send them the link: setting up takes four taps and their calendar stays theirs. No app, no account: a first name is enough.
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