Champions Padel Club

Padel has moved fast in South Florida over the last few years, and Doral has become one of the sport’s stronger footholds in Miami-Dade County. Champions Padel Club, tucked into a commercial stretch of NW 88th Avenue near the eastern edge of the city, is part of that growth. The club operates five indoor padel courts, which matters in a region where summer heat and sudden afternoon storms can wipe out an outdoor court booking without much warning. Playing indoors under air conditioning keeps games on schedule year-round, which is part of why indoor padel clubs have been opening steadily across Doral and neighboring parts of Miami-Dade.

The club was formed as a Florida LLC in 2024, making it one of the newer additions to Doral’s recreation scene rather than a long-established fixture. That newness shows in how the club presents itself: modern court surfaces, straightforward online booking, and a coaching program built around a head instructor, Kendrick Polanco, who runs lessons for players ranging from complete beginners to competitive tournament players. Champions Padel Club offers private lessons, group clinics, and organized open-play sessions, plus tournaments for members who want a more competitive outlet. For newcomers to the sport, that structured lesson path is useful, since padel’s scoring and court rules differ enough from tennis that a session or two with an instructor shortens the learning curve considerably.

Hours run long on weekdays, from 8:30 in the morning until 11:30 at night Monday through Friday, which fits how a lot of Doral’s business-park workforce plays: early sessions before the workday, then a steady run of bookings after 5 p.m. once offices let out. Weekend hours are shorter, running from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, geared more toward daytime open play and family or group bookings.

One detail worth knowing before visiting: several online listings, and even the club’s own site, reference a Miami, FL mailing address with the 33172 zip code, which is common in this part of Doral since postal boundaries and municipal city limits do not always line up cleanly here. The physical location falls within Doral’s incorporated city limits according to U.S. Census Bureau geographic data, so despite the Miami-labeled mailing address on file with some directories, this is a Doral business.

Champions Padel Club fits into a broader pattern in Doral’s experiences and recreation scene: a locally formed, single-location operation riding the padel boom rather than a national racquet-sports chain expanding into the market. For residents and workers in the surrounding business park and residential pockets of eastern Doral, it offers a straightforward, air-conditioned option for a sport that is still new enough in South Florida that finding solid local instruction is worth something on its own.