Basques have been smacking balls off walls since before most countries even existed, so fair play to them.
Fun fact: In the bare-hand variant, players strike a ball harder than a baseball with no glove or padding.
Tennis and squash had a baby in Mexico and now every person you know won't stop going on about it.
Fun fact: Spain now has more padel courts than tennis courts, with over 20,000 across the country.