Bullpadel Next Balls (FIP Next), Tube of 3

Tennis Nuts lists a natural felt cover that, in Bullpadel's words, keeps its bounce as the pressure inside drops. That matters more than it sounds: every pressurised ball starts losing air the moment you crack the can, and the felt and core decide how gracefully it goes flat. The listing gives each ball as 6.65cm across and 57g, and clears it for indoor, hard, resin and artificial grass courts.

What nobody publishes is the core material, the internal pressure or a speed rating. We'd rather leave those blank than borrow a figure from another ball.

Bullpadel sells three balls most club players choose between. The Next is the all-rounder. The Next Pro keeps the natural felt and is pitched as the faster ball for competition. The Premium Pro dozen swaps to a synthetic felt and is the one Bullpadel points at humid, low-altitude courts. On a cold UK evening every ball plays slower, so if your group likes pace, the Pro is worth the small step up.

Bullpadel doesn't give a figure, and neither does anyone else. In practice a tube is livelier for its first couple of sessions and then slowly goes dead; you'll notice it on lobs first, when the ball stops sitting up off the back glass. A ball pressuriser such as the HEAD X4 slows the loss between games. Unopened tubes are sealed, so a spare in the bag keeps.

Players who want a decent, consistent ball for a weekly game without paying for a tournament ball. Beginners don't need anything quicker; a forgiving racket from our beginner padel rackets matters far more at that stage. Every other brand's ball is on our padel balls page.