<![CDATA[This study aims to explore the subjective experiences, phenomenological meanings, and motives for the involvement of the people of Bandung City in the sport of padel. Using a qualitative approach with a phenomenological design, this study involved 50 informants consisting of 20 active players, 10 coaches, 10 field managers, and 10 non-participants selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, passive participatory observation, and digital documentation studies, then analyzed using NVivo software through open coding, axial coding, and selective coding stages. The study found four main findings: (1) The construction of meaning of padel is formed through four dimensions health, recreation, social space, and urban lifestyle identity; (2) Players lived experience is built through a process of social introduction, regular playing routines, community interaction, and internalization of padel as a lifestyle; (3) Involvement is driven by because motive (social homophily and FOMO) that transitions into in-order-to motive (networking, health, personal branding); (4) There are massive symbolic consumption practices and social distinctions that create upper-middle-class exclusivity. It is concluded that padel in Bandung City is not merely a temporal sports trend, but rather an arena of lifestyle commodification that reproduces the social boundaries of urban communities. Keywords: Social Distinction, Phenomenology, Urban Lifestyle, Meaning Construction, Padel Sport]]>
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