Bernard Giudicelli, President of the French Tennis Federation, gave us an interview on the development of the padel in France. The President talks about young people, training, competition, the CNE Padel, and finally on the ambition of the 1000 padel.

The success of FFT Padel Tour d'Asnières shows that we are on the right path

We are in our project to promote to the greatest number this new game, this extraordinary game, easy to access.

Nothing better than city squares, city centers. And the town hall of Asnières-sur-Seine is one of the most beautiful places in France.

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Young people increasingly pushed by the FFT

In this Delegation on behalf of the Ministry, we had to organize the French Championships of padel. It is done.

But we could not fully meet our objectives if the French Championships of padel Young people were not realized. And that's what we did in Toulouse (Toulouse Padel Clubs).

These young people are the future of padel French. They will leave for the world padel in Valence in mid-October (October 14 to 20). They will wear the French jersey. It will be a great experience for all these young people to represent their country abroad and put on the clothes of the France team. It will also be the first world championship padel Young people for France.

Selected 2019 Youth Team World Championships

The competition, but also the growth of the number of fields ...

We must continue on this axis of competition, we must continue to invest in clubs. In 10 years, we have gone through 60 padel at 600. Do you realize? We must have this goal of 1000 courts of padel in the next 4 years.

Training, a cornerstone of the FFT scheme

The third element is training, in particular with the imminent start of a professional qualification in the teaching of padel.

This is due in particular to the new standards put in place by the Ministry. It is the Sport branch that decides on the content of training. And so with the FFT, we are able to respond to players of padel. A training department has been set up to offer educational content and offer all those who want to become a teacher padel the possibility of being recognized and graduated.

TFP padel : Diploma for pure padelists

We don't stop the padel

The ambition that must be pursued is first to build the National Center for Padel. We have to have the Roland Garros padel. We must offer dreams to all those who want to shine in this discipline. From the moment we are structured, the time will have come to host a real world championship of padel.

Photo credits: FFT / PSE

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.

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