In Clermont-Ferrand. Aurélien ROUGERIE and his associates are adding padel to the magnificent 800 m2 multi-sports complex already in existence: 8 squash courts, an indoor multi-sports playground (indoor rugby-foot, ultimate freesbee, zumba), a children's playground, and now padel are the activities available to sports enthusiasts next to the dynamic brasserie-restaurant complex where everyone can relax in front of the giant screens and ASM Rugby.

Harold CHARPENTIER, sports coordinator of the center and BE of Squash explains that these are "my squash friends who told me about padel as an alternative to squash: as playful as it is addictive! When I played my first games, I had to face the facts: the Padel makes crazy" .

Harold goes on to explain that "lhe squash activity is becoming more and more important, we planned to add squash courts to the Hpark. It was also an opportunity to launch ourselves into the Padel . "

Today, the HPARK is the first structure to offer Padel in Auvergne. “We therefore have a lot of promotional work to carry out in this sport, the adventure being all the more motivating as we are all already 'addicted' ! "

An audience that already responds

However, the public has already responded and the structuring of padel is mandatory to support the practitioners. Harold confirms to us that "We want to develop the Padel as we did for squash: create a sports club (the Padel volcanoes) which will allow us to organize official competitions and community life, work with the tennis league to promote the activity, increase the thematic evenings (initiations, group lessons, tournaments, etc.) and organize top events. range (championships, pro tournaments, etc.) ”.

In support of their project, the HPARK did to the training organization « Padel Tennis Academy » to supervise the pedagogical training of the staff, support the educational and sporting structure of the club, and animate clinics and demonstrations with the public.

« Cédric CARITE's advice allowed us to train as part of a future padel course within the structure. Today, thanks to this work, we can also introduce all the new players Harold confirms.

Squash: a large pool of padel players

HPARK is a large squash club and “there are bridges that are being built between these 2 sports”. HPARK has gone from 6 to 8 squash courts. An indoor rugby court has therefore replaced a new activity, padel, as well as squash courts. We also have a play area for families for the youngest while the parents play padel…

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All information on the HPARK website or on GOTOPADEL:
http://gotopadel.com/item/hpark-clermont/
All information on padel training Padel Tennis Academy :
06 61 68 55 98 or to the address cedric@padeltennisacademy.fr.
Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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