The Power Padel was born a week ago in Chiusi, a town in Siena in Tuscany. There are two outdoor courts and an indoor court. Italian padel is boiling!

This complex was inaugurated next to the Chiusi Tennis Club, with a former great Italian athlete: Damiano Pippi. He wrote important pages of Italian volleyball. He was a silver medalist at the Athens Olympics in 2004, World Champion in Athens in 1994. He is therefore now the owner with his brother of Power Padel.

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He tells us about his project: “I played tennis when I was little and I started playing again after my volleyball career ended. But when I was invited to play padel, I was immediately hooked! Talking with the Chiusi Tennis Club and with Coopersport which manages the entire sports area, the opportunity arose to build padel courts. Now I am very happy to see that this idea has come to the end of the road ”.

Pippi, from athlete to entrepreneur

The transition from athlete to entrepreneur was long, but he rediscovered an old acquaintance from the time when he was a volleyball player: Samuel Papi.

Today, Samuel Papi is on the staff of the Italian team for the Olympic Games. They have therefore promised to play padel when he returns. Damiano Pappi tells us in detail how he wants to develop this project: “I wanted to build a quality structure. We will have the same tracks as the WPT ”.

Damiano Pappi wishes to offer a high quality ski slope and locker room reservation service. But also, he wants top-level staff who understand workforce building.

In Tuscany too, padel is becoming more and more of a mass phenomenon. According to Damniano Pappi: “This sport will continue to grow, a lot of people are starting to know it and have fun playing it”.

Still according to the entrepreneur: “The secret of the explosion of padel is in being simple, playful, affordable and fun. It is accessible to everyone.”

 

source: Corriere Dello Sport

Alexis Dutour

Alexis Dutour is a padel enthusiast. With his training in communication and marketing, he puts his skills at the service of padel to offer us articles that are always very interesting.

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