The Ladies and Gentlemen teams are fine-tuning their final settings this Sunday before some of the big departure for the Netherlands tomorrow for the European Championships of Padel.

The French men's team of Padel, equipped by Head France, met all weekend in Toulouse in training and cohesion camp to prepare for the next European Championship which takes place from December 2 to 6 in The Hague (Holland).

"Small disappointment"

Basket exercises, themed game phases and competition parts followed one another in a compact program that first took place in Toulouse Padel Club on Saturday, then at Club de l'Hers on Sunday.

Beside these sports festivities, other moments of conviviality shared around meals in group allowed to weld a team Men "left to itself by our federation"Will describe most of the players of the France team.

"We had to finance ourselves with the help of the sponsors the adventure of the French championships of padel in the Nederlands. We received no help from our Federation (the French Tennis Federation) "explain with one voice the team of France.

It must be said that they were forced to use brands like HEAD to help them finance their adventure in Padel Playa Club.

"Head trusts us and is really a very active partner”Says Cédric Carité, founder of Padel Tennis Academy.

The first departures

The first starts for Holland will be Monday November 30, other players will arrive on Tuesday for a start of competitions on Wednesday 2 December.

France, vice-champion of Europe behind Spain in 2005 / 2007 and 2009 (there was no European championship in 2011 and 2013), we could easily believe in a title this year, enjoying the absence of Spain.

But beware of other countries which also see the padel expand exponentially, Portugal and Italy in particular, with levels of play that are also progressing very quickly.

The balance of power may well be turned upside down and a new balance will be official this year.

Good luck to them.

Cédric Carité

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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