Padel boosted by Italian footballers |

More than ever, padel is THE trendy sport in Italy, especially since the start of the health crisis. And its best ally is football. Indeed, current and past calcio stars are often keen on it and they ensure continuous promotion of its practice. From Bobo Vieri to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, including Francesco Totti, this is how padel conquers new territories every day.

Keep fit

As we know, nothing can match the popularity of football players. Highly publicized even after they have put their cleats on the nail, they benefit from unique exposure, whether in the traditional press or on social networks where their followers closely follow their activities and rush to comment and share them. Italian padel is a great beneficiary of this. Because to keep fit while maintaining the friendly aspect, padel is a reference.

In the columns of the Journal of Sport, Pietro sala, coach at the Aspria Harbour Club in Milan and the Italian federation, explains the reasons for this padel mania among transalpine footballers: “Padel is a complete sport that trains the mind and body because in addition to increasing the speed of movement and endurance, it keeps your heart and lungs in shape as you run continuously in several directions”.

It plays on the scale

After the end of their career, diets are forgotten and ex-players tend to gain weight after so many years of sacrifices. Padel therefore allows them to maintain a physical condition worthy of the name. The coach explains: “The legs are always active, the arms follow the movements to maintain balance, the abdominals are involved: changes of direction, torso twisting, thinning of the waist. As the racquet is shorter than tennis, it forces you to bend down when the ball is low and move more to catch it ”.

Conclusion: playing padel is a cure for youth because the fun side makes the notion of effort disappear. He concludes with a sentence worthy of a miracle diet : “Those who play regularly, at least 3 times a week, can lose up to 5 kilos in two months: the calorie consumption in 1h30 of activity is considerable”!