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For several months, the padel, new discipline "Between tennis and squash", enjoys significant media exposure. Local daily newspapers, national media and even fashion media evoke the arrival of the discipline and the installation of equipment in their territory. Focus on the development of padel in the media.

National media on padel

For several months, the padel, new discipline "Between tennis and squash", enjoys significant media exposure.

Local daily newspapers mention the arrival of discipline and the installation of equipment on their territory.

At the same time, different types of national media offer topics to present the discipline: A report one morning on BFM, articles in Le Point, another in Les Sportives. The team also addressed the subject.

The general and sports press is not the only one interested in the discipline.

Articles are also visible in the fashion press. The padel was the subject of a long article in GQ, but also in issue 4 of Generation Millenials. Obviously, the press review proposed here is not exhaustive and could have been extended.

We must also note the existence for several years of a specific media accessible online: Padel Magazine

Articles on padel “Similar”

If there is a diversity of media dealing with the arrival of padel, there are many regularities in the way the discipline is treated. Most of the articles and reports appear to be quite similar. They evoke the strong development of the discipline in recent decades in Space.

Le padel is then presented quickly with its specific rules and installations, its national organization taken over by the French tennis federation.

Directors of structures and players are interviewed and highlight the discipline. With the support of the interviewees, the articles speak of a fun and friendly practice. On BFM, the logic is pushed so that journalists and interviewed actors find themselves playing padel on the tray. The padel is also often compared to tennis. S

On the news channel continues, it is presented as "More fun, more fun", like a sport that requires little effort, which is less technically complex: "It's a technically much easier sport to master", and therefore more accessible.

In the article of the Point, the remarks of a questioned player go in the same direction: “You can get rewarding points pretty quickly, so you quickly feel the urge to continue. And it is an extremely user-friendly sport, the padel is the only racquet sport that can only be played as a team. "

The article even speaks of a practice that "Would awaken the social bond" because of the obligation to play at 4. In GQ, journalists speak of an accessible, collective and affordable practice. The padel would therefore only have advantages.

Other media highlight other aspects

At the same time, other media are also interested in this discipline by highlighting other aspects, and in particular the new forms of infrastructure linked to the practice. In several articles (and this is also the case for several texts mentioned above), the example of Casa Padel is mentioned as a symbol of the development of this practice.

Home Padel is a private merchant structure created in Saint Denis with twelve sites.

In echoes, she is cited as a model of these new commercial structures that invest in new sports practices. A leader of the structure evokes his projects: "We want to make CasaPadel a new type of afterwork 'during the week and a space for the family on the weekends. "

The idea of ​​the article is to highlight a new form of private structure where sporting practices and other types of activities are combined, particularly in terms of restoration.

Coming back to the case of Casa Padel through a long article, the specialized sport buzz business site evokes the key role attributed to catering in the structure project. The article also dwells on the structure's commitment as a private commercial complex with profitability objectives. With an interview with Arnaud Di Pasquale, he also allows himself, as for the first articles cited, to recall the convivial nature of a discipline "Who makes you addicted".

 

sources:

  • The full text is here: https://padel.hypotheses.org
  • http://www.bfmtv.com/mediaplayer/video/le-padel-prend-son-essor-993889.html
  • http://www.lepoint.fr/sport/vous-aimez-le-tennis-testez-le-padel-09-08-2017-2149027_26.php
  • http://les-sportives-mag.fr/le-padel
  • https://www.lequipe.fr/Ilosport/Conseils/Actualites/Le-padel-est-il-plus-proche-du-tennis-ou-du-squash-on-l-a-teste-pour-vous/790592
  • https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/insolite/entre-le-squash-et-le-tennis-decouvre-le-padel-tennis-1501148396
  • http://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2018/01/25/le-padel-sport-inedit-en-drome-ardeche
  • http://www.gqmagazine.fr/lifestyle/sport/articles/tout-ce-quil-faut-savoir-sur-le-padel/57819
  • https://www.sportbuzzbusiness.fr/dossier-casa-padel-veut-simposer-paysage-padel-france.html
  • https://www.lesechos.fr/pme-regions/actualite-pme/030887573077-le-nouvel-essor-des-salles-de-sport-2133100.php
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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