Lorie Pelan arrived in Corsica for four months like padel coach within the C5 Stadium à Bastia. A new adventure in the largest indoor padel infrastructure in France, which notably hosted a superb P1000 with the victory of Maigret / Tison.

After playing the tennis for many years and started padel en 2022, Lorie Pelan, 20th French, decided to go and live on the'Island beauty.

“I was a member of the tennis club for a long time. Saint Mandrier (near Toulon, in the Yes, editor’s note), and I always told myself that I wanted to live in Corsica before I was 30, so that’s a good thing done,” she smiles.

By integrating the C5 Stadium à Bastia, Lorie Pelan wants to continue to develop women's padel :

200 girls play at the C5 Stadium

"200 girls already play here and the club has between 7 and 000 customers who regularly come to play padel. There is a huge potential“, she assures.

With its full-time job as a coach, she no longer has time to do tournaments:

“Living in Corsica no longer allows for as much travel. We always have to take the plane, it’s not possible. I’ve been in the top 25 before reaching my best ranking: 17th French. "

During the P1000 men, organized on last weekend au C5 Stadium, she didn't expect to see so many people:

“It was impressive. I had never seen anything like it in a tournament of this category.”

And the enthusiasm for this tournament has made children want to come and register for padel:

"We have already had 5 requests“, Complete Lorie Pelan. For the moment, the club welcomes 30 young people aged 5 to 18 with a clear objective: “I think that by the end of the year, we can have 60 young people.. "

Training in Spain and France

For his padel coach training, Lorie Pelan went to SpainNear Barcelonaor a Castelldefels, while 15 days :

“I have played and coached all types of players. I have really delighted. "

Then she validated her Professional Qualification for Padel Instructor (TFP) within the French Tennis Federation. She continues to go in Spain once or twice a year :

“I don’t want to be ridiculous when I teach padel. You have to be up to date with the latest new technics to be able to train the men and women. "

Padel feminine, masculine and also for people with disabilities :

“For now, 12 people come to discover padel. They have autistic mental disorders, we adapt to everyone.”

The trainings are concept with benchmarks of colors, statistics or soundsA program that is close to the heart of Lorie Pelan, amputated her right hand next to a accident occurred in March 2023.

Henri Pasquet

Passionate about soccer and tennis since I was a kid, I've been playing ping-pong for three years at a club in Nantes. More recently, I discovered padel! Basketball, rugby, golf, and motorsports: yet more new sports that I follow regularly. On the cultural side, since I love giving my opinion, I write film and video game reviews on my Instagram page, Silence ça Mix.

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