The FFT wished to mobilize the large family of tennis and its practices to come to the aid of Ukraine by launching a solidarity initiative entitled “French tennis for Ukraine and peace”, of which Nicolas Mahut is the ambassador. To participate in this call for generosity for the benefit of Ukrainian families, you can do so by organizing operations in your structures to raise funds or via a kitty accessible on the UNICEF website.

For all questions : ukraine@fft.fr

Coming soon

April 7 – 8

University French Cup padel
All In Padel, Lyons

April 8 – 10

P2000
Padel Horizon, Sucy-en-Brie

It perfects!

Off to Las Vegas!
In Dublin, the French women's and men's teams qualified brilliantly for the final phase of the senior plus world championships. Direction Las Vegas, from March 28 to April 2, to seek the world title. Congratulations on this great qualification!

What's up ?

Plan of 500 tracks with the National Sports Agency
In view of the organization of the JOP 2024 in Paris and its legacy, the State wishes to make France a more sporting nation by increasing the number of people practicing sport by 3 million by 2024. This is why he announced the launch of a program of 5 local sports facilities, including 500 tracks of padel, in deficient territories, to be achieved by 2024.

Guide to the National Association of Elected Officials in Charge of Sport
The National Association of Elected Officials in Charge of Sport (ANDES) has published a practical Guide relating to the plan for 5 local sports facilities.
This guide provides a good understanding of the system proposed by the State, and thus to be able to benefit, under certain conditions, from subsidies for the creation of padel.

Are you a PE teacher?
Discover the padel !
In collaboration with the UNSS and the FFSU, the FFT is launching open days for PE teachers. 81 clubs are mobilizing throughout the territory to introduce them to this discipline. If you are interested, you can contact your regional office.

FFSU dates: March 22 and 27.
UNSS dates: March 31 and April 3.

University academic championship in the Grand-Est
Through the Grand-Est university sports league, the TSB Jarville club welcomed 24 students during the university academic championship of padel. This regional phase allowed the best teams to win a ticket for the French university cup of padel which will take place on April 7 and 8, 2022 in Lyon.

Live from the leagues

Padel-armchair: a first!
Under the impetus of François Heyraud, from the Handisport Antibes Méditerranée and benefiting from the support of the PACA League, the Combes sports complex in Nice hosted the first tournament padel-armchair certified French. 6 pairs of players participated. Next tournament: April 9 and 10 at the Hauts-de-France league center.

Gathering of young people in Reunion
The Reunion league organized jointly with Yann Auradou from the mission padel and Reunion Padel Club a gathering of young people. This initiative brought together 21 young people from 6 different clubs. The opportunity to detect but above all to structure in a sustainable way a network of young people in Reunion. To come: the creation of a circuit of youth tournaments.

Testimonial: Stade Poitevin Tennis Club
Launched in June 2019, 3 tracks of padel enabled the club to increase its number of licensees by 30%. It is by offering practices adapted to each public that the club has succeeded in its bet. Find the testimonial of the club and the different keys that make it successful today.

Training

TFP: the first graduates!
On February 22, the national jury, made up of Sabrina Léger, Pierre Cherret, Laurent Aznar and Julien Datcharry awarded the TFP Moniteur de padel to 33 people. A new graduation session will be organized soon.

New train-the-trainer session
The Nouvelle-Aquitaine league will host a new training session for trainers on March 17, 18, 19.

Normandy launches its training
The league center padel welcomes 12 professional tennis teachers for the first training session at the DFMP (federal diploma of tennis instructor) padel) in Normandy. For those who are interested, a second session will be offered in July and August. You can register by going to the league website or via the following link.

The advice of the pro

Au padel, the lob is an essential shot.
It can be defensive (high) to recover time or offensive (tense) to leave less time for the opponent to place his support. The quality of the lob will greatly determine your level game.