We observe players leaving the ranking padel (and therefore no longer considered dismissed padel) but who remain in the seraglio of padel. But, we must make all players understand that there are categories to respect in tournaments padel.

The player is sometimes a little guilty of participating in events that are too strong for him, but he can also fall victim to a system which may not be clear enough. … Disgusting thus with tournaments of padel.

Is it his fault? As usual, there is debate. But note however 2 things:

1. The tournament categories padel must evolve and follow what is done among our neighbors, especially in Spain. Why ban some of the players from padel to access certain types of tournaments padel ? Because there are too many level differences between number 1 and number 200. That's for sure.

But first, the number 1 will not necessarily participate in tournaments of padel small categories. And if he does, it would be to play with someone very, very poorly classified, because of the famous “team weight".

 Does forbid a teacher from padel is playing with one of his students a good thing, for example?

We must think in terms of weight per team. The padel , more perhaps than any other sport, is team-based. We regularly discuss this topic on Padel Magazine. Clubs are therefore moving ahead of the regulations in force to restrict certain events by placing limits on the weight per team to participate in a tournament.

For a P100, shouldn't we put a CUT per team to participate? Same for the other categories?

Is it normal in some P1000s to see players launching into the padel ?

Imposing CUTs would also be a good way to promote “small categories”… and to help intermediate players to move up the ranks before eventually entering tournament categories. padel higher.

2. Come on, it's a small spike for some players who sometimes lack lucidity and who sometimes fall from the top by participating in categories of tournaments raised… But it is not necessarily your fault. It is also up to the media, clubs to certainly talk more about it in order to better drive the players who discover the world of competition. padel.

The regulations concerning the categories of tournaments padel should in our opinion be closer to what has been done at Tennis Club de Pau or at Esprit Padel with the launch of the P10 and P50.

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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