Lorenzo Lecci Lopez, sports journalist, footballer padel and analyst gives us his opinion on the evolution of padel and introduces its 3 solutions for the development of padel.

Le padel : The many advantages

Le padel is a sport with many advantages. Several factors make it padel very attractive especially for the leisure-type practice of padel.

Regarding aspects directly related to the game, the padel East :

  • technically very encouraging (progress is felt quickly);
  • tactically very stimulating (with very lively exchanges, and the glass walls which multiply the tactical possibilities);
  • physically less demanding than other sports (thus the age group for practicing padel is enlarged).

On a purely sporting level, the padel has an advantage over other racquet sports, but on an extra-sporting level, the padel is also very efficient.

Economically speaking, the padel costs less for the player (racquet and court rental cheaper), and for the club (the courts cost half as much as the tennis courts).

 FLogistically, the short padel only needs a third of the area of ​​a tennis court making it easier to install tennis courts padel on the territory. On the social level, the padel is an inter-generational sport that is played in doubles.

The FFT: An economic blessing

The resumption of padel by the FFT is an economic blessing for the padel which was sorely lacking in funds to develop.

However, this fact also marks the end of the independence of the padel which must now evolve under the tutelage of a very powerful federation.

"The padel is thus exposed to the interests of the FFT which could diverge from the pure interests of the padel which aims to develop fullyt ”we are told then that at the same time the FFT paradoxically invests in the padel like no other federation of padel.

The stakes are not the same for the different players, who do not have the same ambitions. Not all of them are going in the same direction, due to the different objectives in the use of the padel.

The development prospects are therefore not the same according to the actors, because the points of view are very different. Lovers of padel want to fully develop this sport, while some believe that the FFT uses the emergence of this sport to “revive the attractiveness of tennis, without however making the padel too important a place".

How to find a solution to fulfill everyone's objectives, without leaving some of them behind?

What is the development axis to be favored for a healthy development of the padel in France ?

And even do all these questions have a place?

From his names, we can guess his Spanish and Italian origins. Lorenzo is a multilingual passionate about sports: journalism by vocation and events by worship are his two legs. He is the international gentleman of Padel Magazine. You will often see it on the various international competitions, but also on the major French events. @eyeofpadel on Instagram to see his best photos of padel !

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