Jérôme Bécasset and Jean-Marc Herard will carry out daily a zoom on a league and its representatives for the French championships of padel au Padel Lyon Club (Padel Central).  The Tennis Center league is under siege.

CENTER girls

1 / Fitness trail

c (DG): I started tennis at the age of 5, teach since the age of 17. I have been practicing beach tennis since 2010 (reigning regional vice-champion).

I play padel for 3 months.

Émilie THAUVIN (ET): I started playing tennis at 10, competing a little later, until I reached a negative ranking. I also played badminton a little bit.

2 / The discovery of Padel

DG: During a school trip to Andalusia in 2012, there was a padel in our residence.

ET: On the occasion of the regional events this year in Fleury les Aubrais.

3 / Experience and Goals

DG: I play regularly since the qualifying phases of the French championships, have played National Padel Cup and managed to qualify for the Cap d'Agde final, in mixed doubles.

La padel replaced tennis. I haven't competed in tennis since I started playing padel !

I wish to travel, improve my level of practice, and discover this sport.

AND: 4 or 5 sessions. No particular perspective except to have fun.

4 / Which club?

DG and ET: We train at Soccer Park in Orléans in Loiret.

5 / Your partner?

DG: we have been playing together for 3 months, once every two weeks. We are geographically distant, and very little land is available, in addition, we both have professional constraints that prevent us from practicing more assiduously.

ET: We were already playing beach tennis together, so we wanted to test the padel.

6 / Course during the regional qualifications

DG: Only two teams involved!

AND: 1 single match that served as a discovery,

7 / Ambitions and prognosis for the finals

DG: Play, meet, discover, share, learn, have fun. No idea about the final result of the tournament, the players from the south are favorites because they can play more often.

ET: Play game after game, have fun, progress and learn.
At the moment, I have no plans Padel in the medium term and do not know any of the players present for the finals

8 / Message for opponents

DG: Fair play and pleasure

ET: Be nice!

 CENTER boy

1 / Fitness trail

Virgil AMIOT (VA): best ranking 1/6 in tennis, I quit completely in 2009. I was also French junior champion of Halfcourt, a variant of mini-tennis, and since 2011, I started Table tennis.

Xavier THOMAS (XT): I am a professional firefighter and sports enthusiast in general, versatile and practice many sports disciplines with an average level. I started tennis in 2004 (ranking 30/4) to reach 15 in 2012.

2 / The discovery of Padel

VA: By chance during the regional championships of the central league

XT: It was my tennis partner Virgil who registered us for this championship. I did not know this sport before.

3 / Experience and Goals

VA: After a first experience at the regional championships, I quickly got caught up in the game. I took advantage of my vacation in the south of France to train for Real Padel by Sophia Antipolis. Since my return, I have decided to practice regularly in order to prepare myself for the end of the French championships.

My past as a tennis player has allowed me to progress quickly in recent months but now I have to soak up the "culture padel To continue to develop my game.

XT: Discovered a very short time ago, we rarely practice the padel for the time being. Soon, I plan to play both tennis and padel.

4 / Which club?

VA: I play at Fleury les Aubrais Soccer Park, opened in February 2015 (2 courts of padel).

XT: We have a soccer park in Orléans where there are 2 Padel.

5 / Your partner?

VA: I suggested to my partner Xavier to team up for the regional championships because it seemed to me that our playing characteristics in tennis could be complementary on a tennis court. padel.

XT: It's a discipline that allows you to share. It is also very fun. It also makes it possible to erase the differences in level between tennis players.

6 / Course during the regional qualifications

VA: Incredible and rich in emotions: in addition to having taken great pleasure in discovering the sport, the outcome of the tournament was thrilling, with the victory in the final after being led 9/5 to the super tiebreak.

XT: They took place in a very pleasant and well organized atmosphere.

7 / Ambitions and prognosis for the finals

VA: Take the opportunity to participate in the great celebration of padel national. Let us know how to use this experience for the future, and seize all the sporting opportunities according to the draw.

Having watched some videos on the internet, the Haziza Scatena team seems quite solid, like the other teams in the south who practice the padel for many years.

XT: Of course we want to win the title, and why not become 100% players padel…. No more seriously, as in tennis, anything is possible, especially in doubles! I will be pretentious to tell you that we are favorites, but in the end: may the best win!

8 / Message for opponents

VA: Talking is good, acting is better !! Good luck everyone and may the best win !!

XT: May the best win!

 

Philippe DEBRE development consultant

1 / League league proceedings

Very good return with 16 teams (14 men and 2 ladies)

2 / Positioning the league

This practice is very fun and has an advantage: we do not need to serve at 200 km / hour to win!

3 / Help, actions and upcoming events

Yes the league championship is expected 19 and 20 March 2016. We also help existing structures to promote discipline.

4 / Who to contact?

Officially we have no contact Padel, in practice, the Development Advisor joins the Territorial Technical Advisor to address the issue

Jerome Becasset

Jérôme Béasset is the Paquito Navarro of the team Padel Magazine. Offensive on all subjects of the world of padel, he returns to many subjects with an always discerning eye.