If we are not going to claim victory immediately, the padel has lived for 5 years, an exceptional story: The padel is gradually entering people's lives. In France, as in Italy, Portugal, Belgium and Sweden, the padel is no longer a sport that could be confused for example with Stand Up Paddle.

"It is a bygone story. The padel enter into people's lives. Whether we practice a racket sport or not, we are no longer UFOs"Tells Pascal GUION, the manager of the center of Racket Park not far from Tours.

When I go to present and promote the padel, people no longer discover the padel. And that is already a victory for the padel.

Le Padel Club de Bois d'Arcy can also testify to the development of this sport. This club is one of the pioneers of padel In the region. And he sees the number of players increasing month by month.

"Today, we reach many audiences. People who had never had tennis or even racket sports for some. It is the asset of this sport, it is accessible and allows to touch other profiles. " says one of the founders of the Yvelinois center: John Berenbaum.

We also see many companies taking an interest in this sport which is on the rise. The entrance ticket to enter the padel is not huge compared to other sports. We see many players from padel in France and internationally, promote businesses. And they are right !

This sport is experiencing unprecedented development in France. But also in the world. The saturated Spanish market therefore sees an international market opening up to it. And what a pool!

The professional circuit of padel, World Padel Tour, is proud to show that its circuit is internationalizing, even if the best players in the world remain Spanish speakers. But a few years ago, we only saw Argentines and Spaniards. Today in the pre-qualifications, we could see this year up to 17 nationalities present. The WPT and Spain can say thank you to this global boom.

In France, we see towns bathed in the padel for many, many years like Perpignan. Le Club du Mas has popularized the padel in the region that he made children. It has become, in fact, a region very rich in club padel.

And people without necessarily having played, know the padel. The French Open of padel in Perpignan showed how the padel was popular.

explains Alban Serra, your columnist and photographer from the south of France.

In France, we are a country of racket sports. The Padel is part of the French Tennis Federation, one of the richest and most powerful sports federations in the world. If we will certainly find negative points in all of this, the fact remains that it opens up prospects for development. Moreover, we can see in 2019 that there were a lot of new structures (clubs, websites, etc.) around the padel.

Le padel starts from afar and everything remains to be done, starting with finding a padel healthier, more stable for players in the padel French. But everything has a start and companies are right to bet on padel.

Businesses are confident. We see more and more works councils approaching clubs of padel to propose days padel to employees. What could be more normal: The Padel brings together everything a business is looking for.

The works councils attacking the clubs of padel

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.