Sportspeople of all kinds enjoy playing padel but it seems that for the moment, it is among footballers that we find the most padel addicts!

Le padel is a relatively new sport, and many occasional practitioners of padel are athletes specializing in another discipline. In the first place we find all the specialists in racket sports, who have found with the padel a fun and accessible game, where they can quickly put into practice their acquired qualities, whether in tennis, squash, badminton, table tennis, or in Basque pelota.

There is no shortage of other athletes: handball player Valentin Porte,freediver Pierre Frolla, or the rugby player Vincent Clerc, are all fans of padel. But the discipline in which we find the most is none other than football.

We have recently seen many football stars indulge in the pleasures of padel : Maradona, Neymar, Carles Puyol, Patrick Kluivert, Didier Deschamps or even Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Recently, professional mexican footbalers have distinguished themselves, not necessarily in the best of ways, by playing in their forties ... but this is proof that they are real addicts of padel !

 

What attracts them so much to the padel ? Perhaps this aspect that is both cardio and very technical, which certainly reminds them of football. But it's probably especially the very playful and friendly aspect du padel that appeals to them the most. Being able to have fun as a team, to organize small tournaments where everyone can have a little room, as during the AC Milan / Inter Milan derby from padel !

In France, good players from padel went through football. We think first of all about Alix CollombonWho played soccer for three years after quitting tennis, But also Eric Cubilier, former professional footballer, who has already won a P1000, Or Baptiste poey, who was among the best players of padel French and who played national football.

Former professional footballer Eric Cubilier winner of the Tennis P1000 Padel Sun with Fernando Poggi

 

In general, footballers are often found during football tournaments. padel amateurs, a proximity of the two sports which is certainly favored by clubs like 4Padel, most of the time associated with a Soccer five !

 

Xan is a fan of padel. But also rugby! And his posts are just as punchy. Physical trainer of several padel, he unearths atypical posts or deals with topical subjects. It also gives you some tips to develop your physique for the padel. Clearly, he imposes his offensive style as on the field of padel !

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