A new episode of the FIP online training cycle. In this new talk, the guests at the round table gave us the right tools for the development of Padel clubs in emerging countries.

The talk began with a brief introduction of what a club looks like, its characteristics, and keys to keep in mind when starting a club project.

We invite you to watch the full video and follow the guides of our guests, whom we thank for their participation and we hope to have them soon sharing their knowledge:

Guests: 

Ariant Moya

• Director Fit Point Padel, 14 years of experience in club management

Pablo Crosetti

• Manager of the Padel Indoor Mataró Academy, 12 years in management and development of clubs and Padel Academies

Santiago Prieto

• 5 years Director of the Ukomba sports club, Equatorial Guinea

Rafael Romero

• Director Lomas sporting Club in Mexico City and collaborator of FEMEPA

The second round table talk, scheduled on Wednesday, May 6 at 5 pm (Gmt + 2) will be will complete the previous episode: Junior’s competitive structures and training systems.

This new online course will try to give ideas of how the sport should be developed and especially the junior’s category and the search for new players who may be the future national stars.

new tools will be given to activate this category and see results in a short time. Helping coaches, clubs, and federations to develop more players and have new practitioners coming.

It will undoubtedly be a talk with a lot of information in which well-known guests with a lot of experience will participate.

Pablo Crosetti, Nito Brea, Gonzalo Gutierrez, Marcelo Capitani will be in charge of giving you the best solutions.

We hope you like it.

Each day we have more information about the new directives coming from the different governments to return to the Padel courts. That means that we are closer to the edge and we can play again soon.

As is normal, over a long period of time, we will have to acquire new habits to avoid contagion and preserve the health of the community.

The International Padel Federation shows you a new way to “handshake” once the match is over. Always respecting the social distance and not getting any physical contact.

At the end of the match, point your racquet towards the other players’ racquet and thank them for the game.

Following those recommendations, we will be back to normal sooner.

The International Padel Federation, after receiving several questions about the Protocol Protection made by IPF’s advisors and that is now spreading through various media, desires to clarify the following:

1. The IPF instructed the elaboration of this Protocol with the only will of cooperating, when possible, with the different National Pádel Federations of the world and with their affiliated clubs.
2. This Protocol is only addressed to the National Federations, in cases, they feel comfortable using it, obviously, they must adapt it to their own circumstances. For this reason, it was not posted on any official IPF’s channels.
3. Once it was publicly leaked, the International Padel Federation, to avoid confusion, attaches in this statement, the text sent to the Associated Members, with the sole purpose of the correct understanding of this Protocol made by IPF, clearing any doubts it might cause.

Download: Email IPF Protocol

In conclusion, the IPF would like to inform that we are proud of the work done in this regard. We have received positive feedback from many National Federation since most of them find it a very helpful instrument in their dialogues with the National Health Institutions to return to sports activity as soon as possible.

The IPF is sure that by following all the recommendations exhorted by the competent Organisms of the world, we will overcome these difficult moments, we will be back to activity and return to enjoying the healthy practice of Padel with renewed strength.

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This month the Cupra FIP Tour arrived at the Mexican land. From March 9 to 12 Merida held the first FIP RISE of its calendar.

The tournament was the kick-off of the international events in the Mexican circuit. A circuit that has 5 IPF tournaments all around the country.

The Mérida tournament was also a unique opportunity for local players, as the first classified would have the opportunity to join the World Padel Tour Exhibition. On Wednesday, March 11 at 5:00 p.m., the open ceremony of the FIP RISE MERIDA tournament was held, where the President of the Femepa Jorge Mañe Rendón, WPT players, Diego de la Torre, president of the organizing committee of the World Padel Tour, the General Director of the IDEY Carlos Saenz, the President of the Southeast Padel Association Andrés Arrigunaga, among others. Giving the “initial Padel strike” the number 1 of the world ranking, Paquito Navarro and the president of the IDEY Carlos Saenz.

In terms of the competition, it should be noted the great reception that the event had and the level of local players in both the men’s and women’s categories, being a country that by level can end the year among the 8 best nations in the world.

Back to the tournament, the winners of men’s category were the Hispanic-Argentine couple formed by Francisco Gil Morales, a player who is getting used to reaching finals in IPF tournaments, (runner-up FIP Star Burriana) and teammate Pablo Suarez Ferazzi against the Argentine duo Matias Gutierrez and Oscar Matias Alamda for a tight result 6/3 4/6 6/4.

The feminine category was marked by the dominance of local pairs, beating players of different nationalities along the way, such as Argentina, Italy or the United States. Congratulations to the winners of the first FIP ​​RISE in the Yucatan peninsula: Ana María Cabrejas Ruiz and Ana Paula de la Peña Rosas defeating 2/6 6/3 the also Mexican Fabiola Talayero Pérez and Camila Ramme Coella (Junior world champion in national pairs competition 2019).

The sad news came with the cancellation of the World Padel Tour event for prevention in front of COVID-19 pandemic. The tournaments in Mexico are temporarily suspended, as well as all those stages of the CUPRA FIP TOUR circuit until the situation improves.

From the International Federation, we want to embrace to all the federations, coaches, players, clubs, referees, brands and a significant number of people who make up our community.

The competitions will return, we are sure of that, and together we can get out of this difficult moment that humanity is going through and enjoy our beloved sport again.