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Hey Padel enthusiasts welcome to Padel Smash Academy, I am Cesc and I am here with Julian and we're all about Padel! Whether you're new to the sport or an experienced player, you've come to the right place. Our goal is to provide you with the best tips & tricks, news, and weekly lessons to help you improve your game and take your Padel to the next level. So grab your Padel Racket and let's get started with all things Padel on Padel Smash Academy.
Hey, paddle enthusiast.
Welcome to Paddle Smash Academy.
My name is Cez Paddle Club
owner and entrepreneur.
Next to me is Julian Paddle Master
Coach, and we're all about paddle.
Whether you're new to the
sport or an experienced player,
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Our goal is to provide you with
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Let's talk about clubs, right?
So let's talk about, um, let's
talk about reserve paddle.
I've already played there
like three or four times.
I love it.
I mean, uh, number one, you get
a cooler breeze in the night.
People talk about wind, this and
that, but I really don't, don't
feel it there, you know, especially
when you're doing lobsters.
The environment is, is great.
I mean, I just, I just,
I just love it, you know.
But is it practical, you know,
who are they marketing to?
You know, um, how much will they charge?
Well, they're charging, if you're
non-member, they're charging
$40 per person, uh, per person.
Four hour and a half,
that's an hour and a half.
And then they charge you an extra
$10, you know, if you're, if you're a
non-member, so you're paying $50 per
person, so it's $200 per hour and a half.
Yeah.
. That's pretty steep.
It is steep.
But I mean, if you look at the
real estate and you look at Paddle
House, uh, in New York, uh, they're,
they're same, they're the same price.
Um, you know, I I think it's, it's
not necessarily that it's steep.
I think it's who, who's their market?
Yes.
I mean, who, who, who, who's, who's their
market, who, who are they marketing to?
Right.
I guess it has to be with
people that can afford it.
Right.
The, the, you know, the
affluent, um, uh, players.
But are there any affluent players?
And if there is, you know, is
it enough to create a demand?
Um, right now I don't,
I don't think there is.
No, I think there's, you know, the
market here is, you know, the, the
anywhere from 27 to 37 maximum.
Uh, and that's the majority, right?
They're, they're trying to market,
uh, people who are affluent and
they may will, they may come once
in a while, but they're not playing
paddle every day or every other day.
Uh, I mean, that's a small niche.
. And like I said, is that enough
to, you know, to make this vi,
you know, viable And can they, can
they create a business out of this?
It's gonna, it's gonna be an, a
pretty interesting experiment, uh,
what they're doing at the reserve.
And, and let me ask one thing.
Membership, how, how's
that work with membership?
Okay, so how much will they charge you?
So it's $5,000, right?
So per year.
Well, or just one time, I'm not sure.
See, this is all kind of new.
So they have, I guess,
a temporary, uh, permit.
So they'll be there five months
and you know, this, all these
things could be, uh, you know, um,
confirmed hopefully when we interview,
um, you know, uh, reserve panel.
But so, so this, just clarify, so
the reserve is gonna, supposedly
that's for what we know it's gonna
be there for only for five months.
Yeah, well, it's a temporary,
I, I, it's a temporary, I think.
Going to try to get an extension okay.
For another six months.
So let's just say they don't get
that, you know, you're, you're at
about $5,000 for five months, right?
And, um, then you gotta
look at the benefits.
What are the benefits?
So let's talk about that.
Number one, you pay $10 less, you know,
uh, on, on, on, um, on the, on the court.
So it's 40.
Okay, so now you're kind of,
you know, getting down to where
everybody are because Ultra's 37.
Right?
So we're almost Yeah, but you,
you're out of your pocket already.
5,000 of them.
Right?
Right.
So, but, but you gotta
look at the real estate.
I mean, when you're playing
and you see the nice view, I
mean, is that worth $5,000?
Too many, yes.
But maybe too many people
who just wanna play paddle.
Maybe.
No, and that's probably the majority.
Uh, I, I, I love it.
I, I like it.
Um, so then other benefits,
uh, would be that you can, um,
reserve the court, uh, earlier.
So, um, within any time, I think
a one week or two weeks ahead.
So if you're a non-member,
uh, you can only reserve the,
the, the court, uh, one day.
And, uh, I've been reserving courts
and I haven't had much difficulty
reserving courts, you know, uh, at
prime time after five or after seven.
So what platform do you
use to reserve the courts?
They have their own, they, they
go straight to, uh, uh, you
go straight to their website.
Okay.
So they have their own.
Which, you know, so they don't
use Playtonic or play by chord?
No, and I applaud them for, I mean,
I think it's, you know, it's unique.
I mean, it has its pros and cons
always using everybody's, uh,
a third party platforms or your
own, there's always pros and cons.
You have a little more control when
you're using your own platform, but
then you're not grouped together with
all the other clubs and so forth.
So, um, I, I don't mind using their,
their, their, what do you call it?
But you know, they have some good.
You know, some good, uh,
uh, um, coaches there.
I mean, they have, um, they have
Gabby and they have um, Juan.
And, and when I was there
during the day, I took a class.
Uh, well, they have Willie too.
And Willie too.
Yeah, exactly.
Um, and, but I'm not sure.
I mean, uh, are they gonna
be there for five months?
I mean, do you know how much
they charged for molest?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So it's $150.
Full lesson for lesson.
Wow.
And I think that's how they
brought them in, because you
know, that's money talks, right?
Yeah.
So, so here's the question
that we have to think about.
So, okay, let's say I wanna
be a member of the Reserve, so
I gotta come up with $5,000.
Yeah.
Right?
And now instead of paying
$50 an hour, I'm paying 40.
So the court time is 160 compared
to 200, and then I'm competing with,
uh, Windwood seven minutes away.
which is a hundred dollars for hour and
a half or 25 bucks or a little bit less.
And that, and also Ultra, which is
about maybe 12 minutes away, which
is a little bit higher, right.
Than Windwood.
Yeah.
So I, I think that's the whole thing.
Um, it, it, it's a different market.
Yes.
I think they're trying to focus on,
on a niche, a small market, which
is the affluent paddle player.
Yes.
The one who wants to go to a nice,
uh, country club or, or like a
nice private club like you would
have in the Gables Tennis Club.
And, and that's what they're focusing on.
Um, and I, I think there is
a demand for that, you know.
Um, but it's, uh, You know how
many, it's not the majority.
Yes.
You know, so can, can this company
survive on, on the memberships and, and,
and it will be filling up the courts?
Yeah.
It will be interesting what happens as
a financial, you know, business plan.
I mean, if five months down the road, uh,
if they get, first of all, if they get how
many members they get to pay $5,000 up.
on top of the $40 that you have
to pay per court or 160 per court.
Um, it will be very interesting
what, what's happening.
So how it's gonna be evolving.
I, I, I think it, you know, this should
have been like an approach that, I forget
what it's called, but you know, a lot
of, uh, tech companies use is, is getting
your, your members or subscribers first.
Yeah.
And then afterwards, trying to figure
out how to, you know, uh, create revenue
for Yeah, and I think, um, you know, this
is, this is just a different model, right?
Yeah.
So it may or may not work, but this
is just what I would, uh, think is get
everybody there first, you know, and be
competitive with whatever's around there.
Even though you're gonna be in the
red, you know, for the first quarter,
but you have people there, right?
They're experiencing it.
Once they're there, it's hard for them.
Not to be there, right?
So if you go to five or six different
clubs and you go to the best one, best
view, and just best club, you're not gonna
wanna now go to the other clubs again.
So that's something that
I would've probably done.
Um, and then at that point,
create benefits, right?
So create, let's say a nice.
Uh, clubhouse when it comes to, let's just
say the showering and stuff like that.
So if your only members
can go there, right?
Um, create like once a month, uh, events
that only members are, are invited
to, um, create certain tournaments
that only members are invited to.
Um, certain things that,
creating those little benefits.
So then at, at one point, you
know, you may get people who
want to convert over to that.
, but at least you got people there.
Yes.
So it feels like a demand, right?
So there now you're converting people
to these memberships, and once you
create that demand where you have
enough memberships, then you can
increase the price on a non-membership.
Part to try to sway them over.
Um, but, but that's always easier said
than done, . So let, let me ask one thing.
You think, uh, from your point of
view as a business, uh, business
person and all that, you think
it's sustainable, maintaining that
level of, you know, charging people
and charging fees and all that?
Because let me give, ask a, let's say now
they're on the projects, maybe 10, 15 new
clubs coming up in the South Florida area.
, let's say now we have a club of
charging 89 $90 for hour and a half.
Mm-hmm.
now, you know, driving five more
minutes one way or the other.
Now you are saving 40, 50,
$60 every time you play.
That could be for the majority
of the paddle players.
That's a big difference.
Don't you think so?
Yeah.
I, I think that's a key word.
Sustainable.
I mean, that's a great word for this.
Is it sustainable?
Short term?
I would say no.
Uh, long term.
because the thing is, who they're
focusing on is, is, uh, affluent, uh,
people who play paddle and, and they
may not play Paddle, that's the thing.
Yes.
So converting them, educating them
to play paddle, um, takes time.
You know, uh, you can obviously
see that here with Winwood and
the other clubs in Real Paddle.
It wasn't always that there wasn't demand.
It was that converting
people to play paddle.
So you need people in there to.
New players to come in and continue to
come in again and really get addicted to
this game cuz this game is very addictive.
Um, you know, but, but one of the
things, and because of my 20 plus
year of as a club, club management
in the business club management.
The whole thing starts with
who's managing the club.
Yeah.
Who brings the people through the door?
Who creates all the, those experiences?
And that's the key on what I see the
biggest gap here with a lot of people
trying to put up new paddle clubs.
You know, you, you are building the
circus, but if you don't have a good
conductor, people will not come.
If you don't create the entertainment,
people will not come through the door.
And, and that's the most important secret.
It's like you having.
The best location, the best restaurant.
But if you don't have the chef,
they won't be coming because
you won't be serving good food.
So that's the key, you know, that's
the key ingredient when you have,
when you set up the whole circle.
And who's in, who's the one in
charge now running the whole circus?
That's, that's my question.
Uh, a hundred percent.
Um, I don't have anybody that
I think is really running that.
I mean, they did, just did a, did
a tournament, um, Last weekend, but
that was, I believe, um, a private
little tournament that, uh, one
person organizes, but I don't, I
don't think they, they work there.
Um, but that, that is a hundred
percent what you're saying.
A some, and for a club like that, you
would need somebody managing that is.
You know, an ex-player or somebody
that is really high level player.
Yes.
Because, I mean, uh, you just couldn't
put anybody in there . Well, but, but, but
let me, here is the biggest misconception,
and I'm tell you for experience,
for you to be a good club manager,
you don't have to be a good player.
You have to know exactly what the club
needs, Uhhuh, , you know what I mean?
A hundred.
. But I believe for the people who they're
trying to market to, I think they do.
Cuz these are affluent people and
their expectations are a lot higher.
But you, you might have good coaches.
Mm.
You could have good,
excellent, top level coaches.
Yeah.
But I'm talking about the, the person
above them has to be the one who
sets up the team and said, okay, you
guys run these clinics, you run these
tournaments, you run these events.
Mm-hmm.
, I'm bring the people in.
I'm the one who's put in the.
Yeah, setting up the ideas and the,
the, like, everything, everything has
to have a, a mission and a vision.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And that's why you want
to take it, I think.
No, you're, you're a hundred
percent right on that.
But I, I think the people that they're
trying to market, you know, are the
people who want the best of everything.
They want the best location.
Yes.
They want the best paddle racks.
They want, the money's
not really a concern.
So for them to say, Hey, look, I
play for, you know, or play with.
This ex player that is like this and
this, I think that's gonna draw in
the people that they're marketing too.
Yeah.
But of course they definitely have to
have some experience in in management.
Yeah.
I mean, cuz that's also key too.
You know, if, if, if they have the
name, but they, you know, they don't
know how to manage or don't want
to manage or believe they're too.
You know, good to manage, then
that's not gonna work either.
Yeah.
So there has to be a
good compromise there.
But I, I think that's gonna
be helpful for the people they
wanna, you know, market too.
But you're right.
They don't have anybody there.
Yeah.
And, and at the end of the day, you
just wanna fill up those courts.
So will there, will
they change your model?
Will they lower the,
the, the membership fee?
Um, will they give maybe more benefits?
They keep the membership
fee and give more benefits?
Maybe?
Uh, it'll be less, maybe it will be
comp, you know, they've dropping out $27.
Yeah.
A person.
You know, that may make
a little bit more sense.
Yeah.
Um, will, will they add more benefits?
I think that's, I think that's key.
Yeah.
Um, but I believe they should, they
should focus a little bit on the market,
the majority of the market, and try
and try to slowly convert them over.
Yeah.
To a membership.
Exactly.
And I think.
, they will, I think certain
people will, but that dramatic
and drastic, this is what it is.
This is what it is.
It's too much a shock.
It's, it's a shock.
Well, yes, I think that that six months
mark, uh, uh, for any business, especially
Pat Paddle business, it's crucial for
you to start looking at the numbers.
Yeah.
And if the numbers there make sense,
you know how much money coming in
compared to how much money coming.
And, and like you just said, if things
don't work out at, you know, 50,
$60 for hour and a half per person.
Now you're gonna have to drop
the flight, because at the end of
the day, it's all about volume.
Yes.
You know, the more people
you get through the door Yes.
The more money you will make.
Yes.
I'd rather make 27 than make 40
and have the empty cords.
Yeah.
And, and you can convert that later.
Yeah, exactly.
I mean, you, you take the loss for
the first, second, third quarter.
Yeah.
But then once you have the people there,
you can start now reducing that loss.
Exactly.
And creating other opportunities to, you
know, uh, you know, uh, to create revenue.
Yes.
You know?
Um, so, uh, That would've been,
I think, a better strategy.
But, you know, these guys know
what they're doing, so Yes.
You know, I could be, they're busy.
I could be way off . Yeah.
Well, with our forecast, I mean, we're
trying to help as much as possible and
give our, you know, 2 cents and our
point of view, and I think we, we also
take questions and things like that.
Let me ask one thing that the second
player, you know, he's the top player.
He's the, the, the al or the jock of each.
Now let's talk about the, the, the second.
Club Ultra.
Have you had a chance to play there?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Uh, I, I love it.
But before we get to there, I wanna
just talk a little bit, uh, another
experience I've had at, at the Reserve.
You know, I went to play on a Friday
and they had, you know, a grill going.
They had a dj.
It was like, it was awesome.
. I mean, I was like, I loved it.
I was like, this is the club for me.
, uh, and actually played on
one of the courts, which is
right next to all of that.
And I didn't mind, I kinda loved, I
loved the music I was just playing,
but what I saw was that while I was
playing, the majority of those people
didn't really even ever play paddle,
were just, they were like clueless.
You know, they asked me all these
questions and that obviously.
They, they, they've never played.
Yeah.
So, you know, that was a decent event.
I mean, it must have cost
them some type of money.
Are they gonna be able to convert these
people that they drew in to play paddle?
Yeah.
You know, that's the biggest thing.
Um, and I'm not sure, lemme ask something.
How do you convert them?
I think you need a major player there,
which is how the coaches, I, and you
have to have good coaches to convert
or to create new paddle players.
I, I think, um, I'm not sure.
I think it's a, it's a lot easier to
convert the majority to, uh, and, and,
and to, to, uh, to this club than educate,
uh, um, the market that they're trying
to get and then bring over the paddle.
Yeah.
Um, that's what I, I believe.
Because they'll take a
lot longer to do that.
Of course, these pedal players,
the majority have already,
they're already playing every day.
Yeah.
They've already been educated on it.
Yeah.
You know, get them to come over.
. And then once you make these
adjustments, some of them will
leave, but a lot of 'em will stay.
Yeah.
Um, that's a lot easier than trying
to educate, you know, trying to
create parties, trying to get these
things, get 'em, getting 'em there,
and then trying to retain them and
get 'em educated on playing paddle.
Uh, they may go once for some
pictures and stuff, but then.
Are they, are they really passionate?
But you know, I'll give
you a good example.
Remember the World Paddle Tour in Miami?
Yes.
Right.
So, um, I think you had 20,000
people there, or 15,000 people there.
Ab yeah.
15,000, I think about 10 to 12,000
people were in the v i P bar.
They weren't even watching the game.
Yeah.
And you probably had three,
3000 people watching the game.
And that was a big thing
because they, they were so
upset, the players was so loud.
So those people are probably the
same people they're trying to.
Market and they don't
really care about paddle.
They care about more social.
Yeah, the social what's,
what's the new newest thing.
Yeah.
So can you retain some of those people?
Yeah, they probably did, but
a real small percentage of it.
Yeah.
You know, so the people who loved
it were there watching and maybe.
3% were, were 5% were affluent.
Right?
Yeah.
You know, and the rest were
just normal everyday players.
He's going, it's going to be very,
very interested in, you know, how we
hit the bottom line and see if, if, if
makes a business, good business sense.
But you know, it's, it's.
For us panelists and,
and crazy bad paddle.
And, and, and it's life.
It's life.
And it's, it's, it's a beautiful thing.
You know, the more clubs, the better
it is and some they're gonna survive.
And all the ones that will
evolve into something else.
Well, these guys are business people.
Yeah.
They didn't know what they're doing, so,
you know, you know, they, they're going
to adapt and change, uh, mo uh, models.
Uh, you know, if.
To make this thing work.
Yeah.
If, if they have to compromise too
much, then they're gonna move on.
Yeah.
Because maybe this is not the spot.
Yeah.
Because they have their,
their views on what they want.
Yeah.
You know, and that, you know,
they're, they're not gonna
compromise too, too much.
Yeah.
You have to compromise that,
you know, their, their end goal.
Yeah.
So maybe this is not the right spot.
Maybe, but this is the only
spot people play paddles.
Yeah.
Most in Miami.
You know, so it is.
Um, alright, so now we're
gonna talk about Ultra, right?
Yes.
Um, I love Ultra man.
I mean, I think the setup is, is awesome.
I mean, you going, have
you played yet there?
I did play many times there.
It's awesome.
Yeah, it's just beautiful.
You have the outside courts,
you have the inside courts.
You got four now there, um,
you have a place to sit down.
. Um, it's just, it just looks awesome.
Yeah.
I love the garage doors and they open
up, uh, you have places to sit down.
I mean, it's, it's, it's bigger.
Yeah.
You know, more room.
Yeah.
You know, I heard they're gonna
put pickle quarts there as well.
Um, I mean, I don't.
. I don't know if there's anybody
organizing yet too much.
I think Fernando's organizing
it a little bit on some of the
games on Saturdays or Sundays.
Um, but again, I think it's,
it's what you talked about, um,
having a good manager there.
Bring people in, not just for advanced
players, but for also intermediate and
beginners and just everyone in general.
You need that structure there to
bring people in and get 'em addicted.
Really?
Yes.
Uh, and, and let, let me tell you
for, for an experience, uh, where
you can make the huge difference.
It's from the intermediates
and the beginners.
Yeah.
The advance, they already think
that they're too good and they don't
need the coaching and all that.
You got it.
You got, we, you know, but the
intermediates is that, that's where
you have the big bulk where you can
really monetize it and, and, and
bring your club to the next level.
You're a hundred percent correct.
Yeah.
The intermediate is with the moneys app.
Yeah.
For the clubs, the intermediates,
because they're the ones that.
Are excited.
They're the ones coming to play.
They're the ones grateful Yeah.
For your organizing stuff.
Yeah.
Um, and it's, it's a big social thing.
Once you get to the advance, um, they
just wanna play with their own group.
You got or play with
that same level group.
Yeah.
They don't wanna play with the
majority, which is advanced.
Yeah.
Um, no inter.
I'm sorry.
Intermediate.
Yeah.
Which is, which is the majority, right?
So that's, uh, yeah,
that's a hundred percent.
Yeah.
I mean, uh, I mean I,
you see that everywhere.
Yeah.
So I think, uh, you know, um,
uh, ultra is, is on that path.
I think that that's who their market is.
I mean, I, I think they're trying
to, you know, take the market of, uh,
Winwood and Real Paddle, um, because
they're, they're still kind of close.
Um, they, how much are they Court?
37.
37.
Okay.
So 160, something like that.
Mm-hmm.
. So it's maybe $10 more than, uh, real.
And, um, and, and Wynwood, when was that?
A hundred dollars, correct?
Uh, I think it's 27 Per person.
Yeah.
Per person.
Yeah.
27 per person.
So, I mean, it's.
I've, I've always felt like prices
are gonna start coming up, you
know, I mean, you have inflation.
I mean, uh, I, I thought, I thought
Winwood and what do you call, were
gonna bring, bring the price up.
But I think they would have
to add a little bit more.
Like, I think Rupa just changed
their, their, their, um, They're
a turf, which is a good thing.
That was an opportunity maybe to
bring up the price a little bit.
They will.
No, they they haven't changed it.
Yeah, they, they did.
Real pedal.
Oh, real pedal.
I'm sorry.
I thought you were talking about Winwood.
Yeah, no, I think if maybe
Winwood or something like that.
Um, well, lemme tell you, I
play a tournament at RAL on.
. It wasn't, it wasn't that
good of experience, I think.
Oh, with a new, with a new turf.
With a new turf, yeah.
Yeah.
It's a little slower.
I mean, when you get new turf, it's
always kind of like, takes time.
I mean, it's thicker, it's
ball's a little slower.
Yeah.
But every, every court's different.
Yeah.
Um, you know, so you just have to adjust.
You know, some are slower than others.
Honestly.
I like Wynwood because it's faster.
Yeah.
, but there's a lot of dead spots there.
Yeah.
So you have to like play the
court , you know, so, you know, you
got real paddle, which is slower.
Right.
Um, but you don't get as many,
you don't get flat spots.
Right.
But, and then, you know, so every court's
a little different, you know, and you
just kind of have to, you know, adjust.
It's like, you know, when you're
playing a game, you have a.
ref are different.
Yeah.
So you have to play the ref, so you're
playing, really playing the chord.
Uh, which, you know, it's just how it is.
Yeah.
You know, but I, I, I,
you know, I like ultra.
I think they're, they're moving
into the market of, of real and,
and, and Winwood, and I think, you
know, I think they're gonna do well.
Yeah.
Uh, is, is there enough.
But enough, uh, uh, clients or
paddle players For all of 'em?
Yeah.
Oh yeah.
So I think, I think so.
I think it's a good alternative because
before you could, like, you go to Winwood,
you can't get a course, and then you
try real pad, you couldn't get there.
And then what other, what else you have?
Yes, you have open paddle, but just
a little bit too far, you know.
Um, and then they have
four paddles and doors.
So now when it comes to the,
the, you know, the , the, the.
In, in, uh, in, what do you call it?
In, uh, in, in Miami here.
And it's brutal.
Yeah.
You won't play on Saturday,
Sunday during the day.
You're not playing outdoors.
No.
You, you going the open paddle,
you're going to, uh, to ultra Yes.
That has a little bit of benefits there.
And if it rains, let, let me ask
you my experience, what the few
times that I play indoor at, at
ultra, the ceiling is too low.
Um, and you get conditioned, you know?
Yeah.
I mean, you can't do those pincher shots.
The, the, the glove is real, really high.
Um, but it's not enough where you can't
do a, a, a a lo, like I played a paddle
house, and that's even a little bit lower.
Uh, I open paddle two.
I think it's about the same.
I didn't, I never hit
the, hit the ceiling.
Never in ultra?
No.
Only because, you know, I played
an open paddle too, so once I
see the ceiling, I, I adjust.
I, I, you can't do those high,
high, high, rainy lops and you're
not gonna be able to do that.
Yes.
, but you can do laps.
Yeah, without a doubt.
You know, or you'll change your game too.
You'll do more chiquito and more,
you know, at the bodies low balls.
And so you have to adjust your game.
But, um, I didn't have that, that issue.
But if you're somebody who's constantly,
you know, lobbing and that's part
of your game, you know, the right
side player and, and you're doing
really high ones, then you're gonna
have to adjust always when doors.
Let me ask you, by the way, for all
viewers and, and listeners, we're
gonna be putting all the information
on the, on below on our podcast.
For you to reach out these clubs
and all the information you know
about these clubs, so the links
and all that, without a doubt.
I mean, I've got so many questions,
so many dms about, especially about
Reserve Club, um, and, uh, all the,
all these questions and, and I, for
some reason it's not out there yet.
But, um, you can always DM us and we're
gonna put some more information about,
uh, what, you know, our experience.
and what we know and, and hopefully
eventually we'll be able to, uh, get,
you know, uh, a couple of these, these
people here in our video podcast for sure.
And then clear up things and start talking
a little bit more about their model and,
and, you know, and what their future is.
Yeah, yeah.
And for you guys to benefit from all days.
I mean the, the business different,
different, uh, business models and, you
know, what are the great benefits of each
club and, and try to take the paddle game
in the United States to a whole new level.
Yeah.
And, uh, so let's talk
about the other clubs.
I guess we have a real paddle, right?
Um, they, uh, they had a, a,
a, I think a month ago they
had a car run into, uh, cro.
Yes, yes.
I saw it on Instagram.
And, uh, ruined one of
their, uh, their courts.
Yes.
And, uh, I think of a, they have
a board up, but I'm not sure.
I think they have to order a new court
and I think it's, it's coming in.
So that was pretty rough.
Yeah.
That was something similar happened in w.
Oh yeah, yeah.
Recently or on court?
Eight.
No, a couple years ago.
A couple years ago?
Okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And uh, and so they also
put in new, new carpets.
Um, they have a lot of silicone on
there as well, um, to try to get
the ball to bounce because it's
slower, so you get a lot of silicone
there at the ends of, of the quarts.
And so that ball hits there.
It's dead.
It's dead.
Yeah, it's dead.
Um, but, you know, uh, I think it's
gonna take some time, you know, just to
get that, that worn, worn down and, you
know, and, and, you know, and be, and
adjust for what everybody's used to.
You know, um, and, uh, that's pretty
much it at Real Paddle, right?
Yeah.
Part there is not much.
I mean, there were the first, you
know, the first ones in town and
they've been here for quite a while.
Okay.
So I do have a little bit of
news, but I don't know, you
know, again, this is just rumors.
Okay.
Um, there's a lot behind it.
Okay.
And that was, uh, leveled off.
Okay.
And, uh, the rumors may be that
they may, they may be expanding.
Or they may No, it's good to know.
Or, or they may be, um, uh, investors
coming in or expanding over to that.
Um, that's gonna be great if they
do another four quarts there, um,
it'll be great if it's even indoors,
um, that's gonna, you know, that's
gonna be great for downtown or, you
know, Close to Windwood downtown.
Um, so that's gonna give
us another four quarts.
But again, that's the rumor.
I'm not sure a hundred percent if that's
true, but it all looks like it is.
I mean, they already leveled that building
down and it looks like that, that,
and, and let me tell you, we heard so
many rumors on a daily basis about it.
There's a club opening
here, opening there.
We have these investors going on here.
So, um, actually last week I just
met with a group of investors
from, from San Francisco.
This is happening because they're
almost raised almost, uh, 80% of
the money they're looking for.
They're opening a club there in
San Francisco in the Bay Area.
Walking distance through the Golden
Bridge, uh, gate, uh, awesome club.
It's gonna be beautiful.
It's gonna be five, uh, paddle
courts and five pickleball courts.
Um, it's called the Golden City
P Paddle Club, and hopefully
it will be opening soon.
And, and I will be helping them set up and
get organized and get the coaches ready.
And, But yeah, there are
so many rumors going on.
There is another one
opening in Austin, Texas.
Um, uh, dear friend of mine is it's
opening the one in, in, in Texas.
Uh, so yes, there are some.
Um, I heard there's a group of,
uh, British investors here lock in
some, uh, lots here to put some, uh,
more clubs here in the Miami area.
So there are some exciting news.
I haven't seen anything solid yet.
The latest one is the reserve
and the one after that is Ultra.
But af Besides that, there is, uh,
many, many rumors, but nothing really.
We're not seeing the goods
yet, so we gotta wait.
Yes.
Uh, about the rumors.
Yeah.
Just take the, take it
with a grain of salt.
Yes.
Because this is just stuff that
we've heard, or we've seen.
Um, it's not anything concrete.
Yes.
You know?
Um, so, uh, just like I said,
take it with a grain of salt,
but we're crossing our fingers.
We, we, because we, we wanna
make, you know, paddle.
. Yeah.
In the, in the United States,
the more clubs, the more quarts,
uh, the more paddle players.
Yes.
I was just at the U S T A tennis
center in Orlando, and I got
to play some paddle there.
It is a beautiful facility.
I mean, it is amazing.
Yes, it's huge.
Right?
They, I think have four quarts there.
Yeah.
And I played there and
the courts were great.
Um, but man, I mean a tennis a pickle.
I mean, it, it's huge.
Yes, it's beautiful.
It's beautiful, beautiful place.
The first time I've ever played there.
I'll, by the way, uh, for you guys to
know, and I will also gonna put the
link there, uh, on, uh, May 17th, 18 and
19th, I will be, I will be at the U S A A
National Campus on, on the paddle courts.
I will be given a, uh, panel
culture certifications.
I'm part of the, uh, pcr, which
is, uh, an umbrella of the ptr, the
professional tennis, uh, registry.
and now we created the PA
Paddle Coaches Registry.
And basically what we're doing is, uh,
creating and certifying paddle coaches
here in the United States because that's
one of the things that we're really
missing here in in, in the United States.
We're building chords, but we have
no good coaches to teach paddle.
And you need that balance and you
need that component for you to make
paddle growth in the United States.
You might have the course, but
if you don't have the teachers or
the coaches, you can grow paddle
because someone needs to teach these
new students how to play paddle.
So I'm part of, uh, this, um, coaching
certification and I will be, we already
have about, uh, 15 people sign up for the,
for the, uh, the coaching certification.
We're gonna pull the link below.
Um, for you guys, if you know anyone
interested in becoming a paddle coach.
Has some great benefits.
One of the main benefits is
that we provide, uh, liability
insurance for up to $6 million.
In case something happens to
one of your students or to you
inside the Pat Padel Court.
So that's a great thing for you to
have when you are coaching paddle.
So, uh, another bit for you
guys to, uh, to take the your
Paddle game to the next level.
Sounds great.
Uh, sounds great, Julian.
Um, you can al always go toward our,
our, um, YouTube channel as well.
Yes, yes.
We have tons of videos there.
Um, it's very helpful, especially
if you're a beginner or
intermediary even in advance.
Um, and I think you make a great
point there that yes, we have
all these pedal courts and.
, but you know, we need good coaches.
Yeah.
Uh, and we need, um, and I
think one of the biggest thing
is it's affordability too.
I mean, uh, it, it, it's kind of
tough for some, you know, players,
uh, to, to take lessons, you know?
Um, you know, a hundred,
$150 is, is is a lot.
Uh, I mean, you could take
a lot from our videos.
Uh, you in our, on our YouTube,
you know, federal Academy 3 0 5,
uh, and then of course, you know,
finding a good coach, you can, you.
Take your paddle game to
that next, next level.
Yeah, and one of the things that we'll
be doing in shortly is, uh, restructuring
our website, the Paddle Academy.
Dot com where we're gonna be putting
all these different resources for you.
Anything related to paddle and all
the things that we discuss here, we're
gonna be adding, uh, the links and all
the information on the website as well.
It's a great way for you guys to,
you know, to go to the website to.
To learn about, uh, paddle tips and
resources and things like that, and
to stay connected in general, to stay
connected right with, with what the news
that's going on here in, in, in Miami and,
and through this country about paddle.
Um, you know, we're gonna have, you
know, continue doing lessons there.
Um, we're gonna do product reviews.
, um, you know, uh, we're
gonna be doing interviews.
Um, we're just gonna get, uh, everybody,
uh, connected, uh, on what's going on
Paddle and, and, and, and, you know,
getting, uh, people information and
news, uh, uh, about Paddle in Miami.
Yes.
Just to give you something, uh,
pretty simple and basic that it
happens to me on a weekly basis.
Uh, this morning after one of my
clinics, I had one of my students
of mine, Andrew, Come over to me and
said, you know, my elbow is killing me.
What do you recommend, what paddle
do you recommend for tennis?
Elbows.
So we're gonna be providing tips
about, especially those things,
you know, when you get tennis el
uh, or tennis elbow we're call
it now, paddle elbow, um mm-hmm.
how to, what's the right paddle
for you when you have paddle
elbow, what you should do.
You know, my recommendation is always,
you don't see any professional paddle
players or in, in that case also tennis
players with tennis elbow, paddle elbow,
and most of the time you, you get paddle.
I elbow because of, uh, Technique problem,
you know, because of the biomechanics,
because you're doing something wrong.
And then the paddle could make
it worse and the paddle also can
make it less worse, you know?
So the, it is a combination of both.
You have to have good technique
and you have to have a good paddle.
How do you get good
technique taking lessons?
Yes.
That's the only way for you to.
Preventing injuries, shoulder, knees,
elbows, and, and wrist and all that.
I, I think most of the injuries
and pedal elbow and all that are,
are, you're right, is is technique.
They're not really hitting
the shot correctly.
Exactly.
That's number one.
That's the majority of it.
I mean, you can also, uh, run
into, uh, with, with paddle, uh,
rackets, um, you know, some have.
You know, smaller sweet spot.
So you get vibrations there.
So if you're hitting the shot incorrectly
and you have a, a paddle has small sweet
spot, you're gonna get more vibrations
and then you're gonna have issues.
Yeah.
Uh, and then it's, and also the
foam inside the foam make it
softer, so that absorbs the, the,
you know, the vibrations as well.
So, . Yes.
That's, that's another thing.
So, but then that's a sacrifice, right?
So if you want a little more control
and power, you know, and that's
what everybody kind of wants, and
they're gonna have a harder foam.
And, uh, but then, you know, if you
have a small sweet spot, you know, if
you don't hit it right in that center,
you're gonna get that vibration.
So, um, there's, there's
the compromises there.
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