1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:01,050 Hey, padel enthusiast. 2 00:00:01,050 --> 00:00:02,580 Welcome to Padel Smash Academy. 3 00:00:02,760 --> 00:00:05,340 My name is Cez Padel Club owner and entrepreneur. 4 00:00:05,490 --> 00:00:09,300 Next to me is Julian Padel Master Coach, and we're all about paddle. 5 00:00:17,610 --> 00:00:20,160 Whether you're new to the sport or an experienced player, 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:21,000 you've come to the right. 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,720 Our goal is to provide you with paddle news, tournament outcomes, 8 00:00:24,750 --> 00:00:28,320 product reviews, and video lessons to take your game to the next level. 9 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:31,259 So grab your paddle and let's get started at Padel Smash Academy. 10 00:00:32,610 --> 00:00:36,630 Today we have a former World Padel tour player, uh, Peter Lonzo. 11 00:00:36,660 --> 00:00:37,590 Welcome Peter Lonzo. 12 00:00:37,650 --> 00:00:42,269 I started playing paddle 26, 27 years ago when I was a kid 13 00:00:42,269 --> 00:00:44,230 in, in southwest Spain, in Mar. 14 00:00:44,805 --> 00:00:49,485 I had a summer house there, and so close to my summer house 15 00:00:49,485 --> 00:00:51,645 was, uh, for paddle courts. 16 00:00:51,705 --> 00:00:53,415 It was a little sport in Spain. 17 00:00:53,965 --> 00:00:59,745 Uh, I start enjoying it in summer and start, uh, playing the, the 18 00:00:59,775 --> 00:01:06,315 Spanish championships when I was junior in my junior, uh, season. 19 00:01:06,345 --> 00:01:11,445 No, between 10 years and 18 years, I won five Spanish champ. 20 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:17,330 Three World Cups and, uh, starting, traveling, playing, and 21 00:01:17,330 --> 00:01:19,820 dreaming about, about this game. 22 00:01:20,389 --> 00:01:28,160 And then in 2008, in 2009, I became, uh, it was my first year as a pro player. 23 00:01:29,024 --> 00:01:33,585 I start playing the Pro Tour, the Paddle Pro tour was, was called, it was the, the 24 00:01:33,585 --> 00:01:35,895 one that was before the war pile tour. 25 00:01:36,645 --> 00:01:40,755 Uh, then, uh, all the players we started playing war pile 26 00:01:40,755 --> 00:01:44,384 tour, I think was, uh, in 2013. 27 00:01:45,195 --> 00:01:48,164 Uh, and it was like a transition of all of us. 28 00:01:48,735 --> 00:01:57,405 And my last match in a war tour in 2021 when I decide to, to come here to, to us. 29 00:01:57,464 --> 00:01:58,005 Beautiful. 30 00:01:58,335 --> 00:01:59,054 Let, lemme ask one thing. 31 00:01:59,054 --> 00:02:01,335 What was your best, best ranking in the war tour? 32 00:02:01,365 --> 00:02:04,485 My best ranking was couple nine in 2014. 33 00:02:04,604 --> 00:02:04,845 20. 34 00:02:04,905 --> 00:02:07,365 And who was your, your My partner? 35 00:02:07,395 --> 00:02:07,634 Yeah. 36 00:02:07,695 --> 00:02:09,615 Was Mathias . Ah, Mathias. 37 00:02:10,125 --> 00:02:10,305 Yeah. 38 00:02:10,424 --> 00:02:10,745 Awesome. 39 00:02:11,460 --> 00:02:15,360 And lemme ask one thing, why, why the us What, what, what do you 40 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,810 see for you to make the big step to come to the United States? 41 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:25,350 Well, there is, uh, different components, but, uh, I have been, 42 00:02:25,350 --> 00:02:26,970 these years I have been traveling. 43 00:02:27,060 --> 00:02:27,420 Okay. 44 00:02:27,420 --> 00:02:33,720 With, with p just before I came here, uh, I had my own academy in, in sh. 45 00:02:34,424 --> 00:02:34,785 Wow. 46 00:02:34,785 --> 00:02:40,035 I, I think I was one of the first guys to, to go fly to Sweden to play. 47 00:02:40,065 --> 00:02:40,424 Wow. 48 00:02:41,025 --> 00:02:45,195 Remember it was in 2014, uh, I went to Sweden. 49 00:02:45,635 --> 00:02:47,954 Uh, I was the image of Fadi pa. 50 00:02:48,765 --> 00:02:53,385 So we went to make, uh, kind of an event there. 51 00:02:54,225 --> 00:02:56,505 I think it was six course in whole Sweden. 52 00:02:56,505 --> 00:02:59,935 Now, right now it's more than three, 3000. 53 00:02:59,985 --> 00:03:00,585 Wow. 54 00:03:00,645 --> 00:03:01,245 Incredible. 55 00:03:01,255 --> 00:03:02,015 Incredible. 56 00:03:02,020 --> 00:03:10,365 So, so well, uh, I believe, I think that this country, uh, is the biggest country 57 00:03:10,365 --> 00:03:12,885 in the world in consumer, consumer. 58 00:03:13,695 --> 00:03:15,465 In in economy. 59 00:03:15,674 --> 00:03:16,334 Sports too. 60 00:03:16,364 --> 00:03:17,505 And in sports, yeah. 61 00:03:17,565 --> 00:03:18,795 So it's, yeah. 62 00:03:18,905 --> 00:03:19,345 Tell a little bit. 63 00:03:19,394 --> 00:03:22,815 So what countries do you see this sport growing right now? 64 00:03:22,845 --> 00:03:26,984 Right now, uh, this, uh, paddle was, has been completely, 65 00:03:26,984 --> 00:03:30,015 completely, uh, taken over. 66 00:03:30,105 --> 00:03:30,555 Taken over. 67 00:03:30,555 --> 00:03:31,575 It's like a rocket. 68 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:32,210 Yeah. 69 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:37,310 And I think, uh, COVID has been, oh yeah, the, the, the 70 00:03:37,310 --> 00:03:39,620 final push the, the catalyst. 71 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:39,740 Yeah. 72 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,640 So right now, uh, whole Europe is, is full. 73 00:03:44,150 --> 00:03:50,060 Uh, if we talk two years ago, we say no, UK and Germany is not involved right now. 74 00:03:50,060 --> 00:03:50,660 Yes. 75 00:03:51,050 --> 00:03:54,230 Uh, Italy, it's crazy, crazy. 76 00:03:54,230 --> 00:03:56,490 France also, all the. 77 00:03:57,025 --> 00:04:01,075 Uh, all the countries Middle East, not Nordics, Nordics, of course. 78 00:04:01,105 --> 00:04:01,135 Okay. 79 00:04:01,135 --> 00:04:05,125 I mean, Europe, we are going to tell, I I, I think Europe is whole. 80 00:04:05,125 --> 00:04:08,485 Europe is, is is completely full, but also the Middle East. 81 00:04:08,485 --> 00:04:09,085 Middle East, yeah. 82 00:04:09,145 --> 00:04:14,885 But right now I have every day, almost every day, uh, I have news from. 83 00:04:17,610 --> 00:04:20,640 Australia, of course. 84 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:21,510 Whole America. 85 00:04:21,510 --> 00:04:23,580 Not only in the US uh, Latin America. 86 00:04:23,580 --> 00:04:29,190 Look, last, last la last week we had Chile, and the Chile open was 87 00:04:29,190 --> 00:04:32,070 7,000, uh, people in the crowns. 88 00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:32,650 Wow. 89 00:04:32,789 --> 00:04:36,539 And they say could be 10,000, 12,000. 90 00:04:36,570 --> 00:04:36,810 Yeah. 91 00:04:37,230 --> 00:04:40,260 So, so how do you see, um, you know, paddle here in Miami? 92 00:04:40,875 --> 00:04:43,724 And Flo in general versus, uh, outside of Miami? 93 00:04:44,565 --> 00:04:51,015 Well, in, in, in Miami right now, what I see is that it's a, a well known if 94 00:04:51,015 --> 00:04:56,055 you, if you go to the street and you ask someone, Hey, have you heard about Paddle? 95 00:04:56,175 --> 00:04:59,055 The people is going to say, yes, I heard about it. 96 00:04:59,594 --> 00:05:04,275 Eh, I play, I don't, I don't play, but I know what. 97 00:05:05,115 --> 00:05:07,695 I heard about it out of Miami. 98 00:05:08,055 --> 00:05:11,235 It's an, an unknown sport is what I think. 99 00:05:11,295 --> 00:05:13,725 Uh, right now in in us, it's going to happen. 100 00:05:13,815 --> 00:05:18,885 Uh, if you do the same proof, you go to Houston or you go to to Minnesota or 101 00:05:19,095 --> 00:05:22,155 Minnesota, absolutely sure what is say. 102 00:05:22,185 --> 00:05:22,725 Okay. 103 00:05:22,815 --> 00:05:24,615 Is this Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 104 00:05:24,985 --> 00:05:29,099 But, but I think so now, um, I mean, what do you think, uh, 105 00:05:29,130 --> 00:05:31,020 needs to happen to transform that? 106 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:35,010 I mean, I think most people think of the sport as like a European or 107 00:05:35,010 --> 00:05:38,870 South American sport, so how do, how, what needs to be done to transform 108 00:05:38,875 --> 00:05:40,500 it to kind of more an American sport? 109 00:05:40,859 --> 00:05:46,260 I don't believe about, uh, how do you say I don't believe, yeah, the stickers. 110 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:47,909 I don't believe about the stickers. 111 00:05:48,359 --> 00:05:53,789 And if one thing it's proved in this sport is that the Spanish guy 112 00:05:53,789 --> 00:05:55,500 or the Argentina guy, we don't. 113 00:05:56,550 --> 00:05:58,110 One genetic thing. 114 00:05:58,170 --> 00:05:59,220 Why we love paddle? 115 00:05:59,730 --> 00:06:06,330 Because if, if, if it wasn't like this, eh, it has been a sport that 116 00:06:06,335 --> 00:06:10,860 we have been playing Argentina and, and Spanish guys for 30 years. 117 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,160 So suddenly everyone loves paddle. 118 00:06:14,210 --> 00:06:14,700 Yeah. 119 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:14,860 Yeah. 120 00:06:14,865 --> 00:06:15,630 It's not a secret. 121 00:06:15,990 --> 00:06:18,600 So I only say this because I look at soccer in the. 122 00:06:19,410 --> 00:06:22,740 And I see it really big Europe all over the world, but Americans, 123 00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:26,370 it was really tough for them to kind of, uh, accept that sport. 124 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:33,600 Well, what I think right now, uh, I've been one year over here at the beginning 125 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:39,630 was a lot of Latin people playing stills, of course Latin, uh, people playing. 126 00:06:40,020 --> 00:06:46,800 Of course, Miami is not, for me, is not a normal place in US because all 127 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:52,530 the, the percent of Latin people that you have, but right now, you see, or 128 00:06:52,530 --> 00:06:57,620 I see a lot of, uh, us, uh, players. 129 00:06:58,350 --> 00:06:58,700 Mm. 130 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:03,180 And you know, right here we have reserve, for example. 131 00:07:03,330 --> 00:07:03,390 Yeah. 132 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:04,980 And you see the people that. 133 00:07:05,729 --> 00:07:11,370 Starting to be involved in this industry and that is going to be 134 00:07:11,370 --> 00:07:12,960 the big, big jump in my opinion. 135 00:07:12,989 --> 00:07:13,229 Yeah. 136 00:07:13,234 --> 00:07:13,349 Yeah. 137 00:07:13,469 --> 00:07:15,150 And, and if it, may I add something to that? 138 00:07:15,150 --> 00:07:18,929 I mean, I think now we start hearing of different spots around the country. 139 00:07:18,929 --> 00:07:20,520 You know, Texas new open clubs. 140 00:07:20,909 --> 00:07:24,960 I'm consulting with a club in, in San Francisco, uh, Connecticut actually. 141 00:07:25,109 --> 00:07:28,950 I just came back from Orlando and we did a coach's paddle culture certification 142 00:07:28,950 --> 00:07:31,229 and we have nine people from Connecticut. 143 00:07:31,875 --> 00:07:34,484 And they were always, they were putting some clubs in Connecticut. 144 00:07:34,484 --> 00:07:35,505 We have New York. 145 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:39,465 So I think that's a very, very good sign when you see all these different clubs 146 00:07:39,465 --> 00:07:41,265 popping up all over the United States. 147 00:07:41,265 --> 00:07:42,284 So I have another question. 148 00:07:42,284 --> 00:07:45,315 Uh, what do you think about pickleball and it taking, you know, some of 149 00:07:45,315 --> 00:07:48,585 the equity that Paddle has built these last three, five years? 150 00:07:48,585 --> 00:07:52,094 What I think about pickleball is always a fun game. 151 00:07:52,395 --> 00:07:53,505 It's a fun game. 152 00:07:54,044 --> 00:07:58,674 Uh, I, I try to play it, uh, but I feel when I play and when I. 153 00:07:59,550 --> 00:08:04,350 That, eh, sport and pickle game. 154 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:05,310 I like that. 155 00:08:05,370 --> 00:08:06,300 That's sounds very good. 156 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:12,720 So what, what I see is a game for everyone, or, or, I think it's a great 157 00:08:12,725 --> 00:08:14,680 sport for all, all people, right? 158 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:15,270 Yeah. 159 00:08:15,750 --> 00:08:22,530 Eh, I don't think it's a great show to see a professional pickleball, uh, game. 160 00:08:22,950 --> 00:08:28,200 I think it's a big show to see, to watch a professional, uh, paddle. 161 00:08:29,235 --> 00:08:29,835 But. 162 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:37,049 Two days ago, on Monday, I was invited to reserve paddle and they made a 163 00:08:37,049 --> 00:08:38,880 pickleball court and a paddle court. 164 00:08:39,059 --> 00:08:44,320 And you see the difference between one and the other came tennis, uh, 165 00:08:44,325 --> 00:08:48,090 professional tennis players came, pickleball, professional players 166 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:49,710 came, paddle professional players. 167 00:08:50,189 --> 00:08:55,710 And the feeling it was the 90, 95% was getting. 168 00:08:55,790 --> 00:08:57,620 To the side that, that's very interesting. 169 00:08:57,740 --> 00:09:00,530 That's a good comparison to have it at the same time playing at the same time. 170 00:09:00,535 --> 00:09:01,189 People time here. 171 00:09:01,219 --> 00:09:03,079 Yeah, good, good players, all that stuff. 172 00:09:03,290 --> 00:09:07,310 And, and I think, uh, most paddle players and myself agree with you, but you have 173 00:09:07,310 --> 00:09:12,620 to see in other states, it seems like pickleball has been, you know, um, really 174 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:14,270 excelling and people have been playing. 175 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,160 You know, um, just because maybe they don't have access to paddle. 176 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,150 But, uh, I, I think it's kind of, uh, taken over certain, 177 00:09:21,150 --> 00:09:22,830 certain states here, I guess. 178 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:23,910 But let me ask one thing. 179 00:09:23,910 --> 00:09:25,050 I think it's very important. 180 00:09:25,140 --> 00:09:28,950 I think I'm, I'm sure you guys agree with me that United States is such 181 00:09:28,950 --> 00:09:33,330 a big, big country that there is room for all the different sports. 182 00:09:33,335 --> 00:09:33,840 You know what I mean? 183 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:33,841 Yeah. 184 00:09:34,060 --> 00:09:36,360 It's so big that there's. 185 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:38,880 To growth all over the place. 186 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:39,780 Yeah, definitely. 187 00:09:39,780 --> 00:09:40,140 Of course. 188 00:09:40,140 --> 00:09:43,740 And definitely, and, and I, and I, and I think that in all these 189 00:09:43,740 --> 00:09:48,720 places that you talk about, uh, inside us with the pickleball, uh, 190 00:09:48,780 --> 00:09:52,200 if you ask what is parallel, they don't know what is parallel yet. 191 00:09:52,260 --> 00:09:52,470 Yeah. 192 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:59,340 I think, and, and I, I really think that here, Uh, is is with all the 193 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:03,780 sport that that they have, there is going to be a space for all of them. 194 00:10:03,780 --> 00:10:10,770 Yes, but I all, but, but I, but I think, I also think that is going to happen 195 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:13,530 that uh, they are going to be clouds. 196 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:15,060 It's going to be racket. 197 00:10:15,090 --> 00:10:15,630 Clouds. 198 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:16,380 Exactly. 199 00:10:16,860 --> 00:10:19,860 There is going to be tanish, pi and Palo. 200 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:21,150 That's what I saying. 201 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:24,270 And I firmly believe it. 202 00:10:24,270 --> 00:10:26,730 Yeah, because right now you see a cloud change. 203 00:10:26,730 --> 00:10:28,620 Cloud with 26 courts. 204 00:10:28,650 --> 00:10:29,760 Yeah, 30 courts. 205 00:10:29,790 --> 00:10:31,830 So there is a space to make it. 206 00:10:31,890 --> 00:10:32,160 Yeah. 207 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,819 What I think is going to be a big transfer. 208 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:40,860 Of tennis player and pickleball players to paddle play, uh, to the paddle plays. 209 00:10:41,070 --> 00:10:44,640 I'm not so much to paddle that to tennis or pickle. 210 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:50,220 Yeah, maybe something to paddle to pickle maybe, but what is for me? 211 00:10:50,220 --> 00:10:50,730 Sure. 212 00:10:50,820 --> 00:10:55,020 That is going to be a big, big, big translate of that question. 213 00:10:55,020 --> 00:10:55,770 I agree with you. 214 00:10:56,070 --> 00:10:57,360 I think that's definitely right. 215 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,040 But how, how do you educate the people? 216 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,170 How do you what, how do you do that? 217 00:11:01,170 --> 00:11:03,180 People don't know about the sport, you know? 218 00:11:03,925 --> 00:11:06,205 And how do you get them to learn about the sport? 219 00:11:06,205 --> 00:11:07,435 How do you get 'em involved? 220 00:11:07,705 --> 00:11:10,735 Uh, when I'm in Connecticut, I have to go to New York to play at Pet 221 00:11:10,735 --> 00:11:14,755 House, you know, uh, I introduce to my friend, they have no idea. 222 00:11:14,755 --> 00:11:18,625 But before, before you played these guys playing pickleball, what happened? 223 00:11:19,255 --> 00:11:22,735 Maybe they had to travel to New York to the only, uh, court. 224 00:11:22,735 --> 00:11:24,875 So the first thing that you have, and you need. 225 00:11:25,349 --> 00:11:30,719 Is courts and for to start as a sport is, for me, it's going to be the 226 00:11:30,719 --> 00:11:32,640 first one is going to be a court. 227 00:11:32,939 --> 00:11:36,300 The second one at the same time is going to be material. 228 00:11:36,449 --> 00:11:39,089 And third one and most important is how to play it. 229 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:39,839 Coaches. 230 00:11:39,839 --> 00:11:40,689 Coaches, yeah. 231 00:11:40,689 --> 00:11:40,849 Coaches. 232 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:41,370 Yeah. 233 00:11:41,670 --> 00:11:42,540 That's you. 234 00:11:42,540 --> 00:11:45,329 You need to have that, that those steps on that combination. 235 00:11:45,329 --> 00:11:45,890 Now the three. 236 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:46,430 Yeah. 237 00:11:46,430 --> 00:11:47,000 Three steps. 238 00:11:47,020 --> 00:11:49,760 But with, but without the courts, you can't have the other three. 239 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:50,181 Exactly, exactly. 240 00:11:50,186 --> 00:11:52,730 So you need the courts first to play, to, to play soccer. 241 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,580 We need, we need a ball and we need a, A goal. 242 00:11:55,580 --> 00:11:55,970 A goal. 243 00:11:56,060 --> 00:11:56,300 No. 244 00:11:56,300 --> 00:11:56,540 Yeah. 245 00:11:56,540 --> 00:11:56,860 Right. 246 00:11:57,140 --> 00:11:57,320 Yeah. 247 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:58,700 It's like this to play basket. 248 00:11:58,730 --> 00:12:00,590 We need a basket and we need a ball. 249 00:12:00,770 --> 00:12:00,860 Yeah. 250 00:12:00,860 --> 00:12:04,580 To play pilot, you need a court anette, a rocket and a ball. 251 00:12:04,850 --> 00:12:05,180 Yeah. 252 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:07,670 Then after that, how to play it. 253 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,460 I, I agree with, I agree with you a hundred percent. 254 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:10,760 Yeah. 255 00:12:10,790 --> 00:12:11,540 Let me ask one thing. 256 00:12:12,570 --> 00:12:16,040 You were number, um, nine in the world in World Cloud tour, right? 257 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:16,640 Couple nine. 258 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:17,040 Couple nine. 259 00:12:17,045 --> 00:12:17,430 Couple nine. 260 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:17,760 Yeah. 261 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:22,440 Now you are the undisputed mega superstar number one in the United 262 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,180 States unto the untouchable. 263 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,810 So every, to every tournament you win, every tournament you 264 00:12:27,810 --> 00:12:29,640 play, you kicks everyone butt. 265 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:34,800 So, so where, tell me about the level besides you, everyone else 266 00:12:35,190 --> 00:12:38,370 or, you know, the level of paddle players at, at the professional, 267 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:40,920 let's call it professional, but it's. 268 00:12:41,730 --> 00:12:45,450 How far are they from Waral two level? 269 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:46,230 How far are they? 270 00:12:47,730 --> 00:12:52,680 I mean, uh, when I finish playing Waral tour, I firmly believe that 271 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:55,410 I could still play a Waral tour. 272 00:12:55,620 --> 00:13:00,000 The reason when I quit and I come here, It's a business reason. 273 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:00,630 Okay. 274 00:13:00,810 --> 00:13:02,130 That's the, that's the big truth. 275 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:09,960 So, uh, I still feel okay playing p uh, but you think the level is good for, for 276 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,400 the, the place that you play against? 277 00:13:11,430 --> 00:13:11,790 No, no. 278 00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:14,730 The level is so far, of course, it's so far here. 279 00:13:14,735 --> 00:13:16,670 It's an, first of all, it's Anma. 280 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:16,790 Amateur. 281 00:13:16,790 --> 00:13:17,710 It's an amateur. 282 00:13:17,710 --> 00:13:18,030 Amateur. 283 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:18,870 Amateur. 284 00:13:18,870 --> 00:13:19,110 Sure. 285 00:13:20,650 --> 00:13:26,760 It is, uh, a lot of the guys are starting, uh, if you see the ranking of 286 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:32,490 the U S B A, maybe, I don't know, the third plan, how many US US players are. 287 00:13:32,490 --> 00:13:33,599 Maybe it's nielli. 288 00:13:34,245 --> 00:13:34,395 Yeah. 289 00:13:34,395 --> 00:13:36,954 The only one, the, the, the, the rest are there. 290 00:13:36,954 --> 00:13:39,675 Reds are Latin guys, Latin Americans, or so many Europeans. 291 00:13:39,675 --> 00:13:44,594 So what I think is going to be fast, eh, it's, it's all about 292 00:13:44,625 --> 00:13:45,704 how many courts are going. 293 00:13:45,885 --> 00:13:50,895 I mean, it's, it's all about how, how many people is going to play supply and demand. 294 00:13:51,194 --> 00:13:51,615 Exactly. 295 00:13:51,615 --> 00:13:53,745 So you need more courts to build more players. 296 00:13:54,104 --> 00:13:57,435 That's the only thing like that, like that and the time is going to 297 00:13:57,435 --> 00:14:01,594 decide when you're going to have a real professional, uh, US player. 298 00:14:02,370 --> 00:14:05,880 So, I mean the, the, I guess the level in Europe or South America compared to, 299 00:14:05,910 --> 00:14:07,860 compared to here is a big difference. 300 00:14:07,890 --> 00:14:09,990 At what point do you think they will meet? 301 00:14:10,770 --> 00:14:11,100 Yeah. 302 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:11,520 Right now? 303 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:12,030 Yes. 304 00:14:12,030 --> 00:14:13,890 Because here, paddle here. 305 00:14:13,950 --> 00:14:15,660 Imagine a whole life here. 306 00:14:15,660 --> 00:14:16,710 Paddle is a baby. 307 00:14:16,830 --> 00:14:17,070 Yeah. 308 00:14:18,045 --> 00:14:20,145 Uh, Europe is an old, an old man. 309 00:14:20,205 --> 00:14:20,505 Yeah. 310 00:14:20,775 --> 00:14:23,985 So, uh, I've been playing 26 years. 311 00:14:24,345 --> 00:14:24,875 Yeah, yeah. 312 00:14:25,215 --> 00:14:30,315 Maybe I play against one guy that, uh, has been playing two years and Yeah. 313 00:14:30,465 --> 00:14:31,545 I have, that's me. 314 00:14:31,545 --> 00:14:33,675 Even better technique than me. 315 00:14:33,675 --> 00:14:33,735 Yeah. 316 00:14:33,795 --> 00:14:37,785 And he is stronger and he is taller, but I have that experience. 317 00:14:37,875 --> 00:14:38,155 Yeah. 318 00:14:38,155 --> 00:14:39,435 And the understanding of the game. 319 00:14:39,435 --> 00:14:42,835 You have so much better, the understanding of the game, because this game is, 320 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,745 is, is, is not a, it's very tactical. 321 00:14:44,745 --> 00:14:45,525 It's very tactical. 322 00:14:45,525 --> 00:14:46,725 It's a very chess game. 323 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:53,730 So, and you have a lot, a lot of different, um, ways to play this 324 00:14:53,730 --> 00:14:56,010 game and to play every match. 325 00:14:56,310 --> 00:15:03,840 So if you know how to make that kiss, eh, I think it's, it's, it's, it's, 326 00:15:03,845 --> 00:15:05,910 it's, it's, it's not an easy, easy game. 327 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,300 You gotta tell me about your documentary Along the path. 328 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:10,470 There are many obstacles. 329 00:15:10,530 --> 00:15:13,980 I have suffered injuries such an herniated disc or a reoperation. 330 00:15:14,460 --> 00:15:15,300 I have suffered many. 331 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:17,850 Moments where the confidence was low. 332 00:15:18,330 --> 00:15:21,060 I have thoughts of giving up both on the business side of the 333 00:15:21,060 --> 00:15:23,160 sport and then the sport itself. 334 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,960 But what I have learned and what is clear to me now is that overcoming 335 00:15:28,020 --> 00:15:31,590 each obstacle makes you increase your strength and experience resulting 336 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:33,640 in greater knowledge in all aspects. 337 00:15:34,305 --> 00:15:37,515 When is it out and, and, uh, when, where could people see it? 338 00:15:37,515 --> 00:15:38,805 And what is, what is it about? 339 00:15:38,865 --> 00:15:39,655 Thank you so much. 340 00:15:39,655 --> 00:15:40,335 Thank you so much. 341 00:15:40,335 --> 00:15:45,655 I appreciate, I appreciate it was, uh, well, no, it's, it's, it's, it's out. 342 00:15:45,665 --> 00:15:46,135 Oh, okay. 343 00:15:46,140 --> 00:15:48,045 It's on my, it's on my YouTube. 344 00:15:48,075 --> 00:15:49,275 It's on my. 345 00:15:50,185 --> 00:15:51,465 Uh, Instagram. 346 00:15:51,465 --> 00:15:53,325 I was really excited with that. 347 00:15:53,905 --> 00:16:00,255 Um, uh, my, my idea also to be a little bit more known and, and, and, and, and 348 00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:04,905 better, yes, not only me is, uh, to make a little bit of content, okay? 349 00:16:04,905 --> 00:16:08,255 So that people can see what, uh, what we do and, and. 350 00:16:09,735 --> 00:16:15,555 I love it to, to make it, and I think the documentary is something that talks about 351 00:16:15,555 --> 00:16:24,495 me, about my life, about what, eh, what I have I, because now maybe the people don't 352 00:16:24,495 --> 00:16:30,464 know me or even know me and say, okay, these guys, eh, Have a, a great life. 353 00:16:30,495 --> 00:16:32,895 He's in, in us, fantastic. 354 00:16:33,405 --> 00:16:34,185 Blah, blah. 355 00:16:34,185 --> 00:16:35,954 And he's like, what a good luck. 356 00:16:35,985 --> 00:16:36,795 What a good luck. 357 00:16:37,064 --> 00:16:37,665 Yes, of course. 358 00:16:37,665 --> 00:16:41,685 But the good luck you have to, to fight to, to take that, huh? 359 00:16:41,805 --> 00:16:46,275 So I, the, the, the, the real thing is that I have been 26 years, 360 00:16:46,425 --> 00:16:49,604 uh, involving this industry in this sport, and I fight a lot. 361 00:16:49,995 --> 00:16:52,005 That's the, that's, that's, that's the truth. 362 00:16:52,245 --> 00:16:58,155 I fight a lot and I, I, I also had, uh, That have been really difficult. 363 00:16:58,245 --> 00:17:03,805 Right now, the economics is much better, but I've been playing, uh, 364 00:17:04,995 --> 00:17:11,745 professional and, and, and at the end of the year, uh, it was not profit for me. 365 00:17:11,835 --> 00:17:12,406 Yeah, yeah. 366 00:17:12,495 --> 00:17:13,635 So that's another question. 367 00:17:13,635 --> 00:17:16,515 I mean, how, how do the players profit in this game? 368 00:17:16,515 --> 00:17:19,005 How do they survive in this game? 369 00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:23,595 You know, eh, right now, right now, everything is, Yeah. 370 00:17:23,714 --> 00:17:25,454 Right now I think it's like a will. 371 00:17:26,085 --> 00:17:30,825 Everything is increasing when it's, uh, when it's more countries involved. 372 00:17:30,825 --> 00:17:35,865 There is more social media, there is more tv, uh, there is more sponsors. 373 00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:41,760 The sponsors make more, more, more gas for that car. 374 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,129 It's, it's, it's, it's kind of a wheel. 375 00:17:44,220 --> 00:17:49,770 So when a sport is a really, for example, Chile dollar day, 7,000 people every day 376 00:17:49,774 --> 00:17:58,290 looking at the match at 100, uh, dollars, uh, per ticket, and then tv of course 377 00:17:58,350 --> 00:18:00,270 that's, that's, that's a real business. 378 00:18:00,449 --> 00:18:01,770 When it's a real business. 379 00:18:01,889 --> 00:18:03,480 There is money behind people. 380 00:18:04,245 --> 00:18:07,995 So it's, so what would you say is the percentage of the professional place 381 00:18:07,995 --> 00:18:10,365 in between sponsorship and price money? 382 00:18:10,425 --> 00:18:12,345 Is it a 50 50, 60, 40? 383 00:18:12,675 --> 00:18:20,685 Eh, before, before now, I have been an 80 20, about 80 sponsors 20 price money. 384 00:18:21,165 --> 00:18:23,415 Right now it's a big increase. 385 00:18:23,445 --> 00:18:25,875 Increment of price, money, eh? 386 00:18:27,135 --> 00:18:28,755 I still believe. 387 00:18:30,899 --> 00:18:34,389 It is more the percent of of sponsors that the prize. 388 00:18:35,565 --> 00:18:43,605 What I think is, uh, the way that we are going, I think, uh, in 10 years, 389 00:18:43,635 --> 00:18:47,595 15 years, I, I, I don't know because yeah, it's, it is going so fast. 390 00:18:47,805 --> 00:18:47,895 Yeah. 391 00:18:47,995 --> 00:18:52,315 But, but I mean, when, when, when something is, uh, when it 392 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:58,065 is established, this big sport I think will be more 60, 70 of prize 393 00:18:58,065 --> 00:19:01,275 money, 30 of, of very interesting. 394 00:19:01,275 --> 00:19:01,515 Of. 395 00:19:02,385 --> 00:19:03,225 Of sponsors. 396 00:19:03,254 --> 00:19:03,405 Yeah. 397 00:19:03,405 --> 00:19:07,004 And what I think is what happened in tennis le Let me ask one 398 00:19:07,004 --> 00:19:08,205 thing, very important question. 399 00:19:08,535 --> 00:19:10,245 Your lethal weapon, the silks. 400 00:19:10,535 --> 00:19:10,775 Mm-hmm. 401 00:19:10,855 --> 00:19:14,055 Why don't you tell us about this paddle, why you're playing with silks 402 00:19:14,145 --> 00:19:16,135 and your partnership with Pa Nuro? 403 00:19:16,805 --> 00:19:17,295 Okay. 404 00:19:17,295 --> 00:19:21,345 I, I work for, I, I work for Silks. 405 00:19:21,825 --> 00:19:23,685 Um, I play, so what do you do, especially for them? 406 00:19:24,015 --> 00:19:27,405 Well, I'm kind of an ambassador player at the beginning. 407 00:19:27,405 --> 00:19:28,785 I, my. 408 00:19:29,340 --> 00:19:33,660 I was the, the country manager, uh, last year for ses, for SES and, 409 00:19:33,660 --> 00:19:35,730 and, and 360 Palo Group and estro. 410 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,070 So, ses, uh, it's own no. 411 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:40,470 Uh uh, ses is owned by Palo Maestro. 412 00:19:41,235 --> 00:19:46,575 Eh, was own Perro now is uh, uh, is a bigger vehicle. 413 00:19:46,605 --> 00:19:46,995 Okay. 414 00:19:46,995 --> 00:19:53,175 That is called 360 Power Group that you have in this way, eh, one 415 00:19:53,175 --> 00:19:58,125 car that is going to be Perro and one different car that is silks. 416 00:19:58,245 --> 00:19:58,485 Okay. 417 00:19:58,515 --> 00:20:02,895 Before was just one the same, but now it's, it's two different companies. 418 00:20:03,165 --> 00:20:03,645 Interesting. 419 00:20:03,675 --> 00:20:04,095 Okay. 420 00:20:04,305 --> 00:20:06,945 So I work for that two different companies. 421 00:20:07,065 --> 00:20:07,455 Okay. 422 00:20:07,605 --> 00:20:10,785 And, uh, I, I went as a country manager. 423 00:20:11,325 --> 00:20:16,335 And right now we have our country manager and I'm a consultant. 424 00:20:16,395 --> 00:20:18,075 I'm an ambassador. 425 00:20:18,075 --> 00:20:19,815 I'm, I do a lot of things with them. 426 00:20:20,355 --> 00:20:26,055 Uh, I can't, I can't tell the word exactly word that, uh, and, and lemme 427 00:20:26,055 --> 00:20:30,135 you about this panel because he loves the per the, this, the Diablo, right? 428 00:20:30,294 --> 00:20:30,715 Yes. 429 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,625 So what, what type of paddle it does. 430 00:20:32,625 --> 00:20:33,284 Essential spot. 431 00:20:33,284 --> 00:20:33,435 Yeah. 432 00:20:33,435 --> 00:20:35,925 This is a, this is a new sand rocket. 433 00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:38,325 Uh, this is, uh, the Avor Revolution two. 434 00:20:39,585 --> 00:20:43,754 Uh, first of all, what I feel, because well, is that it's a beautiful rocket. 435 00:20:43,764 --> 00:20:44,925 It is, it looks beautiful. 436 00:20:45,014 --> 00:20:47,625 I think it's, it's an elegant and beautiful rocket. 437 00:20:48,345 --> 00:20:52,514 And, uh, the, the most important thing for me is. 438 00:20:54,045 --> 00:20:55,485 How, how it's going, you know? 439 00:20:55,485 --> 00:20:55,905 Exactly. 440 00:20:55,905 --> 00:20:59,175 Because maybe, uh, it not looks good, but doesn't perform. 441 00:20:59,175 --> 00:20:59,534 Exactly. 442 00:20:59,745 --> 00:21:02,355 So would you say it's more, it's much more a control paddle. 443 00:21:02,355 --> 00:21:02,595 I know. 444 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,605 We know it's a tear draw paddle, right. 445 00:21:05,175 --> 00:21:07,665 Or it's, I think it's a great balance paddle. 446 00:21:07,754 --> 00:21:07,965 Okay. 447 00:21:07,970 --> 00:21:12,555 One of the main thing of this, uh, of this, uh, rocket is that it's a 448 00:21:12,555 --> 00:21:16,575 really control, it's, I think the, it's between the control and the. 449 00:21:18,255 --> 00:21:20,115 And the sweet point is a big, the sweet spot. 450 00:21:20,115 --> 00:21:20,395 Yeah. 451 00:21:20,395 --> 00:21:20,795 Sweet spot. 452 00:21:20,795 --> 00:21:23,355 And, and how do you compare that to the other two, uh, paddles that 453 00:21:23,355 --> 00:21:25,005 San came out with for originally? 454 00:21:25,905 --> 00:21:32,535 For me, for me, what I touch, this is more complete, more complete for me. 455 00:21:32,835 --> 00:21:40,905 What I think also is that this is like the, the definitely one. 456 00:21:40,925 --> 00:21:41,865 Okay, okay. 457 00:21:41,925 --> 00:21:44,485 Because the other one was like limit edit. 458 00:21:45,225 --> 00:21:51,315 It was okay, but I firmly believe that Sandio had more time to make the 459 00:21:51,315 --> 00:21:53,025 rocket to develop the right one, right? 460 00:21:53,025 --> 00:21:53,235 Yeah. 461 00:21:53,565 --> 00:21:54,345 Le lemme ask one thing. 462 00:21:54,350 --> 00:21:57,135 So let's say you, our viewers or listeners that wanna try the paddle, 463 00:21:57,555 --> 00:21:59,745 can they try it here in Miami as a demo? 464 00:21:59,745 --> 00:22:00,015 Can? 465 00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:00,795 Can they feel it? 466 00:22:00,825 --> 00:22:02,025 Of course they can. 467 00:22:02,055 --> 00:22:04,875 Where, first of all, in two months. 468 00:22:04,935 --> 00:22:05,295 Okay. 469 00:22:05,415 --> 00:22:09,285 We are going to open, uh, a great bottle. 470 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:11,160 In Winwood. 471 00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:14,910 Wow, that's Palo, that's going to be a P store. 472 00:22:15,030 --> 00:22:15,480 Exactly. 473 00:22:15,660 --> 00:22:15,750 Yep. 474 00:22:16,170 --> 00:22:18,240 It's going to be a, a whole p. 475 00:22:19,185 --> 00:22:19,545 Wow. 476 00:22:19,725 --> 00:22:23,235 And they can, they go there and get demo paddles close to, close to paddle walls. 477 00:22:23,535 --> 00:22:23,895 Okay. 478 00:22:23,895 --> 00:22:26,505 The next street, Wynwood wall, no paddle walls No yet. 479 00:22:26,925 --> 00:22:27,375 Wynwood Walls. 480 00:22:29,775 --> 00:22:30,665 Windwood walls. 481 00:22:30,855 --> 00:22:34,275 Eventually we'll become paddle walls, but you know, have a paddle walls. 482 00:22:34,275 --> 00:22:34,745 Yeah, yeah. 483 00:22:34,750 --> 00:22:35,145 Okay. 484 00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:35,566 Yeah, yeah. 485 00:22:35,571 --> 00:22:36,525 Windwood walls. 486 00:22:36,555 --> 00:22:36,855 Okay. 487 00:22:36,860 --> 00:22:37,125 Yeah. 488 00:22:37,125 --> 00:22:37,965 The next street. 489 00:22:38,055 --> 00:22:38,535 Oh, beautiful. 490 00:22:38,655 --> 00:22:43,035 To me, we, we are going, it's going to be, uh, between 300 491 00:22:43,035 --> 00:22:45,525 and 400, uh, square meters. 492 00:22:45,615 --> 00:22:45,855 Wow. 493 00:22:45,855 --> 00:22:46,545 It's huge. 494 00:22:46,755 --> 00:22:47,865 So they're gonna have a warehouse. 495 00:22:48,419 --> 00:22:50,169 We already product here already. 496 00:22:50,169 --> 00:22:50,450 Own. 497 00:22:50,450 --> 00:22:50,850 We already have it. 498 00:22:51,139 --> 00:22:51,889 We already have it. 499 00:22:51,889 --> 00:22:52,490 And this. 500 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,690 Came the first big, big, big containers with all our material. 501 00:22:57,750 --> 00:22:58,130 Oh wow. 502 00:22:58,130 --> 00:22:58,490 That's beautiful. 503 00:22:58,495 --> 00:22:58,590 Wow. 504 00:22:58,770 --> 00:23:00,030 Okay, so now we start. 505 00:23:00,030 --> 00:23:00,690 Now we, awesome. 506 00:23:00,690 --> 00:23:04,140 We're looking forward to, so our viewers and listeners can go there, try demo 507 00:23:04,140 --> 00:23:06,090 rockets, get the feel of the paddle. 508 00:23:06,090 --> 00:23:09,250 They can take it back to our paddle clubs and mm-hmm. 509 00:23:09,330 --> 00:23:11,490 Winwood and UL Ultra and all try the different paddles. 510 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,650 We're going to start working with Wynwood Paddle. 511 00:23:15,030 --> 00:23:17,610 We're going to start working with Paddle Life. 512 00:23:17,850 --> 00:23:19,560 We already work with Reserve. 513 00:23:20,125 --> 00:23:21,655 And different ways. 514 00:23:21,655 --> 00:23:27,955 So I will, I will tell you soon with my social media and, and with Palo also 515 00:23:27,955 --> 00:23:31,645 where you can go to try to make that test. 516 00:23:31,645 --> 00:23:32,395 That'll be fantastic. 517 00:23:32,475 --> 00:23:35,185 And, and, and, and, and also to buy the Rockets. 518 00:23:35,189 --> 00:23:36,445 That, that'll be fantastic. 519 00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:37,915 That's a great, great sign. 520 00:23:38,455 --> 00:23:39,205 That is happening. 521 00:23:39,205 --> 00:23:40,495 A lot of things in us. 522 00:23:40,554 --> 00:23:40,945 Yeah. 523 00:23:41,215 --> 00:23:44,485 There is happening a lot, a lot, a lot of things in us. 524 00:23:44,485 --> 00:23:44,995 Let's hear it. 525 00:23:44,995 --> 00:23:45,594 Let's hear it. 526 00:23:47,024 --> 00:23:48,885 We need more courts. 527 00:23:48,975 --> 00:23:51,435 More courts we need, so I don't care. 528 00:23:51,495 --> 00:23:51,985 More courts. 529 00:23:51,985 --> 00:23:52,875 My courts great. 530 00:23:53,085 --> 00:23:54,345 They're courts great. 531 00:23:54,375 --> 00:23:55,514 Yes, we need courts. 532 00:23:55,514 --> 00:23:55,754 Yeah. 533 00:23:56,115 --> 00:23:58,575 I mean, the cake is so huge. 534 00:23:58,635 --> 00:23:59,115 Yes. 535 00:23:59,505 --> 00:24:00,465 That's a good point. 536 00:24:00,795 --> 00:24:01,125 Huge. 537 00:24:01,125 --> 00:24:01,635 So huge. 538 00:24:01,695 --> 00:24:03,705 So what I, and also, we need more coaches. 539 00:24:03,735 --> 00:24:06,315 If I, everything is going to be like this. 540 00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:06,645 Yeah. 541 00:24:06,735 --> 00:24:08,175 Everything is going to be like this. 542 00:24:08,235 --> 00:24:08,505 Yeah. 543 00:24:08,685 --> 00:24:13,335 What I think, what I believe is all the people, all the people that are in the 544 00:24:13,335 --> 00:24:17,909 public industry, Try to be friendly. 545 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:19,470 We, we are professional. 546 00:24:19,470 --> 00:24:19,590 Yeah. 547 00:24:19,860 --> 00:24:20,790 We're a paddle ambassadors. 548 00:24:20,790 --> 00:24:22,169 We're trying to promote the sport exactly. 549 00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:22,899 In a way we can. 550 00:24:22,899 --> 00:24:25,830 So friendly, professional, and then it is going to be a 551 00:24:25,830 --> 00:24:28,350 long along and beautiful trip. 552 00:24:28,679 --> 00:24:31,980 Thank you everyone for, for listening and, and, and viewing our great 553 00:24:31,980 --> 00:24:35,669 podcasts with a great, uh, our number one paddle player in the. 554 00:24:36,570 --> 00:24:40,680 Peter Alonso, I'm really happy to be here Whenever you want to talk 555 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,659 a little bit more, I will be here. 556 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:45,780 Keep on playing Paddle, and let's take your paddle game to the next level. 557 00:24:46,169 --> 00:24:48,180 Thanks for tuning in to Paddle Smash Academy. 558 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:52,080 We hope your final videos informative and helpful in improving your game 559 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:53,550 and learning all things paddle. 560 00:24:53,850 --> 00:24:56,500 And if you haven't already, make sure that you hit that subscribe 561 00:24:56,504 --> 00:25:00,139 button and turn on the notification so you never 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